# Aaron and Clara Greenhut Rabinowitz Director of Preservation Services

**Company**: Nypl
**Location**: Long Island City, New York
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Library

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## Description

The New York Public Library (NYPL) seeks a proven, strategic, and highly collaborative leader to oversee the operations and services of the Barbara Goldsmith Preservation department. The Preservation Services Director is responsible for unifying and aligning staff around the Library's preservation program and policies, best practices, and strategic preservation initiatives.

Responsibilities:

- Shapes and effectively communicates preservation policies, standards, and best practices for all collection formats

- Launches and leads the initiative to develop a preservation policy for both internal and external audiences

- Develops a 10-year collections storage master plan

- Oversees collections emergency preparedness and disaster recovery planning

- In partnership with the Director for Special Collections Services and other stakeholders, contributes to an updated and dynamic Total Cost of Stewardship model

- Supports the Exhibitions and Outgoing Loan programs by optimizing workflows and ensuring the safe, legal, and organized processing and movement of collections

- Develops improved workflows for collections control and movement of special collections

- Leads the development and implementation of collections control and condition review processes

- Contributes to the development and implementation of the Library's digital preservation strategy

- Manages budgets and grants, coordinates the Library's fine art insurance, and contributes to fundraising initiatives

- Develops and supports staff to achieve excellence, fostering inclusion and professional growth

- Effectively manages organizational change, strengthening a collaborative team environment

- Represents NYPL at various local, national, and consortial conferences and committees related to preservation

Requirements:

- ALA-accredited MLS and substantial research library experience or Master's degree and relevant, substantial experience

- 10+ years of experience in an academic or research library setting, with increasingly responsible managerial responsibilities in preservation

- 7+ years of successful people management experience

- Successfully demonstrated experience in the preservation of research library materials in all formats

- Demonstrated success in strategic planning, policy and procedures development, resource management, and problem-solving within collaborative team-oriented environments

- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and setting clear performance goals

Benefits:

- Office based at the Library Services Center in Long Island City, Queens, with a hybrid schedule: 3 days required in the office, 2 days remote

- Core Values: Be Helpful, Be Resourceful, Be Curious, Be Welcoming and Inclusive

## Skills

### Required
- preservation policies
- strategic planning
- project management
- team management
- communication skills

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