Architecture & Design Librarian - Library
Company: University of California-Berkeley
Location: Berkeley
Posted on: May 3, 2025
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Job Description:
Position overview
Position title:
Associate Librarian-Librarian, Career Status or Potential Career
Status
Salary range:
The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by
rank and salary
point at appointment. See the following table(s) for the current
salary scale(s) for this
position:
https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2024-25/nov-2024-rep-librarian-scales/t26-b.pdf.
A reasonable estimate for this position is $77,631-$98,667.
Percent time:
100%
Anticipated start:
As early as April 2025. Start date is flexible.
Position duration:
This is a full-time potential career appointment.
Application Window
Open date: February 22, 2025
Most recent review date: Saturday, Mar 15, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific
Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the
search committee if the position has not yet been filled.
Final date: Sunday, May 25, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but
those received after the review date will only be considered if the
position has not yet been filled.
Position description
The University of California, Berkeley is seeking a collaborative,
creative, and service-oriented Architecture & Design Librarian to
join the Social Sciences Division. The division supports
world-class teaching and research in the social sciences, providing
innovative collection development and other user-focused services
including data and information literacy, course-based instruction,
and research support.
The Environment
The UC Berkeley Library is an internationally renowned research and
teaching facility at the nation's premier public university. A
highly diverse and intellectually rich environment, Berkeley serves
a campus community of 33,070 undergraduate students, 12,812
graduate students, and 1,525 faculty. The Library comprises 20
campus libraries, including the Doe Library, the Moffitt Library,
The Bancroft Library, the C.V. Starr East Asian Library, and
numerous subject specialty libraries. With a collection of more
than 12 million volumes and a collections budget of over $15
million, the Library offers extensive resources in all formats and
robust services to connect users with the collections and build
their research skills. Discover more about our collections and
services at the UC Berkeley Library website.
The Library's Social Sciences Division is comprised of librarians,
library career staff, and student library employees who together
support the teaching and research needs of students and faculty in
twelve social science departments within the College of Letters &
Science, six professional schools, three International and Area
Studies programs, and an array of Organized Research Units. The
division oversees three subject specialty libraries: the Business
Library, the Environmental Design Library, and the Social Research
Library.
Responsibilities
The Architecture & Design Librarian reports to the head of the
Library's Social Sciences Division. Librarians in the Social
Sciences Division establish strong relationships with faculty and
students; conduct analysis and assessment of user needs; create
collections of digital, print, and data resources; provide virtual
and in-person research consultations; offer customized in-person
and remote instruction; develop instructional materials in a
variety of formats; and promote library resources and services to
support Berkeley's teaching and research such as through outreach,
exhibits, programming, and fundraising activities.
The Architecture & Design Librarian serves as the liaison to the
College of Environmental Design - providing collections and
research support for a diverse group of undergraduate students,
graduate students, faculty, and practitioners studying all aspects
of the built environment in areas such as architecture, city and
regional planning, landscape architecture, sustainable design, and
urban studies, as well as real estate and construction. Research in
these areas at UC Berkeley is highly interdisciplinary and
incorporates social, political, economic, and cultural contexts.
The incumbent collaborates with colleagues to provide support
related to data, digital scholarship, digital and information
literacy, GIS, and scholarly communications.
The Architecture & Design Librarian actively builds, manages, and
makes accessible collections housed in, and related to, the
Environmental Design Library that meet the research and learning
needs of the campus community; utilize critical and post-colonial
collection practices; and align with the Library's commitment to
shared print and digitization. This collection primarily includes
monographs and serials acquired through approval plans and vendors,
as well as data sets and special collections, such as primary
sources related to California and the Bay Area. Collection
management includes identifying items for the Library's shared
print and preservation initiatives including shelving off-site at
the Northern Regional Library Facility; reviewing donations;
proposing digitization projects; and making deselection decisions.
Additionally, this librarian may contribute to the broader guidance
of the Social Sciences Division's collection strategies, policies,
and projects.
As the Library continues to evolve and improve its own spaces, the
person in this position will have the opportunity to bring
expertise about sustainability, accessibility, and inclusive design
to shape the working and learning environment for the Library and
our users.
UC Berkeley librarians are expected to participate in library-wide
planning and governance, and work effectively in a shared
decision-making environment. Advancement is partially based upon
professional contributions beyond the primary assignment; the
successful candidate will show evidence or promise of such
contributions to the Library, campus, UC System, and
profession.
The UC Berkeley Library is committed to supporting and encouraging
a multicultural environment and seeks candidates who can make
positive and imaginative contributions in a context of ethnic and
cultural diversity.
UC professional librarians are academic appointees and are
represented by an exclusive bargaining agent, the University
Council - American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT). This position
is in the bargaining unit. Librarians are entitled to appropriate
professional development leave, vacation leave, sick leave, and all
other benefits granted to non-faculty academic personnel. The
University has an excellent retirement system and sponsors a
variety of group health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
in addition to other benefits.
Unit: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Advanced degree or enrolled in an advanced degree program.
Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
Advanced degree.
Preferred qualifications
Application Requirements
Document requirements
Reference requirements
Apply link:
https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04789
Help contact: richard.brown@berkeley.edu
About UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and
belonging in our public mission of research, teaching, and service.
These values are embedded in our Principles of Community, which
reflect our passion for critical inquiry, debate, discovery and
innovation, and our deep commitment to contributing to a better
world. Every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in
sustaining a safe, caring and humane environment in which these
values can thrive.
The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity
employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or
protected veteran status.
For more information, please refer to the University of
California's Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment
Policy and the University of California's Anti-Discrimination
Policy.
In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will
be treated as confidential per University of California policy and
California state law. Please refer potential referees, including
when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service
or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality
prior to submitting their letter.
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all
applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining
agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or
local government directives may impose additional requirements.
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to
disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or
judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that
they committed any misconduct.
Job location
Berkeley, CA
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