Position Announcement: Access and Outreach Services Librarian Vernell Ward 05 Sep 2007 16:46 UTC
I am posting this position at the request of our Library Director. Please respond to him. Access and Outreach Services Librarian, Oklahoma Baptist University, Mabee Learning Center Salary & Benefits: $33,000, 12 month contract; health insurance fully paid for employee, dependents may be covered at a reduced cost; fully paid life insurance; two weeks vacation plus paid holidays; tuition waivers for eligible dependents. Purpose: Provide leadership to plan, deliver, and assess access and outreach services to meet the information needs of the university community both on and off campus. Work with the librarians and staff of the Mabee Learning Center in professional development, campus service, library planning, and university-wide library initiatives. Essential functions: Oversees and manages all aspects of policy generation for interlibrary loan services. Knows and recommends all current uses of OCLC, ARIEL, INGENTA, TRANS-AMIGOS for interlibrary loan and courier services. Pursues, recommends and implements innovative access services, document delivery and interlibrary cooperation plans of all kinds and descriptions in conjunction with the Dean of Library Services. Supervises the work of the Access and Outreach Services student workers; develop and implement a promotion and marketing strategy for library services; assist liaison librarians in promoting library services for all academic disciplines. Explore developments and models for outreach library services (local, regional and national) and make recommendations on the direction of the service. Other duties: Serves as a reference librarian in the Mabee Learning Center an average of 8-10 hours per week. This position will require evening and weekend duty. Serves as liaison library to assigned teaching division providing collection development and library instruction; Serves on faculty committees as assigned. Performs other duties as required to support the mission of the library. Qualifications: Education Required: Master*s Degree in Library/Information Science from an ALA accredited library school/university. Experience: Experience as a librarian in an academic library preferred but not required. Equipment: Basic computer skills, Microsoft Office, email, required. To apply: Application form available online at http://www.okbu.edu/businessaffairs/hr/application_administration.pdf<http://www.okbu.edu/businessaffairs/hr/application_administration.pdf> ( http://www.okbu.edu/businessaffairs/hr/application_administration.pdf ) Questions should be sent to: Richard Cheek, Dean of Library Services richard.cheek@okbu.edu<mailto:richard.cheek@okbu.edu> ( mailto:richard.cheek@okbu.edu ) or phone 405-878-2249