VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Position Title:     Head, Serials Acquisitions Unit, Resource Services

Rank:               Assistant/Associate Librarian

LP#:                838330

Salary:             $34,000 minimum

Responsible to:     Associate Chair, Acquisitions and Serials Section

JOB SUMMARY:

The Head of the Serials Acquisitions Unit will be responsible for the
management of all serials acquisitions functions and the acquisition of
library electronic resources. As such, the individual supervises and
evaluates the activities of the Serials Acquisitions unit. The unit
includes 7.5 support staff that acquire, claim, check-in, binding, and
fiscally manage serials in all formats. Serves as the electronic
acquisitions expert for licensing, ordering, receiving, housing, and
coordinating access that further integrates electronic serials into the
collections.  Also monitors and analyzes vendor performance, prepares
budget reports. Coordinates and implements projects associated with the
Humanities and Social Sciences Periodicals Room.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1.  Responsible for supervision and operation of the Serials Acquisitions
Unit. This includes planning and goal setting; monitoring and evaluating
workflow for quality and quantity of production; hiring and evaluating
staff; coordinating training.

2.  Responsible for management of electronic resources acquisitions,
licenses, coordinating access to electronic resources once acquired with
Electronic Access Services Coordinator and staff in Serials Cataloging,
Preservation, Collection Management, Administration, and Public Services.
Provides support for management of established licenses and contracts,
license compliance, and record keeping for digital information.

3.  Responsible for ensuring quality control in acquisitions by monitoring
serial vendor services. Perform vendor evaluations and facilitate
negotiations of vendor services as needed. Prepare regular budget reports.

4.  With the Department Chair, Section Associate Chair and Serials
Cataloging Unit Head establishes policies and procedures that coordinate
acquisitions and cataloging tasks with national standards and local policy
and procedures.  As chair of the Serials Operational Committee,
coordinates standards and procedures for serials receipt in branches and
HSS Periodicals Room.

5.  Contributes to the development of departmental and library goals,
policies, procedures, and priorities by working with a variety of groups
and various assignments, and by drafting suggestions or responses to
in-process documents.

6.  Leads staff in developing publication patterns for system migration to
predictive check-in.

7.  Participates in staffing the Humanities and Social Sciences
Periodicals Room information desk. Leads planning for further support of
Humanities and Social Sciences Periodicals.

8.  Participates in and contributes to acquisitions programs and standards
on national level.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1.  Master's degree in library science from an ALA accredited library
school.

2.  Direct knowledge of and experience in serials management in a
networked academic library environment. Knowledge of state-of-the art
serials control systems and technology, sufficient to participate actively
in planning for migration to a new library system.

3.  Familiarity with serials trade, serials holdings standards, metadata
standards, current trends in serials control.

4.  Demonstrated supervisory and training and problem-solving skills.

5.  Experience and facility with basic office software.

6.  Excellent written and oral communication skills, and ability to work
effectively, both as part of a team and individually, with faculty, staff
and students.

7.  Strong analytical skills and experience in planning, setting
priorities, and problem solving.

8.  Proven commitment to professional growth and development.

9.  Working knowledge of one or more foreign languages.

The University of Florida

The University of Florida is a large, land grant, public educational
research institution with a faculty of approximately 4,000 and a student
body of nearly 31,000 undergraduates, over 8,000 graduate students, and
over 3,000 professional students.  It ranks tenth nationally in size of
student body and eighth nationally in the number of merit scholars
enrolled in the freshmen class.  The University is a member of the
Association of American Universities and offers the Ph.D. in 86 fields and
the Master's degree in 105 fields.  For more information please consult
the UF homepage at http://www.ufl.edu <http://www.ufl.edu/> .

The George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida are members
of the Research Libraries Group, SOLINET, and the Center for Research
Libraries.  The library staff, which numbers more than 300 FTE librarians,
technical/clerical staff and student assistants, plays an active state,
regional, and national role in CONSER and other library programs related
to automation, bibliographic control and preservation.  The collections
now comprise more than three million cataloged volumes, four million
microforms, and extensive holdings of government documents, maps, archival
material, computer files, and other formats.  The Libraries receive 25,000
current serials and the library resources budget is approximately
$6,000,000 annually.  The University of Florida shares a NOTIS based
integrated system for acquiring, processing, circulating, and assessing
its collections. Currently, more than 1, 900,000 titles are in the OPAC.
For more information about the Libraries, please visit
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu <http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/> .

Benefits:

Twenty-two vacation days, nine paid holidays, and thirteen days sick leave
annually; retirement options; insurance benefits; tuition fee waiver
program; no state or local income tax.

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity employer and is strongly
committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff.  Applications from a
broad spectrum of people, including members of ethnic minorities and
disabled persons, are especially encouraged to apply.

Send a letter of application along with a resume and three letters of
reference, which include the addresses and telephone numbers of those
references by July 31, 2000 to: Library Personnel Officer,George A.
Smathers Libraries , P.O. Box 117001 Gainesville, FL 32611, Fax
352-392-4538

Denise Bogart-Caballero, PHR
Library Personnel Officer
George A. Smathers Libraries
370 Library West
P.O. Box 117001
Gainesville, Florida 32611

(352) 392-9809
(352) 392-4538 (fax)
<denisebc@SMATHERSNT2.UFLIB.UFL.EDU>