The University of Southern Maine’s Osher Map Library is seeking a Cartographic Cataloging Librarian to join our dynamic and collaborative team.
The Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education (OML) at the University of Southern Maine is a leading repository and educational center dedicated to cartography’s past, present, and future. Beyond collection stewardship, the Osher Map Library fosters learning and public engagement through rotating exhibitions, lectures, and gallery programs. Its outreach extends to K–12 education via field trips, classroom visits, workshops, and lendable map-kit resources for teachers. It also supports academic research and teaching (nearly 200 classes/year) through its enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff, world-class collections and purpose-built spaces. By making maps accessible and relevant, both digitally and in-person, the OML bridges history, geography, art, and technology to help users better understand the worlds people have drawn and inhabited.
The Cartographic Cataloging Librarian plays a key role in creating, maintaining, and ensuring the accuracy and discoverability of catalog records for the OML. The OML’s extensive collection spans the 15th to 21st centuries and includes rare and often unique books, maps, atlases, globes, geographies, scientific instruments, and other cartographic materials, as well as the Library’s institutional archive. The Librarian plays a key role in collection processing, performs original and copy cataloging in multiple formats and languages, revises existing records and metadata, resolves authority conflicts, and upholds the highest standards of rare materials cataloging in accordance with OML policy, University of Maine System guidelines, and Library of Congress and OCLC standards. This position also contributes to developing and implementing cataloging policies, authority control, and database maintenance for OML’s collections. In addition, the Librarian maintains management data for planning and assessment, collaborates with colleagues across USM Libraries and the University of Maine System, and provides research and reference support to internal and external patrons.
The ideal candidate will be an experienced cataloger and library professional who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and demonstrates sound judgment, attention to detail, and a commitment to supporting the use and discoverability of OML collections for patrons of all ages.
For more details about qualifications, salary, and how to apply (by November 21, 2025), please click here.
