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Leads the coordination of preservation, storage, and maintenance activities for Dartmouth Library's collections. Leverages expertise of staff to design and implement preservation policy and procedures in all digital and physical formats in alignment with best practices and institutional needs. Coordinates and oversees collection care and management projects across Dartmouth's libraries to optimize access and use of materials.

● ALA accredited Master's degree in library and/or information science or equivalent education and experience

● 6+ years library or archives experience

● Minimum 3 to 5 years of project management experience, which may include managing grants, time-limited activities, or special initiatives

● Knowledge and experience of applying best practices, policies, standards, and tools for preservation and collections maintenance across formats

● Demonstrated experience with assessment and statistics

● Experience with team leadership and working with diverse groups of staff

● Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate effectively with staff, peers, senior management, faculty and students, and colleagues at partner institutions

● Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines and maintain strong communication of project progress

● Demonstrated ability to foster a collaborative, and inclusive inter-departmental approach to problem solving and decision making

● Demonstrated understanding of descriptive, technical and administrative metadata and file management practices

● Tolerance for complexity and ambiguity

● Creative thinking and problem solving

● Familiarity with Alma library management system

● Supervisory experience

● Project Management Institute certification or equivalent

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