Posted in Other 10 days ago.
Description
Salary Range:
$50,000-$55,000, commensurate with experience.
About SMU
SMU's more than 12,000 diverse, high-achieving students come from all 50 states and over 80 countries to take advantage of the University's small classes, meaningful research opportunities, leadership development, community service, international study and innovative programs.
SMU serves approximately 7,000 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate students through eight degree-granting schools: Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Cox School of Business, Lyle School of Engineering, Meadows School of the Arts, Simmons School of Education and Human Development, Dedman School of Law, Perkins School of Theology and Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies.
SMU is data driven, and its powerful supercomputing ecosystem - paired with entrepreneurial drive - creates an unrivaled environment for the University to deliver research excellence.
Now in its second century of achievement, SMU is recognized for the ways it supports students, faculty and alumni as they become ethical, enterprising leaders in their professions and communities. SMU's relationship with Dallas - the dynamic center of one of the nation's fastest-growing regions - offers unique learning, research, social and career opportunities that provide a launch pad for global impact.
SMU is nonsectarian in its teaching and committed to academic freedom and open inquiry.
About the Position:
This role is an on-campus, in-person position.
SMU Libraries is seeking a dynamic and flexible colleague to serve as the Exhibitions Designer and Collections Manager for Bridwell Library's Special Collections, capable of handling the specific needs of museum-grade collections. The candidate must be an inventive problem solver, with an intuitive imagination that facilitates innovative and effective designs for exhibitions of books and other cultural artifacts, in collaboration with exhibition curators. The candidate will also be detail-oriented and possess a strong understanding of museums and/or libraries, to undertake the responsibility and care for maintaining, storage, transfer, and stewardship of various collections and physical items at Bridwell Library.
Bridwell Special Collections-charged with being a premier rare book library-is ideal for the study of the book as art and artifact. Its collections encompass everything from ancient artifacts to modern and contemporary artists' books, including medieval manuscripts, over 1100 incunabula, livres d'artiste, fine press, and miniature books. Manuscript and rare book holdings support broad areas of study, including history, mythology, philosophy, parapsychology, literature, exploration, the abolitionist movement, art, the book arts, and more. Cornerstone collections include an extensive assortment of historic bibles, supported by numerous additional theological and ecclesiastical materials.
Bridwell Library is SMU's principal library location for the fields of theology and religious studies and serves Perkins School of Theology. Bridwell Library Special Collections is home to several premier collections related to church history, theology, biblical studies, and art, and serves as a major research institution for North Texas.
SMU is a nationally ranked private research university in Dallas, TX, with eight degree-granting schools. SMU Libraries includes six libraries on the main campus and one library at our satellite location in Taos, NM. SMU Libraries and the SMU campus is dedicated to diversity and inclusion. We seek to hire a person who shares our values of a diverse and equitable workplace based on teamwork with a proactive and positive approach in all that we do.
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