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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 16:18:53 EDT
From: rmdead@MIT.EDU
Subject: Job Posting

 ANNOUNCEMENT OF STAFF VACANCY

Assistant Librarian for Serials Acquisitions
Serials and Acquisitions Services
(Librarian II)

RESPONSIBILITIES:  Under the direction of the Head, Serials and
Acquisitions Services, directly manages the Serials Acquisitions Section,
which includes depository government documents. Performs the full range of
supervisory responsibilities for 4.5 FTE support staff.  Participates in a
variety of operational activities, e.g. solving complex order, receipt,
and invoicing problems, selection of serial vendors and monitoring their
performance, and coordinating large serials projects (cancellations,
transfers, etc.).  Manages several PC-based databases related to serials
fund tracking and government documents check-in, as well as the Libraries'
automated serials control module.  Serves as liaison with public service
units for serials acquisitions (including decentralized check-in
activities) and depository government documents issues.  Serves on
committees and task forces as appropriate.

QUALIFICATIONS:  Required A master's degree in library or information
science from an ALA-accredited program.  Three years of appropriate
professional experience in acquisitions and/or serials work in an academic
or research library.  Well-developed communication and problem-solving
skills, as well as some supervisory experience.  Evidence of initiative,
flexibility, attention to productivity, and ability to work creatively in
a rapidly changing environment.  Commitment to a user service orientation.
Highly desirable Significant experience with PC applications, especially
dBase and Lotus or Excel. Experience with federal government documents.

HIRING SALARY:  $30,000 minimum.  Actual salary based on experience.

The MIT Libraries include five major subject libraries (architecture and
planning; engineering; humanities; science; social sciences and
management) and several branch libraries in specialized subject areas.
The Libraries contain more than 2.3 million printed volumes, over 21,000
serial subscriptions, and extensive collections of microforms, maps,
slides, photographs, sound recordings, printed music, manuscripts, motion
pictures, and videotapes.  The Libraries' automated system is Geac
Advance. The public catalog, Barton, is available within the Libraries and
on the campus network.  The Libraries' WWW homepage
(http://nimrod.mit.edu/) presents information about library services,
access to numerous databases, and links to pertinent Internet resources.
MIT Libraries maintain membership in the Association of Research
Libraries, the International Association of Technological University
Libraries, the Boston Library Consortium, and OCLC through NELINET.

Serials and Acquisitions Services is one of three collection services
departments.  The staff of twenty-three people includes nine librarians
and fourteen support staff who are engaged in the ordering and receipt of
monographs, serials, depository government documents, and serials
cataloging, as well as the gifts and discard programs.

Applications received by December 9, 1996 will receive priority
consideration.  Send complete applications (letter of application, resume,
names and addresses of three current references) to:

Search Committee for Assistant Librarian for Serials Acquisitions
(SER)
The Libraries, Room 14S-216
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge MA  02139-4307

MIT offers excellent benefits, including tuition assistance, a children's
scholarship program, and a relocation allowance.  The MIT Libraries
affords a flexible and collegial working environment and fosters
professional growth of its staff with management training, travel funding
for professional meetings, and a professional research grant program.  MIT
is a smoke-free campus.

MIT is strongly and actively committed to diversity within its community.
Applications are particularly encouraged from qualified women and ethnic
minority candidates.