Position overview

Position title: Associate Librarian, Career Status or Potential Career Status

Salary range: The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and salary point at appointment. See the following table(s) for the current salary scale(s) for this position: TABLE 26B REPRESENTED LIBRARIAN SERIES FISCAL YEAR SALARY SCALE. A reasonable full-time salary estimate for this position is $80,349 to $107,708.

Percent time: 100%

Anticipated start: As early as June 2026. Start date is flexible.

Position duration: This is a full-time potential career appointment.

Application Window

Open date: April 21, 2026

Next review date: Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Monday, Aug 24, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

The University of California, Berkeley is seeking a collaborative, innovative, and user-oriented Archivist to join the technical services team in The Bancroft Library. Reporting to the Head of Technical Services and working under the leadership of the Head of Archival Accessioning and Processing, the Archivist performs access-forward accessioning and processing for collections in a range of formats and sizes. The Archivist collaboratively explores innovative strategies for managing high-volume archival work and directs a small team of student assistants in the work of making the library's collections discoverable to researchers. The Archivist will work both independently and on team accessioning and processing projects. The Archivist will serve as a key member of a team of archivists that develops, drafts, and regularly revises policies and guidelines for archival work and shapes our local instance of ArchivesSpace at The Bancroft Library.

The Environment

The UC Berkeley Library is an internationally renowned research and teaching facility at one of the nation's premier public universities... [truncated for brevity, but includes full env description]

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