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The Northern Illinois University Libraries seeks applications from creative and dynamic individuals for the position of Head of the Music Library / Music Librarian. This is a 12-month tenure-track faculty position with appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor. As the Head of the Music Library (a branch library, located within the School of Music (SoM)), this position is responsible for the Music Library’s personnel management, daily operations and scheduling, programmatic planning, development of departmental policies and procedures, collection management, maintenance of departmental statistics and records, and provision of all services. This position requires an innovative service-oriented librarian who develops and delivers research services to the SoM and other programs as assigned in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The Librarian works collaboratively with colleagues in the main library and other campus departments to develop physical and digital collections and provide access to resources that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries and support new fields of inquiry. By building relationships with faculty, staff and students in the SoM, the Librarian identifies opportunities to promote and develop new library services in support of programs and initiatives.

The Music Collection supports programs in music history, music theory, music education, world music, and music performance. Its traditional strength has been in histories, criticism, and literature of Western music, and educational resources, while recently there has been a greater emphasis on collecting materials by and about marginalized groups, contemporary music, and sheet music. The Music Library houses a large vinyl collection representing a variety of genres, and the Kaltenbach-Sorensen collection of early jazz and swing records. The Music Librarian collaborates with the Rare Books and Special Collections department on collections such as the Raya Garbousova Collection, which holds manuscripts of significant cello works, and the Chicago Opera Archives (1880s-1900s).

The ideal candidate possesses skills and abilities to help transform instruction, outreach, reference, and collections and is creative in solving problems in a collaborative environment. The Librarian will also engage in community focused initiatives and activities, through collaborations with partners from campus units and programs.

 

Reporting to the Associate Dean for Public Services, the Music Librarian will: