Best wishes to Zachary, AJL past president and supporter for his retirement.. You will be missed. It was an honor to get to know you, Amalia Warshenbrot, AJL President
Sent from my iPad > On Oct 24, 2017, at 12:54 PM, Zachary M Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > As some of you have heard, in January 2018 I will be retiring from my > position as Judaica/Hebraica Curator at Stanford. The position opening has > just been posted. I can attest to the observation that my colleague Sarah > Sussman has made when she circulated this announcement to the Stanford > Libraries’ Humanities and Area Studies Resource Group, that this is a great > opportunity for a talented librarian/scholar with strong academic and > language expertise in Jewish studies: > > The Stanford University Libraries invites applications and nominations for > the position of the Reinhard Family Curator of Judaica and Hebraica > Collections. Scholars and/or Librarians having a strong background in Jewish > Studies and the humanities in general, and who are interested in supporting > world-class research and teaching through a combination of traditional and > new collections and services are encouraged to apply. > This position is dual posted at Librarian or Senior Librarian. > > The Libraries seek a subject specialist with graduate training in Jewish > Studies to develop and manage general and special collections supporting this > interdisciplinary field. The scope of the Curator's collecting > responsibilities includes not only the full range of published texts in all > formats, printed and electronic, but also unpublished primary resources, > including digital ones; in short, Stanford Libraries’ curators are > responsible for building both general and special collections. The Curator > also provides advanced reference and bibliographic assistance appropriate to > the needs of Stanford’s faculty and students and plays an important role in > the overall development of Jewish Studies at Stanford. The Curator should > possess a deep understanding of research and teaching in Jewish Studies. The > curator is responsible for library programs that directly support the needs > of Stanford’s faculty and students affiliated with the Taube Center for > Jewish Studies, coming from such departments and programs such as History, > Religion, English, Music, Education, Economics, and the Division of > Literatures, Cultures, and Languages. The Curator is responsible for building > and maintaining effective relationships with the faculty and students in > Stanford’s programs in Jewish Studies as individuals and as members of the > Stanford Community. > > The Curator is a member of the curatorial team responsible for humanities and > area studies collections in the Stanford University Libraries, and will work > collaboratively with other colleagues in the library. In addition, the > Curator will have demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills that > enable contributions to the programs and projects of the Libraries and to the > University. Appointment to the rank of Senior Librarian requires evidence of > an exceptionally high level of professional development and accomplishment. > > For more detailed info on the position and to apply: http://bit.ly/2gDTGR3 > > (Please note: I am not participating in the job search.) > > Zachary > --- > Zachary M. Baker > Reinhard Family Curator of Judaica and Hebraica Collections > Stanford University Libraries > Stanford, CA 94305-6004 > Telephone 1-650-725-1054 > Fax 1-650-723-9325 > E-mail [email protected] > http://library.stanford.edu/people/zbaker > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > [email protected] > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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