Chief, Prints and Photographs Division

Quick Facts

• Leadership role overseeing the Library’s visual material collections (prints, photographs, and related graphic arts)
• People-focused, collaborative chief reporting within the Special Collections Directorate

Description

Lead and set the vision for the development, stewardship, interpretation, promotion, and service of the Prints and Photographs Division’s visual material collections. Ensure preservation and expand access and use of these collections through research services, public programming, outreach, and digital integration. Manage division budget execution and supervise staff to meet collection and service goals.

Responsibilities

• Provide vision and leadership for development and maintenance of visual collections, including integration of digital technology
• Acquire, organize, describe, preserve, digitize, and improve access to analog and digital collections
• Cultivate donor relationships, secure funding for initiatives, and selectively acquire new collections
• Build and maintain effective stakeholder and external partner collaborations
• Execute the division budget for appropriated and gift/trust funds
• Set and implement a collection development strategy across major collecting areas (architecture design and engineering, fine prints, photographs, popular and applied graphic arts, posters)
• Steward collections sustainably and increase access, discovery, use, and dissemination onsite and offsite
• Ensure services and programs support “a library for all,” onsite and online
• Lead outreach and engagement nationally and internationally; coordinate with units focused on congressional outreach, visitor experience, exhibits, and educational outreach
• Manage human resource functions for directly and indirectly supervised staff
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Proven knowledge of library and archival principles and techniques for visual material collections and the provision of researcher services and public programs
• Experience applying collection strategies; setting preservation/security/organization/description/digitization/access policies and procedures
• Demonstrated ability to enrich onsite and online user experience and increase usage by diverse user groups
• Experience developing collaborative public outreach, exhibits, and programs
• Experience incorporating assessment activities into routine procedures for collections, services, and programs
• Ability to supervise, develop, and lead a cultural heritage workforce (goal setting, feedback, mentoring, team building, training/career advancement, hiring, performance and disciplinary actions)
• Ability to think strategically and lead change, including implementing major components of a strategy change
• Ability to provide program oversight and administrative management (HR, finance, IT, facilities; short- and long-term planning; delegation and performance expectations)
• Ability to build coalitions and professional networks across and outside the organization, including with donors and relevant academic/library/archival communities
• Effective communication skills beyond writing (briefings and presentations to staff, managers, peers, and external audiences)
• Residency/probation and federal employment conditions per Library of Congress requirements, including a one-year probationary period
• Resume must demonstrate relevant accomplishments, work experience, and education/training

Benefits

A comprehensive U.S. government employee benefits package. Eligibility depends on the position type.