Instrument Technician/Music Librarian Job at California State University in Arca

Instrument Technician/Music Librarian

Dance, Music, and Theater

The person in this position is responsible for the Music department’s band and orchestral instrument collection, with emphasis on instrument check-out and return, inventory, insurance, maintenance, repair, transportation, and storage, AND for maintaining the Music Department Ensemble Library according to Music Department library policies with emphasis on cataloging new acquisitions, overseeing circulation of music library materials, repairing damaged materials, planning for replacement of missing materials, and regularly shelf-reading the collection.

Responsibilities:

• Oversight and accountability for all musical instruments
• Oversight and accountability for locker usage
• Instrument repair
• Support for performers and facilities
• Music Library Circulation
• Music Library Maintenance
• Other support

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepares and issues all musical instruments and accessories to students and faculty.
• Maintains computerized database inventory of instruments and accessories.
• Performs periodic inventory review to meet insurance requirements.
• Ensures that instruments and equipment are returned.
• Requests charges to students’ accounts if items are not returned or when instruments are checked out over breaks.
• Maintains locker inventory, repairs, and/or modifies lockers to accommodate special storage needs.
• Assigns locks and lockers to students based on instrument need.
• Prepares locker lists in support of numerous summer workshops.
• Completes minor repairs of wind, percussion, and string instruments.
• Performs periodic evaluations of the state of maintenance of instruments.
• Oversees transportation of instruments to outside repairers.
• As part of annual inventory, presents information to program leader about needs for replacement of worn-out instruments and cases, etc.
• Maintains inventory of specialized repair tools, replacement parts, and instrument accessories.
• Prepares annual budget and purchasing requests for consumable instrument accessories.
• At the request of faculty, design, fabricate, and/or modify custom musical instruments or equipment to support instructional programs.

Requirements:

• Experience equivalent to one year performing instrument support services for an instructional program.
• Experience equivalent to one year performing music librarian services for an instructional program or community musical ensemble.
• Experience Equivalent to two years of college with 16 semester units in courses involving extensive use of musical instruments and sheet music.
• Experience equivalent to one year of experience in ordering, purchasing, accounting, or in work related to musical instruments and sheet music.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to maintain and repair musical instruments.
• Ability to play orchestral instruments sufficiently to determine that they function correctly.
• Thorough knowledge of specialized tools, techniques, and materials used in the repair and fabrication of musical instruments.
• Skills in wood and metal working including the ability to safely use tools such as a metal lathe, buffing wheel, band saw, drill press, table saw, soldering/brazing/welding equipment, etc.
• Knowledge of languages used in music, particularly German, French, and Italian.
• Knowledge of instruments, including unusual instruments, used in compositions for large ensembles.
• Knowledge of cataloging and inventorying, including use of computerized cataloging/inventorying systems.
• Knowledge of acquisitions, including knowledge of publishers and distributors of music.
• Knowledge of conservation/preservation techniques for repair of damaged music.
• Knowledge of effective approaches for circulation/checkout/return of instruments and sheet music.
• Ability to assist users in finding appropriate music for their ensemble.
• Ability to use musical notation software to re-create missing parts.
• Bachelor’s degree in music.
• Formal Training in Instrument Repair.
• Formal Training in Library Science.
• Experience organizing and maintaining large volumes of sheet music.
• Ability to read musical notation fluently.

Cal Poly Humboldt is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.