Position announcement Cecilia Genereux 16 Feb 2004 20:59 UTC
Materials Acquisition and Control Area Studies Team Leader The University of Minnesota University Libraries are a vibrant system of libraries on the Twin Cities campus. The Libraries offer a highly collaborative environment, new programs in digital collection and service integration, undergraduate and literacy initiatives, emerging partnerships for research information, and a commitment to organization development. The Libraries is committed to providing access to all types of materials in conformance with national standards and to advancing the field through active service, inquiry, experimentation, and participation in cooperative programs. The University Libraries are members of the Association of Research Libraries, OCLC, Research Libraries Group, Center for Research Libraries, MINITEX, and Committee on Institutional Cooperation. The Libraries invites applications for the position of Area Studies Team Leader in the Materials Acquisition and Control Department (MAC). MAC consists of teams which acquire and provide bibliographic access to all formats of material. The Libraries integrated system is Ex Libris Aleph. The Libraries particularly encourages the candidacy of individuals with experience in multicultural and multiracial environments. CONTEXT: The Area Studies Team is responsible for ordering, receipting, paying for, and providing bibliographic access to materials in a variety of subjects and languages for these areas: East and South Asia, Central, Eastern and Western Europe, Middle East, Scandinavia, and Ibero-America. RESPONSIBILITIES: · Manage and supervise a team of approximately 10 full time staff, including 3 professional librarians and several FTE students. · Serve as a member of the MAC leadership group in setting policies and procedures, budgeting, staffing, workflow, measurement and analysis, communication and public relations. · Perform original cataloging for materials in Western European or other languages. · Collaborate with others in the Libraries to investigate, propose, and implement new approaches for creating and manipulating bibliographic data. · Play an important role in developing innovative methods to describe information in all formats and to work with units across the Libraries and the campus on various projects. This person reports to the Director of Materials Acquisition and Control. QUALIFICATIONS: Required: MLS from an ALA-accredited institution (or foreign equivalent); supervisory experience; experience with OCLC and/or RLIN; original cataloging experience in an integrated library system; knowledge of AACR2, LCSH, LC classification, and MARC21 tagging; knowledge of current developments in cataloging, metadata standards, and information retrieval, and experience with emerging technologies; demonstrated ability to function in a collaborative, service-oriented environment and to adapt to a frequently changing environment; excellent interpersonal, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills; initiative and flexibility; knowledge of one language besides English; an aptitude for complex, analytical and detailed work; demonstrated ongoing commitment to professional development and engagement in the profession Preferred: Technical services experience in an academic or research library environment; experience with the Ex Libris Aleph system; background in cataloging of electronic resources and outsourcing of cataloging; demonstrated facility in adopting and developing new technological skills; experience acquiring, cataloging and/or processing material non-English languages acquired from foreign vendors. SALARY AND BENEFITS: Full-time, 12-month, continuous appointment track, academic/professional position with appointment at the Assistant Librarian rank. The Libraries offers a competitive salary, commensurate with qualifications and experience, for this position. Excellent benefits and substantial moving allowance. TO APPLY: Send a letter of application, resume, and names, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of three current professional references to: Libraries Human Resources, University Libraries, 499 Wilson Library, 309 19th Ave. So., Mpls., MN 55455-0414. Please identify your application with the number UL174. Applications will be accepted until position is filled. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cecilia Genereux Serials and Electronic Resources Cataloging Coordinator University of Minnesota 160 Wilson Library Voice: 612-625-0820 309 19th Avenue South Fax: 612-625-3428 Minneapolis, MN 55455 mailto:gener002@umn.edu