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adjunct Curator:Job description:Job detailsOrganisation National Library Closes 29 Mar 2021 Posted on 18 Mar 2021 Region Wellington Work type Full time employment Work classification Culture & Heritage, Literature & Publishing, Marketing & Media ShareKia ora, Bula Vinaka, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Fakatalofa atu, Kia orana, Malo e lelei, Malo ni, Talofa lava, Ni hao, Namaste, Salaam, Selam and Hello!» Exciting opportunity to work as part of the Turnbull Library's Curatorial Team on cross team projects with analogue, digitised and born-digital archival and special collections in various formats. » Help promoteand share the history of Aotearoa New Zealand through the continuing development of the Turnbull collections. » Be part of a holistic system, working collaborating to improve the representation of all New Zealanders, especially those who have been historically underrepresented in the Library's collections. We have an excellent opportunity for an practiced cultural heritage professional to join the Alexander Turnbull Library's Curatorial Services Team. In this function you will report to the Curator Contemporary Voices and Archives and work collaboratively with staff across the Turnbull Library and the National Library to ensure the smooth functioning of our curatorial functions, including donor relationships, acquisitions workflows, appraisal, and special projects to improve collections management and access to and use of the Library's collections. In this function you will work as a key contributor to the Curatorial Team, assisting with donor and researcher correspondence, appraisal and accessioning of new and backlog collections, identifying collections for digitisation, archival processing, and other key Library projects. To be prosperous in the function you will have: » The talent to communicate effectively with wide-ranging audiences and communities. » practice working with cultural heritage collections in a Library, Archives or similar organisation and demonstrated knowledge of the balance between ?protecting privacy and copyright' and ?facilitating access to collections'. » Demonstrated knowledge of and engagement with archival theories and principles, especially strong appraisal, accessioning, as well as arrangement and description practice and knowledge. » capability to work or quickly lgain to work across archival formats, particularly manuscripts, archives, photographs, and oral history on wider cross-Library projects. » practice of working with donors and an capability to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with donors and dealers, your team, the wider business, and documentary heritage sector colleagues The Alexander Turnbull Library is part of the National Library of New Zealand and sits within the Information and Knowledge Services branch, the Department's epicentre of information management, culture and heritage. K?kiri, k?kiri, k?kiri! Whakarongo ake au ki ng? reo o te motu E karanga mai ana Huakina mai ng? tatau o t? whare Kia mahi tahi tatou, kia inu ai m?tou I Te Puna M?tauranga o Aotearoa Credit: Bella Tarawhiti The message from the people Clearly asks us To open our doors So that we may work together and share the information Held in the National Library of New Zealand How to submit the application: Please review the full job description on our careers website. Applications close5pm, Monday 29 March 2021 For more information Contact Us by: Ashwinee Pendharkar, Phone: 04 8198982 ext 2582,Email address: Ashwinee.Pendharkar@dia.govt.nz We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We recognise a diverse workforce contributes to better business results. We are committed to creating a workplace where all employees have equal access. To lgain more about the diverse, important mahi we do at Te Tari Taiwhenua and see why we're a great place to work, click here. Skills:
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