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Position Announcement: Life Sciences Librarian
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff French)
Mon Mar 20 20:04:45 2000
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 14:07:20 -0500
From: Jeff French <french@AZTEC.LIB.UTK.EDU>
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POSITION: Life Sciences Librarian
APPOINTMENT RANK: Assistant or Associate Professor
SALARY: Minimum $33,000 for Assistant Professor
Minimum $40,000 for Associate
Professor
AVAILABLE: August 15, 2000
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) Libraries seeks an
energetic professional
to serve as a life sciences subject librarian for reference and
collection development. The life sciences librarian contributes to a
range of traditional and innovative library services. Responsibilities
emphasize outreach to students and faculty through consultation and
instruction with particular emphasis on undergraduate biology courses
and liaison to the Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Botany
departments.
UTK’s Biology Division (http://www.bio.utk.edu/) has 82 faculty in four
departments; it is one component of a collaborative, multidisciplinary
research environment. Cooperative efforts in teaching and research
involve personnel from departments on UT’s main campus, the College of
Agriculture, and the Joint Institute for Biological Sciences run by UTK
and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The life sciences librarian is part of the Reference and Instructional
Services Department, reports to the Science and Technology Coordinator,
and participates in the work of the department and science subject
group. The librarian provides general and subject-specific reference
assistance in the main library's highly automated reference environment,
(including night and weekend rotation) which includes a government
documents reference area and collection. Instruction may take the form
of classroom presentations, research consultation appointments, on-site
assistance in labs and offices, and could include interaction with
students enrolled in distance education programs.
Collection development and management responsibilities include
selecting, organizing, and assessing materials in all formats; this work
is done in cooperation with other subject librarians and with input from
faculty in the liaison areas.
The life sciences librarian promotes library services, facilitates
communication with the campus community about library and information
issues, works with library colleagues to coordinate services and
implement programs and projects, and serves on library and university
committees.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: MLS from an ALA-accredited program. Knowledge
of major scientific bibliographic databases and life science reference
sources in all formats. Evidence of excellent communication and
presentation skills and ability to work collegially with all levels of
users and staff. Demonstrable service orientation and understanding of
library services in a research university. Knowledge of scientific
literature and publishing trends.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Academic background in science. Professional
experience in science reference, preferably in an academic library.
Experience with collection development. Experience creating and
maintaining Web resources. Evidence of research or creative
achievement.
BENEFITS: Librarians at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville have
faculty rank and status and are appointed for twelve months. This is a
tenure track appointment. Library faculty must meet University
requirements for promotion and tenure. Annual leave is accrued at the
rate of two days per month and sick leave at the rate of one day per
month. Faculty have their choice of a state retirement plan or
TIAA/CREF. Non-refundable contributions to either retirement plan are
paid for the employee by the University. Group health and life insurance
plans are available. Tuition remission is available for all university
employees; partial undergraduate tuition remission is available to
dependent children and spouses of UT employees.
ENVIRONMENT: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, a Carnegie Research
Level One institution, enrolls approximately 26,000 students from every
state in the United States and approximately 100 other countries. As
Tennessee's comprehensive campus, UTK offers more doctoral programs than
any other institution in the state, and its faculty attract nearly $80
million annually for sponsored research programs. UTK is one of 27
higher education institutions holding the distinction of being both a
land-grant institution and state university.
The UTK Libraries, with an annual budget of $10 million, holds 2 million
volumes and receives approximately 10,000 current serials. The
Libraries system includes the John C. Hodges Library and four branches
on the Knoxville campus: Agriculture-Veterinary Medicine, Map, Music,
and University Archives and Special Collections. A fifth branch, the
Social Work Library, is located in Nashville. Over three hundred
persons are employed, including 49 librarians, 8 exempt, 123 non-exempt,
and 150 students. UTK Libraries is a member of the Association of
Research Libraries, SOLINET, and the Center for Research Libraries. The
UTK Libraries offers a Web-based information system and access to a
variety of electronic information sources.
Additional information about this position and the UTK community is
available at http://toltec.lib.utk.edu/~lss/search/lifsci.html
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Send letter of application, a current resume, and
the names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of three
recent references to: Jill Keally, Head, Library Support Services, 1015
Volunteer Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37996-1000, fax 423/974-4696.
Review of applications will begin April 15, 2000 and continue until the
position is filled.
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, does not discriminate on the
basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability or
veteran status in provision of educational programs and services or
employment opportunities and benefits. This policy extends to both
employment by and admission to the University.
The University does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or
disability in the education programs and activities pursuant to the
requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of
the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990.
Inquiries and charges of violation concerning Title VI, Title IX,
Section 504, ADA or the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) or
any of the other above referenced policies should be directed to the
Office of Diversity Resources & Educational Services (DRES), 2110
Terrace Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996-3560, telephone (423)974-2498 (TTY
available). Requests for accommodation of a disability should be
directed to the ADA Coordinator at the Office of Human Resources
Management, 600 Henley Street, Knoxville, TN 37996-4125.
