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Position Announcement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sonja Thompson)
Fri Aug 7 20:07:40 1998
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 15:46:54 -0500
From: Sonja Thompson <Thompson.699@osu.edu>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
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Please post the following position announcment to the listserv PACS-L.
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
1858 Neil Avenue Mall
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1286
Position: Head, Information Technology Department (Library faculty=
position)
=09
Available: 1 March, 1999
Responsibilities: Provides leadership, management, and strategic planning
for the University Libraries' electronic information systems. Responsible
for the integrated library system(Innovative Interfaces), public and staff
desktop computing, as well as network and user support services for a user
community of over 50,000 and a highly decentralized full-time library staff
of 295. Provides direction in planning and implementing the applications of
new technologies. Responsible for all aspects of the Libraries' information
technology infrastructure, as well as the provision of technology, hardware,
and applications software. Participates in digital library planning.
Coordinates information technology initiatives with other units in the
Libraries and the University. Serves as the library's IT representative to
the University, OhioLINK, and the Committee on Institutional Cooperation's
(CIC) Center for Library Initiatives, as well as to other professional
organizations and programs nationwide, and develops appropriate
partnerships. Initiates, develops and assists with grant proposals. As a
member of the Administrative Staff Council and as chair of the Information
Technology Committee, takes a prominent role in general planning, budgeting
and communicating with regard to library information systems and technology.
Manages an information technology staff of 12 FTE. Reports to the Director
of Libraries.=20
Qualifications: Required: ALA-accredited Masters' degree in librarianship
or an appropriate advanced degree with substantive experience in library
information technology. At least seven years of progressively responsible
experience in a large-scale, integrated information technology environment.
Demonstrated experience in the development and management of IT in a library
setting. Demonstrated knowledge of trends in library information
technology, including policy issues, and awareness of national trends in IT
relating to higher education. Proven ability to develop strategic plans and
to work in a diverse human resources environment in a participatory
management style. Excellent interpersonal as well as oral and written
communication skills. Librarians have faculty status and are expected to
meet library and University requirements for tenure and promotion, including
research, publication, and service. Highly desirable: Appointment with=
tenure.
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Benefits: 22 days vacation, 15 days sick leave, 10 holidays.
Hospitalization, major medical, surgical-medical, dental, vision, and
long-term disability insurance; life insurance at 2 =BD times one's annual
salary. State retirement system, with option of eight alternative
retirement plans (including TIAA/CREF, Aetna, and VALIC).
Environment: Founded in 1870, The Ohio State University is a comprehensive,
state- assisted university offering a complete environment for learning for
its ca. 3,000 faculty and 51,000 students. The University Libraries system
is composed of the Main Library, ten department libraries, the University
Archives, five special collections, the Law Library and the Health Sciences
Library on the Columbus campus; four regional campus libraries; and the
libraries of the Agricultural Technical Institute and the Ohio Agricultural
Research and Development Center in Wooster. Staff of the Libraries is
comprised of 105 librarians and professional staff, 190 support staff, and
over 500 student assistants. Its collection of over five million volumes
makes it one of the nation's largest research libraries.
The Ohio State University Libraries is a leader in library user education
with a program that reaches all entering freshmen students and a developing
program of course-related instruction for upper level undergraduate and
graduate students, as well as a program of online, self-paced tutorials. It
is also a leader in the development and use of library-related computer
technology and is a charter member of OCLC, Inc. and OhioLINK.
Ohio State participates in a statewide library and information network
linking state-supported academic libraries, the libraries of
community/technical colleges, the State Library of Ohio, and the libraries
of many private academic institutions. OhioLINK includes a shared central
catalog and a statewide circulation and delivery network.
Application: Open until filled; review of the applications begins
mid-October 1998. Apply to Linda Gonzalez, Manager, Library Human
Resources, The Ohio State University Libraries, 1858 Neil Avenue Mall,
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1286. Include names, addresses, and telephone numbers
of three references.
An Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Women,
minorities, Vietnam-era veterans, disabled veterans, and others with
disabilities are encourage to apply.
