Basic Qualifications
Job Location: Cambridge, MA, USA
To learn more or apply please visit Harvard Careers: GIS Outreach Librarian
Job Summary
The GIS Outreach Librarian works to improve awareness on campus about geospatial technology and to spread the skills to use that technology. The position works with faculty and their TFs to design spatially oriented projects that are academically rigorous but achievable within the limited time available to the students. This includes assessing the landscape of available tools and recommending/selecting suitable options. It also includes instruction on in-demand tools and broader topics such as geoliteracy, bias and racism as reflected in spatial data collection and use, and spatial analysis concepts through both in-person workshops and asynchronous tutorials.
The GIS Outreach Librarian collaborates with library colleagues to apply geospatial methods to traditional materials and uncover new insights into the Collections holdings.
Although the position will remain posted until filled, applicants are strongly encouraged to apply
by end of day on February 26, 2021.
Job-Specific Responsibilities
Basic Qualifications
Additional Qualifications and Skills
Physical Requirements
The duties of this job will require the employee to sit, talk, stand, reach with hands and arms, and use specific vision abilities. The employee will occasionally lift and/or move map folders and/or computer equipment that will weigh up to 25 pounds.
Working Conditions
Operates in a collegial, team-based environment, where policies are discussed and change evaluated. Work environment is that of a specialized library public service environment with moderate
noise levels. It is a library that continually transitions itself back and forth between its extensive digital resources and its vast traditional format collections.
The work associated with this position is currently being performed remotely in response to COVID-19. Work in the longer-term is expected to be conducted on campus. Harvard University is a Massachusetts employer and the selected candidate will need to reside
or relocate to the Massachusetts area.
Additional Information
Across the Harvard Library, our work is enriched by our diverse campus community. Our unique and wide-ranging abilities, experiences, and perspectives are integral to achieving Harvard University’s mission of excellence in research, teaching, and learning for
our patrons, our collections, and our workplace. We believe that an inclusive environment that cultivates and promotes understanding, respect, and collaboration across our diverse workforce enables our success.
We invite individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences and abilities to be a part of our community of over 700 staff members. Our work with faculty, students and researchers to explore answers to intellectual questions, enduring and new, and to seek solutions
to the world’s most consequential problems, requires that we not only reflect, but also champion our diverse society.
Harvard Library inspires collaboration, reflection, experimentation, and discovery connecting users to related disciplines and to University-wide teaching resources. The Library engages users through curated discovery, digital collections, reimagined physical
space, and specialized research support. Today, Harvard Library’s holdings range from traditional print collections to rapidly expanding access to digital resources. Harvard Library provides the University's faculty, students, and researchers—now and in the
future—with exceptional experiences and comprehensive access to these materials.
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Bonnie A. Burns
Head of Geospatial Resources
Harvard Map Collection
Cambridge MA 02138
She/her/hers