[Libs-Or] The Oregon Historical Society invites applications to the position of Library Director

[Shawna Gandy]

The Oregon Historical Society seeks a visionary library and archive
professional with a passion for providing leadership for collections
stewardship, broad public access to library collections and digital
resources, building visibility and resources, cultivating relationships,
and community engagement for the position of Library Director. The ideal
candidate will be a strategic thinker with a proven record for collections
management, project planning, outreach, fundraising, developing and
managing a complex budget, and directing staff and library operations, as
well as a solid grounding in Pacific Northwest and/or US history.

The Library Director will lead an experienced and dedicated team of
professional librarians, archivists, and public historians to drive
mission-related projects and priorities supported by OHS’s strategic plan,
including three special projects currently underway and a fourth in the
final planning stages:

   - Citizen(s) Yasui, a two-year CLIR grant-funded collaborative
   digitization project with Densho will broaden access to the library’s
   extensive holdings originating from the Yasui family of Hood River, Oregon.
   - Portland Digital History addition to the Oregon History Project
   website will provide an online public resource on the people, places, and
   events that inform the history of Portland, Oregon based on  the unique
   collections of OHS’s research library and museum.
   - Architecture, engineering, and design collections project to bring the
   library’s flagship design archive to a high standard of collections care
   and access.
   - Improvements to library collections storage at OHS’s offsite storage
   facility envisioned for the successfully completed The Next 125 capital
   campaign.

OHS’s research library is committed to providing broad access to its
collections for teaching, learning, and research, both onsite in our
beautifully renovated downtown Portland library and online through robust
digital collections and digital history websites. The library holds the
largest collection of archival and published materials relating to the
history of Oregon, including the historical regions of Oregon Country and
Oregon Territory. Our collections serve as a foundation for scholars,
teachers, students, and the public to research and reflect on our state and
regional history. The resources and staff of the OHS Research Library play
a significant role in fulfilling OHS’s mission to “preserve our state's
history and make it accessible to everyone in ways that advance knowledge
and inspire curiosity about all the people, places, and events that have
shaped Oregon.”

The Oregon Historical Society is a private non-profit organization
chartered in 1898 as the state’s historical society. OHS is dedicated to
making Oregon’s long, rich history visible and accessible to all. Our
research library, museum, digital platforms, educational programming, and
historical journal make Oregon’s history open and accessible to all. We
exist because history is powerful, and because a history as deep and rich
as Oregon’s cannot be contained within a single story or point of view.

Please view the full job post and apply online:
https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/3083543

Direct inquiries to human.resources at ohs.org <Human.Resources at ohs.org>.



*I’m retiring after many rewarding years at OHS and will leave behind an
extraordinary team poised to take OHS’s research library to the next level.
If you know of any excellent candidates for this position, please encourage
them to apply!*



*Shawna Gandy*

Library Director

*she/her/hers pronouns*

Oregon Historical Society

1200 SW Park Ave. Portland, OR 97205
<https://www.google.com/maps/search/1200+SW+Park+Ave.+Portland,+OR+97205?entry=gmail&source=g>

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