Position Announcement -- Mississippi State University Marcia Tuttle 20 Mar 2000 15:23 UTC
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 08:43:46 -0600 From: "Goodvin, Renee" <RGoodvin@NT.LIBRARY.MSSTATE.EDU> Subject: job posting POSITION VACANCY MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES Assistant Professor/Coordinator of Serials The Mississippi State University Libraries seek applications for the tenure track position of Assistant Professor/Coordinator of Serials. The individual's duties in this position include the overseeing of the activities of the unit responsible for the acquisition of serials in all formats, their fiscal control, and attendant record maintenance (checkin, claiming, binding, etc.) and the receipt of monographic standing orders. Other duties involve the monitoring, analyzing and reporting vendor performance; preparing detailed budget reports for accreditation and management use and working closely with the other units of Technical Services to ensure accurate bibliographic access to library-provided resources. As a faculty member of the University Library, this individual must meet library and university requirements for promotion and tenure in the areas of librarianship, research, service and collegiality and serve on library outreach teams to one or more academic departments and as subject bibliographer in assigned subject areas as library liaison to one or more academic departments. This position reports to the Associate Dean for Technical Services. REQUIRED: MLS from an ALA-accredited program with a minimum of five (5) years professional experience in an academic/research library with at least three (3) of the five (5) years experience in serials management in an automated environment. Familiarity with the serials trade, with current trends in serials management and control, and with national standards for serials holdings. Experience with EBSCO Subscription Services, bibliographic utilities (preferably OCLC) and with automated serials and acquisition systems (preferably DRA). Experience in planning, researching and implementing new technologies as they relate to serials control. Knowledge of MARC formats. Demonstrated supervisory and management experience, strong and effective training and problem-solving skills. Must be able to set and adjust priorities and workflow in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment and accept new challenges in order to realize departmental and library goals. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Record of service orientation. Interest in personal scholarly achievement and professional development. PREFERRED: Experience with electronic journals (acquisitions, licensing, processing, archiving, etc.) and with various software packages (word-processing, spreadsheets, databases, etc.). A second subject masters' degree or other advanced degree and a working knowledge of a foreign language. ENVIRONMENT: The Technical Services Department is led by the Associate Dean for Technical Services and consists of monographs and serials acquisitions, database maintenance, and monographs and serials cataloging. The Coordinator of Serials participates as a team member in the Technical Services Department; plans, sets goals and priorities, formulates policies, designs and monitors work flows for the Serials Unit; trains, supervises, evaluates library faculty and staff; prepares administrative and statistical reports, including serials cost projections; keeps abreast of current trends, standards and developments in the serials industry regarding vendor-developed services, electronic resources, automated systems and the publishing industry. The serials unit is composed of one (1) additional professional and six (6) paraprofessional staff members. Excellent benefits package. Faculty rank, privileges and responsibilities; 12 month appointment. RANK/SALARY: Assistant Professor/salary commensurate with experience and qualifications, with a salary range of $40,000 - $50,000. Submit application, resume and cover letter with names/telephone numbers/addresses/email addresses of three current professional references to: Ms. Debra Fairbrother, Administrative Assistant to the Dean Mississippi State University Libraries P. O. Box 5408 Mississippi State, MS 39762 Applications accepted through March 25, 2000 or until suitable applicant is found. For additional information on the Mississippi State University community, see the University's website at http://www.msstate.edu. Mississippi State University is a land grant institution and the largest state supported university in Mississippi. The University is located in Starkville, Mississippi. Mississippi State University is an EEO/AA employer.