Bruman Map Project Assistant Conservator , UCLA Library Conservation Center (Requisition Number 25332)
Under the direction of the Head, Library Conservation Center, the Bruman Map Project Assistant Conservator (BMPAC) performs a wide range of conservation treatments on UCLA Library maps and atlases according to American Institute for Conservation of Art and Historic Artifacts (AIC) Professional Code of Ethics. Communicates with UCLA map librarians to help select items for treatment; coordinates the logistics of safe delivery to and from the conservation lab; and maintains statistics of work completed. The BMPAC completes treatment documentation and treatment workflow appropriate for treating batches of similar materials as well as unique single items. Assists with functions of the UCLA Library Conservation Center in support of the preservation and conservation of library and archival collections. Using established selection and decision making criteria, sorts materials and determines appropriate type of treatment for incoming materials requiring repair or housing in the lab. Performs book and paper documentation and conservation treatment as directed for circulating and special collection materials. Assists the Head, Library Conservation Center and other conservation lab staff as needed with treatments and special projects. Creates basic and custom housings for all collections as needed. The UCLA Library Preservation Department supports the Library's mission to develop, organize, and preserve collections for optimal use, provides stewardship for the intellectual record in the formats required by contemporary scholars, and ensures the safekeeping of the artifacts that are entrusted to the UCLA Library. The UCLA Library Preservation Program is responsible for coordinating and managing the preservation operations of the Library, including environmental monitoring, reformatting, disaster planning, library binding, and physical preparation. The Preservation Department includes the Library Conservation Center (LCC), a state-of-the-art conservation lab that provides conservation services to collections for all units of the library, the Audiovisual Preservation Studio, and the Collections Care Unit. The Department's staff work in close coordination with library units to plan and initiate new activities and services in response to library preservation needs and emerging techn ology, research, and developments in the preservation community. https://hr.mycareer.ucla.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1485904428689 Consuela (Chela) Metzger UCLA LIBRARY Head,UCLA Library Conservation Center Preservation Program Box 951450, 20 Powell Lib Los Angeles, CA 90095-1450 (310) 794-1566 [email protected] ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Archives through August 2016 at http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/ Archives from September 2016 onward at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
