Role OverviewThe Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs & Collections is a key member of the LPA senior leadership team, providing high-level, strategic curatorial vision and overseeing the Curators of Dance, Music & Recorded Sound, and Theatre. This leader will be collaborative, building on the expertise of their team, and will ensure that all divisions are led equitably, resources are distributed strategically, and the Library’s collecting and programming activities align with the NYPL FY26–30 Strategy.
What You Will Do
Some expectations for this role are that within 1 month, this person will meet with each curator and their teams to understand current collecting, exhibition, and fundraising activities and how priorities are set today, and within 6 months and beyond, this person will have built working relationships with leadership in Collection Management, Special Collections Processing, and Public Programs and Exhibition.
Why It Might Be a Fit
This position will play a pivotal role in shaping LPA’s digital strategy, expanding public access by collaborating closely with Collections and Research Services to prioritize collections for high-impact digitization, and overseeing workflows that share digitized performing arts materials with a global audience.
Requirements
- Meet with each curator and their teams to understand current collecting, exhibition, and fundraising activities and how priorities are set today
- Gain understanding of the collections and formats represented in LPA’s curatorial divisions
- Begin building relationships with LPA Staff and colleagues at the Schomburg Center, the Stephen A Schwarzman building, and the Collections and Research Services (CRS) team
- Assess the staffing and workload of each curatorial team to ensure alignment between resources and departmental and organizational goals
- Understand acquisition processes at NYPL and partner with Collection Development colleagues to identify opportunities for efficiency, advocacy, and alignment
- Partner with Collections and Research Services leadership to review existing digitization pipelines and identify high-priority performing arts collections across Dance, Music & Recorded Sound, and Theatre
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