Senior Manager, Rare Materials Cataloging

Senior Manager, Rare Materials Cataloging

Position Title - Senior Manager, Rare Materials Cataloging

Supervisor Title - Associate Director, Special Collections Processing

Position Type - Full-time, permanent

Benefits - Yes

Salary Range - $106,000 - $115,000

The New York Public Library’s (NYPL) Special Collections Processing (SCP) department is seeking a proven and collaborative Senior Manager for Rare Materials Cataloging to strengthen and expand its current operations devoted to rare and special format materials.

The Senior Manager will provide vision, leadership, and oversight for the cataloging and description of materials held and acquired by the curatorial divisions at the Stephen

A. Schwarzman Building, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the Library for the Performing Arts.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring the accurate and appropriate bibliographical description of the Library’s Special Collections material
• Providing leadership for the Library’s standards for the description of rare materials and special formats
• Developing and documenting project workflows for processing and accessioning new acquisitions and existing backlog
• Coordinating the enhancement of metadata in collaboration with the Metadata Services manager
• Performing cataloging of complex rare materials according to national and local cataloging standards and procedures
• Supervising staff cataloging rare materials and special formats
• Assisting in training other catalogers at NYPL
• Drafting and maintaining NYPL’s Special Collections Cataloging Manual

The Senior Manager will work across the organization to establish and deepen collaborative relationships that unify and strengthen rare materials cataloging and the Library’s stewardship efforts.

This is an equal opportunity employer.