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Subject:        Job Posting - Cartographic Reference and Preservation
Assistant at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library
Date:   Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:20:38 -0500
From:   Cyr, Stephanie <[log in to unmask]>
To:     [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>



The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public
Library seeks a full-time Cartographic Reference and
Preservation Assistant who, under the direction of the
Curator, will provide reference and research services to
Library patrons and assist with processing and sorting the
map and atlas collection.

The Leventhal Map Center is located in the BPL's Copley
Square central branch. It is a nonprofit organization that
catalogs, conserves, digitizes, researches, exhibits and
publishes the Library's collection of 200,000 maps and 5,000
atlases dating from the 15th c. to the present. It presents
educational programs for students and teachers in grades K
to 12. The website, maps.bpl.org includes 100 lesson plans
and 3,600 digitized maps. The new gallery features changing
exhibitions of the collection.

Schedule: 40 hours per week, includes one evening and Saturdays.

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree, progress toward a
Master's degree in Library Science preferred. Reference
experience and familiarity with online bibliographic data
bases and Microsoft Office programs including Word, Access,
Excel. Ability to recognize and transcribe European
languages and Latin desirable. Basic map reading skills.

Salary: $40,000 plus benefits

Closing Date: December 2, 2011

Please send cover letter and resume to [log in to unmask]

Stephanie Cyr

Cartographic Materials Cataloger

Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library

700 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02116

617-859-2139