Job
Manuscripts of the Muslim World Cataloging Librarian
As part of the Manuscripts of the Muslim World project (a grant-funded initiative between the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, and the Free Library of Philadelphia), the Penn Libraries seeks an Arabic script manuscript cataloging librarian. This position will be responsible for providing original cataloging and descriptive metadata for manuscripts in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish from the collections of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr College, and Haverford College. In addition, the cataloging librarian will remediate and standardize selected existing metadata from the grant institutions. The cataloging librarian will work closely with the project management and digitization team as well as staff at the partner institutions to refine and adapt cataloging workflow and procedures.
This is a three-year term position.