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Overview
For more than 125 years, The New York Public Library (NYPL) has been an essential provider of books, information, ideas, and education. With collections numbering more than 56 million items and serving more than 16 million patrons in person each year and millions more online, NYPL’s reach is both local and global. Our mission is to inspire lifelong learning, advance knowledge, and strengthen our communities.

At our world-class research centers–including the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Library at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, the Library for the Performing Arts, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture–expert staff facilitate the work of our diverse communities, offering inspiring reading rooms, programs, exhibitions, fellowships, and a dynamic range of research services. Their work is supported by dedicated staff on the Collections and Research Services teams. We are proud to be the most public and widely used research library in the world.

The newly Digital Collections Operations (DCO) department supports the stewardship, long-term preservation, and accessibility of NYPL’s digital collections. To help advance these shared goals and strengthen the Library’s digital collections ecosystem, the Manager, Vendor Digitization Services directs the end-to-end lifecycle of outsourced digitization projects for the Library’s Research Libraries. Serving as the primary liaison between internal stakeholders and external service providers, the Manager establishes the logistical and administrative framework necessary to safely scale NYPL’s digital reformatting efforts through strategic outsourcing.

Reporting to the Associate Director, Digital Reformatting, the Manager oversees the large-scale reformatting of both Audio and Moving Image (AMI) materials and diverse image-based collections—including microfilm, manuscripts, books, and specialized photographic formats (negatives, transparencies, and glass plates). In this critical role, they navigate complex vendor relationships and multi-year contracts, supervise a Media Preservation Coordinator (AMI), and ensure all external deliverables meet the Library’s stringent technical and preservation standards. Ultimately, this position helps advance institutional digitization and access goals by delivering repository-ready assets for discovery, exhibition, and research, while fostering a collaborative, forward-looking, and service-oriented culture.

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Responsibilities
Reporting to the Associate Director, Digital Reformatting, the Manager, Vendor Digitization Services will:

Required Education & Certifications
Master’s degree in Library and Information Science, Museum Studies, or a related field with a focus on preservation or digital reformatting.
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Required Skills

Managerial/Supervisory Responsibilities

1 direct report, overseeing Media Preservation Coordinator

Core Values
All team members are expected and encouraged to embody the NYPL Core Values:

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Pre-Placement Physical Required?
No

Union/Non Union
Non-Union

FLSA Status
Exempt

Schedule

On-site, 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9 am - 5 pm

This job description represents the types and levels of responsibilities that will be required of the position and shall not be construed as a declaration of all of the specific duties and responsibilities for the role. Job duties may change if Library priorities change. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description as needed.

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