Rbsc Cataloguing Librarian

Academic

Job Category

Faculty Bargaining

Job Title

RBSC Cataloguing Librarian

Department

UBC Library | Digital Initiatives | Library Systems (Paul Joseph)

Posting End Date

June 25, 2023

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.

Job End Date

RBSC Cataloguing Librarian

Full-Time, 12-month Term

Anticipated Start Date: August 2023

UBC LIBRARY

As one of the world's leading universities, the University of British Columbia creates an exceptional learning environment that fosters global citizenship, advances a civil and sustainable society, and supports outstanding research to serve the people of British Columbia, Canada and the world.

We honour, celebrate and thank the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam) and Syilx Okanagan peoples on whose territories the main campuses of the University of British Columbia have the privilege to be situated.

The University of British Columbia Library is one of the largest academic libraries in Canada and consistently ranks among the top university research libraries in North America. UBC Library has 14 branches and divisions across two campuses (Vancouver and Kelowna), including an off-site hospital library; a multi-purpose teaching and learning facility, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre; and the Xwi7xwa Library, a centre for academic and community Indigenous scholarship. Almost 300 knowledgeable employees - librarians, management and professional staff, support staff and student staff - provide users with the excellent resources and services that they need to further their research, teaching and learning.

To highlight a few exciting projects that the Library is working on:

- William Shakespeare’s First Folio published in 1623 gifted to UBC Library
- UBC Library becomes first Canadian institution to join Dryad open-data repository
- UBC Library launches Open Publishing Program
- wi7xwa Library highlights local experiences of Residential Schools in Canada through curated exhibit displays

The UBC Library is committed to being a respectful, healthy environment that encourages leadership, collegiality, diversity, individual growth and opportunity. Explore our

aspirational values

that we strive to uphold and actively incorporate into all aspects of our organization. We are committed to eliminating institutional and structural systems of oppression and power (such as colonialism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, ableism, and white supremacy).

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TECHNOLOGY, DISCOVERY, AND USER EXPERIENCE (TDUX)

Technology, Discovery, and User Experience (TDUX) is a centralized library unit charged with managing technology and metadata functions to ensure oversight, coordination, and responsibility for a wide-range of library technologies. These functions include discovery, metadata, web services, user experience, accessibility, identity management, and technology infrastructure. With a focus on the user experience, TDUX is comprised of librarians and staff who work in partnership with library stakeholders, UBC IT, and library vendors to manage and deliver technology systems, services, and solutions to diverse library user groups.

RARE BOOKS AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

The Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) Branch holds and manages the majority of the Library’s rare books, maps and manuscripts with a special emphasis on material related to the history of British Columbia and Western Canada. RBSC is also the caretaker of two recent major donations of books and archival materials from George Bowering (noted B.C. author) and Patricia Merivale (noted retired professor from the Department of English at UBC).

POSITION OVERVIEW

The RBSC Cataloguing Librarian, working under the guidance and mentorship of the Principal Cataloguer, is responsible for managing, cataloguing and processing of the George Bowering Collection and for cataloguing the majority of the post-1800 books for the Merivale Collection. Work will include inventory management, cataloguing and arrangement of the Bowering Collection, as well as the training and supervision of other staff or students involved in cataloguing and processing the collection. The RBSC Cataloguing Librarian, working in collaboration with the Principal Cataloguer, will provide copy cataloguing and original cataloguing of post-1800 books for the Merivale Collection, incorporating both local special descriptive guidelines and elements of the Rare Book descriptive standards in use in North American libraries (Descriptive Cataloguing of Rare Materials). Special attention will be given to aspects of the books that include (but are not limited to) provenance, annotations, inclusions, foliation and bindings. Related to both Bowering and Merivale collections, the RBSC Cataloguing Librarian consults on contributions to NACO, establishing and revising name headings as necessary.

This position reports to the Head, Te