{"id":250,"date":"2014-11-26T20:10:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T20:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries-dev.mit.edu\/giving\/?page_id=250"},"modified":"2025-10-24T15:13:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T15:13:01","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/opportunities\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"Endowed positions &amp; fellowships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Help support vital positions in the Libraries.<\/p>\n<h2>Endowed Positions<\/h2>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-416\" src=\"\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/archives-desk.jpg\" alt=\"Archives staff at front desk\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/>Archivists and Curators:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Endowments to fund key positions in Distinctive Collections, which serves as the \u201cmemory\u201d of MIT, collecting and preserving records that document MIT\u2019s history:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Institute Archivist:<\/strong><br \/>\nSenior leadership position responsible for shaping critical archival services for the MIT administration and faculty, as well as researchers worldwide.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Digital Archivist:<\/strong><br \/>\nPosition devoted to the acquisition, preservation, and management of the growing body of digital resources produced throughout the MIT community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Librarians:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-420\" src=\"\/app\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/12\/dirc-class.jpg\" alt=\"Librarian teaching a class\" width=\"200\" height=\"301\" \/>Endowments for the ongoing support of librarian positions that\u00a0provide critical information services to the MIT community. Librarians leverage cutting-edge information technology and instruction expertise with in-depth subject knowledge to meet the demands of MIT\u2019s world-class community. They create customized research assistance and online instruction tools for students, provide in-class instruction through collaborations with faculty, and lend support for faculty research and publishing by acquiring and managing online and print resources. Endowed positions include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Engineering Librarian<\/li>\n<li>Science Librarian<\/li>\n<li>Architecture and Planning Librarian<\/li>\n<li>Management and Social Sciences Librarian<\/li>\n<li>Music Librarian<\/li>\n<li>Humanities Librarian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help support vital positions in the Libraries. Endowed Positions Archivists and Curators: Endowments to fund key positions in Distinctive Collections, which serves as the \u201cmemory\u201d of MIT, collecting and preserving records that document MIT\u2019s history: Institute Archivist: Senior leadership position responsible for shaping critical archival services for the MIT administration and faculty, as well as researchers worldwide. Digital Archivist: Position devoted to the acquisition, preservation, and management of the growing body of digital resources produced throughout the MIT community. Librarians:\u00a0\u00a0 Endowments for the ongoing support of librarian positions that\u00a0provide critical information services to the MIT community. Librarians leverage cutting-edge information [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":200,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-250","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":792,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions\/792"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}