Herman and Joan Suit Librarian for the Fine Arts Library | Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Harvard University seeks a progressive, user-centered, and innovative librarian to provide leadership for the Fine Arts Library, one of the leading libraries in the world for the study of art, architecture, and visual culture from antiquity to the present. Reporting to the Director of Arts and Special Collections of the Harvard College Library, the Herman and Joan Suit Librarian leads and manages the staff, budget, operations, and programs that support a diverse array of research and teaching activities centered in the Fine Arts Library’s collection of books, journals, visual resources, special collections, and other materials. The Librarian represents the Fine Arts Library to individuals and groups of faculty, students, researchers, donors, the arts community, the media, and other external constituents. The successful incumbent will possess broad knowledge of art history; enthusiasm for working with faculty and students; proclivity for adopting new technologies that will improve access to and use of the Fine Arts Library holdings; and a collaborative and collegial outlook and spirit.