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Position Announcement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Public-Access Computer Systems For)
Tue Oct 1 20:11:50 1996
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 14:56:33 -0500 (CDT)
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From: "Gillian (Jill) D. Ellern" <ELLERN@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU>
Subject: Position announcement: Western Carolina University
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES.=20
Hunter Library, Western Carolina University
Provide leadership for reference, instruction, electronic information
access, circulation and document delivery. Important elements of
this leadership include:
Support of an environment in which delivery of quality service is the
pre-eminent shared value; =20
Communicating to the campus the library=FEs vision of its role in
teaching and learning;=20
Maintaining a cooperative and consultative environment within the
library as well as with other segments of the university, particularl=
y
those with instructional technology responsibilities;=20
Strategic planning, policy development, and budgeting. =20
The Director of Public Services will participate in reference staffin=
g
(including evenings and weekends), bibliographic instruction, and
will also serve as a subject liaison to at least one academic
department. Public services includes five full- time and two part-
time librarians, eight full- time support staff (including the Head o=
f
Circulation), and three part- time support staff. The Position
reports to the University Librarian.
Qualifications: ALA- accredited MLS required. Strongly preferred :
five years of reference experience which demonstrate a strong
commitment to customer- oriented service; experience in teaching
and assisting in the use of the full range of printed and electronic
reference sources and on-line services; the ability to work
collegially and communicate effectively with internal and external
constituencies. Preferred: Basic understanding of the use of
computer technology in reference and circulation services;
demonstrated capacity to lead and manage professional and
support staff.=20
This is a twelve- month, faculty rank, tenure- track position. Salary
range: $40,000-$43,400. Applications received by November 15
will be given first consideration. Position available June 1,1997. =
=20
Please send a letter of application, resume, and names and phone
numbers of three references to Sandra Klein, Hunter Library.=20
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723.=20
Hunter library has an operating budget of $2.4 million, a staff of 43=
,
including 16 librarians and serves a student body of approximately
6000. Through the Western North Carolina Library Network, the
libraries of Western Carolina University, Appalachian State
University and The University of North Carolina at Asheville share a=
n
on-line system, a common bibliographic and patron database, a
delivery system (ABC Express) and other services. Western
Carolina University, located between the Great Smoky Mountains
and the Blue Ridge Mountains approximately 55 miles west of
Asheville, North Carolina , is one of the sixteen senior institution=
s of
the University of North Carolina and an affirmative action/ equal
opportunity employer. http://www.wcu.edu/library/hunter.htm
