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The Curator of African American Collections is responsible for the development, management, and promotion of the Rose Library’s significant collection of materials related to African American history and culture. The Librarian directly supervises 1 FTE. Reporting to the Assistant Director of Collection Development, success in this role will require excellent relationship building skills, to ensure that the collections align with institutional priorities, and programmatic offerings have an impact on the Emory campus and in the communities served through these collections.

The incumbent will select materials for acquisition in all appropriate formats through donation or purchase. The curator will build the Rose Library’s holdings in alignment with the priorities of the Rose Library, Emory Libraries, and Emory University. The librarian will attend to both the big picture goal of building the collection, and the day-to-day administrative details required to successfully realize acquisitions. The incumbent will build long-term relationships with donors to help support the library’s financial capacity to acquire and care for the collections. The Curator will actively promote engagement with the collections, in collaboration with Public Services, Campus and Community Relations, academic departments and academic centers, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and allied divisions, through outreach that includes public programming, exhibitions and displays, social media, updated Lib Guides and websites, and innovative forms of engagement. A key responsibility of the curator is to directly contribute to the instruction and researcher services, creating a direct and vital connection to researcher, faculty, student, and community interests and demonstrating a commitment to teamwork. In this position, the incumbent collaborates with Collection Services to consider and ensure the library’s ability to steward collections responsibly. The librarian participates as a member of the library and university community by maintaining visibility on campus, serving on various committees, and incorporating African American collections in the cultural life of the university. The Curator of African American Collections is expected to contribute to the library and professional community through committee service, conference presentations, and/or scholarship.

Emory Libraries requires that our employees recognize diversity, equity, and inclusion as essential core values to achieving our mission to enrich the quality of life in an inclusive work environment through competency training, reassurance of personal growth, restorative communication practices, and embrace our diverse identities of patrons within the Emory community.

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