What are the responsibilities and job description for the Librarian position at Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute?
If you are a librarian who enjoys both independent work and being part of a small, highly collaborative team, with exceptional customer service skills, we want to hear from you!
“The BPSI Librarian should ideally be an Archivist with cutting edge technological skills and an interest in psychoanalysis, or at least eager to learn about psychoanalysis. They would have personal characteristics such as: excellent communication skills, comfort in their library leadership role, be approachable, helpful, welcoming, and supportive of library users. They should have a vision about the importance and function of libraries in our changing society and changing times”. – BPSI Library Committee
The BPSI Library
Located in Newton Centre, the Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute (BPSI) is a membership organization and school providing advanced training and education in the field of psychoanalysis. Our library is a large, comfortable, and welcoming space at the center of our historic building - a beautiful room visible from the building’s entrance. It serves our growing membership of over 400, including psychotherapy and psychoanalytic students, faculty, scholars, and community members. With comfortable chairs for reading and a large table for working, the library houses roughly 8,000 volumes and more than 20 psychoanalytic journals. Our extensive archival collection is held on the third floor of our building. The library also exhibits small collections of photographs and paintings by psychoanalysts and displays recent psychoanalytic publications, many from our own membership.
As BPSI’s Librarian you will have the opportunity to oversee and maintain a world-class psychoanalytic library and archives, and to work with a community of highly educated, intellectually curious, humanitarian and committee clinicians and scholars. The Librarian is a highly visible position at BPSI and provides instrumental support for BPSI’s training programs, members, and scholars. BPSI’s affiliation with national and international psychoanalytic organizations provides the opportunity for the librarian to collaborate with librarians and other professionals from Institutes around the country.
Our new Team member will be an intellectually curious analytical thinker with excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with a natural ability to organize and prioritize, and will possess the highest ethical and professional standards, have a pleasant outgoing demeanor, and enjoy interacting with others in a fast-paced, dynamic non-profit organization.
BPSI offers excellent benefits including:
- Health and dental insurance
- Paid vacation and flex time
- 403B pension plan
- Professional Development Tuition Reimbursement
- Flexible spending accounts
- Free parking and MBTA accessible
To read the full job description and position requirements, please visit us at https://bpsi.org/careers/.
To apply, send resume and cover letter with salary requirements to opportunities@bpsi.org.
