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The University of Chicago Library empowers users with deep and rich collections, extensive expertise, innovative programs, and diverse spaces. We are committed to cultivating an inclusive community, enhancing access to scholarly resources, advancing digital scholarship, engaging locally and globally, and excelling in a changing environment.
The University of Chicago Library is seeking candidates for The Librarian for Romance Languages and Literatures. This position serves as the liaison to the Departments of Comparative Literature and of Romance Languages and Literatures.
The Librarian will develop and provide reference, consultation, and instructional services for faculty, students and staff in these departments. In addition, the Librarian will also serve on the team that provides general chat and email references services, library orientations, and other public services. The Librarian will be responsible for managing both print and electronic collections to support the University's research and teaching missions. Collection development and management at the University of Chicago Library takes place in a highly collegial manner and the Librarian will consult and collaborate with other subject specialists in building and maintaining collections for supporting scholarship and learning across disciplinary borders.
In a unique collaboration with the University of Minnesota, this Librarian also provides collection development and reference, consultation, and instruction services for French and Italian studies for faculty, students and staff at the University of Minnesota. In turn, the University of Minnesota provides a librarian who provides similar services to the University of Chicago community in German and Scandinavian studies.
The Librarian will work together with a dedicated team of librarians who support the College, the Humanities Division, and various interdisciplinary centers and institutes. In addition, the Librarian will work with colleagues across the Library and across campus to provide domain expertise in support of the Library's digital scholarship services. The Librarian will report to the Director of Humanities and Area Studies.
The successful candidate is expected to develop expertise in one or more areas of current and emerging importance in academic libraries, for example, digital humanities or open scholarship.
Other responsibilities include service on library and university-wide committees and task forces, and participation in local, regional, and national professional and scholarly organizations.
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