With deep appreciation to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation for the Kress Conservation Fellowship Grant administered by the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation, the UCLA Library Conservation Center is pleased to announce the 2019/2020 Kress Assistant Conservator position. We are now accepting applications until the end of May. Kress assistant conservators must have completed a masters-level degree in conservation prior to beginning the position. Applicants must be either a resident or citizen of the U.S. or Canada (able to work in US), or a recent graduate from a conservation graduate program in the U.S. or Canada and able to work in the US.
Reporting to the Head, Conservation Center, the Kress Assistant Conservator (KAC) independently completes challenging entry level and intermediate technical conservation treatments on selected UCLA Library Special Collection materials, including: examination, photographic and written documentation, sample taking and analysis, conservation treatment proposal decision-making, the design of custom housings, and object handling/exhibit recommendations. The Kress Assistant Conservator interacts with curators and other conservators on treatment selection and prioritization. The KAC participates in departmental outreach activities, weekly meetings, and emergency preparedness/response activities. The KAC pursues continued conservation and material culture research. The KAC conducts research which contributes to the UCLA Library and the conservation profession. The UCLA Library Preservation Program 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 Program includes the Conservation Center, a state-of-the-art conservation lab that provides conservation services for collections in all units of the UCLA Library, along with the Audio Visual Preservation Unit, that surveys, treats, and digitizes audiovisual materials. The Library Conservation Center is guided by the current best practices of the book and paper conservation field and the Code of ethics of the American Institute for Conservation of Artistic and Historic Works. Preservation staff work in close coordination with library units to plan and initiate new activities and services in response to library preservation needs and emerging technology, research, and developments in the preservation community. To find out more, and apply, search jobs at mycareer.ucla.edu and use position requisition number 30266. https://hr.mycareer.ucla.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1557251236625 Please email me with any questions or find me at the 2019 AIC meeting! Consuela (Chela) Metzger Head, UCLA Library Conservation Center email: cmetzger at library.ucla.edu Preservation Studios 20 Powell Library Box 951450 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1450 Phone: (310) 794-1566 Mail Code 145004 ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
