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Positions Available
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Public-Access Computer Systems For)
Mon Aug 3 20:11:33 1998
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 15:10:39 -0500
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2 Messages, 87 Lines
1) Library Technology Consultant, Texas State Library
2) Assistant Access Services Librarian, Georgia Southern University
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From: Vanessa Siordia <vsiordia@tsl.state.tx.us>
Subject: Job: Technology/TX
Library Technology Consultant. Join a diverse team of stimulating
librarians who support the libraries of Texas. Looking for someone
whose expertise is technology, but who can clarify these issues for the
non-technical librarian. Frequent travel required, as well as some
evening and weekend work. Salary $2825/mo plus state benefits. If
interested, please contact Human Resources Office, Texas State Library
and Archives Commission, PO Box 12927, Austin, TX 78711; 512-463-5474;
personnel@tsl.state.tx.us. Open until filled.
Vanessa Siordia
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
vsiordia@tsl.state.tx.us
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From: Fred Smith <solibfs@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu>
Subject: Assistant Access Services Librarian - Georgia
LIBRARY FACULTY POSITION: ZACH S. HENDERSON LIBRARY
ASSISTANT ACCESS SERVICES LIBRARIAN (Assistant Professor) (Search
Extended):
Applications are now being accepted for a faculty rank, tenure-track
position in the Henderson Library of Georgia Southern University.
Responsibilities include supervising all aspects of Interlibrary
Loan/Document Delivery services; serving as assistant head of the Access
Services Department (includes approximately 15 employees); supervising
the Library's shelving operation; and directly supervising two full-time
staff members, one part-time staff member, and approximately 20 student
assistants.
An ALA-accredited master's degree, two years' library-related
experience, two years' supervisory experience, demonstrated oral and
written communication skills, a strong public services commitment,
strong technical skills, and strong organizational skills are required.
Knowledge of OCLC strongly preferred; circulation experience preferred.
Application letter MUST describe SPECIFICALLY the applicant's
qualifications for the position. Letter MUST address (in a separate essay
of two or three paragraphs) the use of electronic resources in today's
resource sharing environment.
Finalists for the position will be expected to make an oral presentation
during the on-site interview. Salary dependent upon qualifications.
MINIMUM SALARY IN THE LOWER 30s. Excellent benefits package. Appointment
is for a twelve-month period. Position will be available October 1,
1998. Georgia Southern is an EEO/AA institution. Individuals who need
reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act in
order to participate in the application process should notify the search
chair. The names of applicants and nominees, resumes and other general
non-evaluative information are subject to public inspection under the
Georgia Open Records Act. Send letter of application, resume, and the
names, addresses, telephone numbers and fax numbers (if available) of
ONLY THREE REFERENCES by August 11, 1998, to the address given below:
Fred Smith
Access Services Librarian
Zach S. Henderson Library
Post Office Box 8074
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA 30460-8074
FAX: (912) 681-0093
E-Mail: FSMITH@GASOU.EDU
The Henderson Library employs seventeen faculty and forty-four support
staff. Collections include over 500,000 volumes, over 600,000 government
documents, and almost 3500 current serial subscriptions. The library
utilizes the Data Research Associates (DRA) automation system, and has a
Novell-based local area network (IBM and Macintosh) with access to the
Georgia Statewide Library System, approximately 40 CD-ROM databases, over
50 licensed databases at other sites, and the full resources of the
Internet and the World Wide Web. There are almost 300 networked computers
available for public use in accessing curriculum support software and the
databases described above. The Library is open twenty-four hours a day
from noon on Sunday through midnight on Friday and 8:00 a.m. to midnight
on Saturday. The library maintains a home page at
http://www2.gasou.edu/library/.
