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From: Bonita Weddle [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 4:18 PM
To: Archives & Archivists (A&A) List
Subject: Re: [archives] CORRECTED Job posting: New York State Library
Please ignore the version of the posting distributed to the list at
3:55PM today. Apologies for the mix-up. BW
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NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
89 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12234
An Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer
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Historic Conservation Technician 2, SG-12
(Reissue)
LOCATION: Albany SALARY: $33,977* (Includes benefits)
The New York State Library is seeking to fill a position of Historic
Conservation Technician 2, salary grade 12. Under the direction of a
Senior Librarian, the Historic Conservation Technician 2 will perform
duties that include, but will not be limited to, the following:
1. Monitor and record environmental conditions,
2. Prepare condition reports,
3. Make recommendations for solutions to problems identified through
the monitoring process,
4. Read hygrothermographs and dataloggers;
5. Assist in conducting collection surveys and participate as team
member with Manuscripts and Special
Collections staff to coordinate Library preservation and
conservation efforts;
6. Participate on Collections Response Team to plan and respond to
situations that place the collections in
jeopardy;
7. Evaluate archival nature of commercial products and maintain the
unit's monitoring equipment and
supplies inventory;
8. Perform various cleaning activities, such as aqueous/non-aqueous
washes, de-acidification, buffering, dry
cleaning techniques, including mechanical backing removal,
lining, solvent work for stain and adhesive
removal, bleaching, and fumigation;
9. Perform various paper repairs, such as guarding, hinging, mending
(including critical alignment) with heat
set and Japanese tissue and wheat starch paste, filling of
losses, humidification and flattening,
removal and separation of tape, gum and wax seals, solubility
testing and basic stabilization of
photographic materials;
10. Perform various repairs to case bound volumes-textblock
consolidation, including tip-ins, inserts and
sewing/resewing, case repairs, including rehinges, rebacks,
recasing, reusing boards or building a
new case, simple disbanding and page separation
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Four years of qualifying experience in which
the preponderance of duties involved carrying out preservation
activities in a library, archive, or public records repository.
Qualifying experience may include laboratory conservation work,
micrographics or imaging activities, or other preservation activities
aimed at stabilizing archive or library materials.
Leads to a maximum salary of $41,481 based on annual performance
advances.
Pending union members' approval, a tentative 4-year contract between
the State of New York and CSEA, will provide annual raises in the amount
of 3%, 3%, 3% and 4%.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: This will be a provisional appointment
pending a Civil Service examination.
APPLICATION: Qualified candidates should send a resume and letter of
interest by November 19, 2007 to:
Ms. Gayle Bowden
Director, Human Resources Management
Box CG-620
NYS Education Department
89 Washington Avenue, Room 528 EB
Albany, NY 12234
Fax (518) 486-5631
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The New York State Education Department is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity Employer
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