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                              Curator, Yale Map Collection
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JOB DESCRIPTION
CURATOR, YALE MAP COLLECTION
Minimum rank: Librarian III
 
THE UNIVERSITY AND THE LIBRARY
 
        Yale University is one of the world's foremost
universities, preeminent in scholarship and research in the
various fields of the humanities, the sciences, the social
sciences, and the professional disciplines.  Yale College,
the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and ten professional
schools (Architecture, Art, Divinity, Drama, Forestry and
Environmental Studies, Law, Medicine, Music, Nursing, and
Organization and Management) offer courses of study.  Yale
has 5200 undergraduates, 5500 graduate students, and 1500
faculty. The Yale University Library maintains collections of
more than 10,000,000 volumes housed in Sterling Memorial
Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the
Cross Campus Library, and more than twenty school and
departmental libraries.  The library system employs 138
librarians, 45 managerial staff, 361 library assistants,
and 95 FTE student assistants.
 
THE YALE MAP COLLECTION
 
        The Yale Map Collection, housed in Sterling Memorial
Library, is one of the country's outstanding collections, housing
more than 200,000 sheet maps and 4,000 atlases.  While its
coverage is international, the Collection has extraordinary
strength in maps of North America, particularly the area that is
now the United States.  The Collection's interests are both
historical and contemporary, print and non-print, with an
aggressive program of growth through purchases, gifts, and
depository arrangements.  The Collection is staffed by one
curator, one library service assistant, and student assistants.
 
        Maps are also collected at a number of other Yale
libraries, notably the Geology Library, Beinecke Rare Book and
Manuscript Library, Forestry and Environmental Studies
Library, and Government Documents Center.
 
THE CURATOR, YALE MAP COLLECTION
 
        The Curator serves as the Library's principal authority
on the subject of maps in all formats.
 
        The Curator directs the day-to-day activities of the Yale
Map Collection.  In addition to selecting material for the
Collection, managing its budget, and leading its staff, the
Curator oversees maps cataloging and preservation, offers
reference service, and is responsible for teaching, exhibitions,
and publications based on the Collection. As part of the
upcoming renovation of the Sterling Memorial Library, the
Map Collection's quarters will be redesigned and expanded,
and the Curator will head the necessary facilities planning.
 
        Working closely with other Yale librarians and with
Yale faculty and students, the Curator will be responsible for
coordinating the Library's overall collection building and
service programs related to maps, as well as for leading efforts
to apply new technologies to the storage and manipulation of
geographic information.
 
        The Curator will also be responsible for contributing to
the development and pursuit of overall Yale Library goals,
objectives, and policies, as well as for contributing to map
librarianship at the national level.
 
        The position reports to the Associate University
Librarian with responsibility for research and educational
services.
 
QUALIFICATIONS
 
        The Library seeks candidates whose experience,
publications, and contributions to the field beyond the local
level demonstrate readiness to shape the Yale Map Collection
and guide the Yale Library in the implementation of new
systems for supporting research using geographic information.
Requirements: ALA-accredited MLS or equivalent experience;
advanced academic training in history, geography,
cartography, or related subjects;  minimum of five years of
increasingly responsible professional experience in an
academic library, research institution, or comparable
institution related to maps; successful managerial experience
including demonstrated ability to plan and implement projects
and services, lead library staff, and work effectively with other
members of a research-oriented community; knowledge of
emerging information technologies; strong analytical and
interpersonal skills; excellent oral and written communication
skills.  Experience in providing instruction is strongly
preferred.
 
SALARY AND BENEFITS
 
        Salary from a minimum of $36,700, dependent upon
qualifications and experience.  Full benefits package including
22 vacation days; 17 holiday, recess, and personal days;
comprehensive health care; retirement; and some relocation
assistance.  Applications received by April 23, 1994, will be
given first consideration; applications will be accepted until the
position is filled.  Applicants should send a letter of
application, resume, and the names of three references to Diane
Y. Turner, Director, Library Personnel Services, Yale University
Library, PO Box 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240.
Applicants may, if they wish, submit one or two publications,
reports, or other relevant written material for the search
committee's consideration. Yale University is an equal
opportunity affirmative action employer.