Restorer Conservation

The University Library Basel (UB Basel) is responsible for the central, all subject areas comprehensive, needs-oriented and target group oriented information supply at the University of Basel and the canton of Basel-Stadt. With a stock of more than 4 million books and e-books, subject databases and journals, it is one of the larger scientific libraries in Switzerland.

The UB Basel is the oldest secular library in Switzerland and has a unique, extensive historical inventory and numerous special collections. Because the demand for digitized sources is steadily increasing, the university uses special funds to promote flexible retro-digitalisation and digital use tailored to the needs of research.

Your tasks:

• Collaboration in conservatory preparation and accompaniment of digitization projects at the University Library Basel
• Autonomous manual processing of single objects and smaller stock groups
• Documentation of the measures

Your profile:

• University degree in Conservation / Restoration or equivalent (Master's degree)
• Experience in book and paper restoration
• Solution-oriented and structured way of working
• You are an initiative, flexible and team-oriented personality with an extremely independent way of working and a high level of personal responsibility

We offer you:

• a responsible and versatile activity in a future-oriented field of work at the UB Basel
• a job at the UB main library, on the edge of the old town of Basel
• attractive employment conditions and social benefits in accordance with the guidelines of the University of Basel

Your contact for this position:
Lisa Dittmann
Head of Preservation
University Library Basel
Tel .: +41 61 207 30 11