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Senior Art and Manuscript Cataloger at the Folger Shakespeare Library

Posted by rcooper on January 8, 2008

POSITION DUTIES
Under the supervision of the Head of Cataloging and in general
consultation with the
Curator of Art & Special Collections and the Curator of Manuscripts, has
primary
responsibility for bibliographic control of the library’s art and
manuscript collections.

- Creates and upgrades full item- and collection-level MARC 21
cataloging records for graphic materials (prints, drawings, and
photographs) and realia, dating ca. 1500 to the present
- Creates and upgrades full item- and collection-level MARC 21
cataloging records for manuscripts, dating ca. 1500 to the present
- Assigns subject and form/genre headings
- Performs authority control; establishes and revises name headings in
the LC/NACO Authority File
- Performs database maintenance
- Creates and maintains EAD-encoded finding aids
- Keeps abreast of revisions in cataloging rules and trends
-Other duties as assigned

The position doesn’t seem to have been posted on the Folger’s website yet (www.folger.edu), but the complete posting with requirements and application instructions is available here.

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