Music Library Specialist Special Collections Processing

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black caucus of american library associationTopeka (KS)

Librarians and Media Collections Specialists Libraries and Archives

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About the role

The Music Collections Specialist will manage project work supporting the selection, processing, access, and disposition of music materials, focusing on the Music Library's backlog of undescribed special collections. In collaboration with the music librarians, you will help sort, review, rehouse, prepare, and route materials for retention, processing, offsite storage, or deaccessioning. You will carry out the technical processing of musical scores to prepare them for circulation, including

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