UC Irvine is re-opening recruitment for an Archivist. An abbreviated
version of the job ad is below; please refer to the full ad at
http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/jobs/libvac.html. Please address any
questions to the contact e-mail address given at the end of the ad.
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Jackie M. Dooley, Head of Special Collections and Archives
UCI Libraries, P.O. Box 19557, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA 92623-9557
Internet: [log in to unmask] Phone: 949/824-4935 Fax: 949/824-2472
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ARCHIVIST
(reopened recruitment with modified qualifications)
HIRING SALARY: $41,376 - $57, 384
Join an enthusiastic staff in building a research library of excellence
for a young and rapidly-growing university ranked nationally in the top
universities.
The University of California, Irvine Libraries is seeking a dynamic
professional for the position of Archivist in the Department of Special
Collections and Archives. The Archivist oversees the processing and
management of all archival and manuscript collections, including
appraisal, accessioning, preparation of processing plans, arrangement
and description, and preservation of materials in all formats and
collecting areas. The preferred appointment level will be within a range
of $41,376 - $57,384 (Assistant Librarian II – Associate Librarian V.
Special Collections and Archives houses the UCI Libraries' collections
of manuscripts and archives, rare books, and notable subject
collections. The staff includes 5 librarians/archivists, 3 library
assistants, and a variety of temporary and part-time positions,
including students. Archival collecting areas of particular strength and
distinction include regional history (emphasizing Orange County and
Southern California), the Southeast Asian Archive (documenting the
post-1975 diaspora from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos), the Critical
Theory Archive (including the papers of Jacques Derrida, Wolfgang Iser,
Paul de Man, and others), the University Archives (documenting the UC
Irvine campus), dance and the performing arts (including the papers of
choreographers Donald McKayle and Eugene Loring), and distinguished UCI
faculty (including Frederick Reines, the 1995 Nobel Laureate in Physics).
The UCI Libraries, comprising the Langson Library, the Science Library
and the Grunigen Medical Library, are committed to innovation and
excellence and are in a major period of growth and change. The library
collection consists of over 2.4 million volumes and over 26,500 current
serial titles and an aggressively expanding electronic resources
collection. The University of California, Irvine, is nestled in over
1,500 acres of coastal foothills, five miles from the Pacific Ocean,
between San Diego and Los Angeles. UCI is among the fastest-growing
University of California campuses, with more than 24,000 undergraduate
and graduate students and about 1,400 faculty members. Student
enrollment is planned to reach 32,000 by 2014 accompanied by a
proportional growth in faculty and staff. Founded in 1965, UCI has had
an extraordinarily rapid rise to distinction in its first forty years,
including membership in the Association of American Universities,
ranking among the top twelve public universities by U.S. News and World
Report (among the top fifty research universities), and three Nobel
prizes in the last nine years.
The full position description with instructions on how to apply are
listed on the UCI Libraries Web site at
http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/jobs/libvac.html with links to
additional Web sites featuring campus and community information.
Applications received by July 25, 2006 will receive first consideration,
but applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.
The University of California, Irvine is an equal opportunity employer
committed to excellence through diversity.
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