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Position Announcement: Reference Librarian for Agricultural Sciences
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff French)
Fri Mar 24 20:20:22 2000
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 16:42:41 -0500
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Announcement of Professional Vacancy
March 3, 2000
POSITION: Reference Librarian for Agricultural Sciences and Natural
Resources
APPOINTMENT RANK: Assistant or Associate Professor
SALARY: Minimum $33,000 for Assistant Professor
Minimum $40,000 for Associate
Professor
AVAILABLE: September 1, 2000
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The University of Tennessee, (UT) Libraries seeks an energetic
professional to serve as subject librarian for reference and collection
development in the Agriculture-Veterinary Medicine Library. The
reference 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
agricultural sciences and natural resources.
The Institute of Agriculture includes UT's College of Agricultural
Sciences and Natural Resources, the College of Veterinary Medicine, the
Extension Service, and Experiment Station. The Institute's units
comprise a collaborative, multidisciplinary research environment in
which the library plays an integral part through outreach, instruction
and liaison.
The Reference Librarian for Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
participates in the work of the branch library and in the library-wide
science/technology subject group. The librarian provides general and
subject-specific reference assistance in the branch library's highly
automated reference environment, which includes government documents.
Instruction may take the form of classroom presentations, research
consultations, on-site assistance in labs and offices, and may 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 reference 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: ALA-accredited master's. Knowledge of major
scientific bibliographic databases and 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, 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. UT 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
UT Libraries offers a Web-based information system and access to a
variety of electronic information sources.
The Agriculture-Veterinary Medicine Library is located in the Veterinary
Teaching Hospital and serves 15 departments, the Extension Service and
the Experiment Station of the Institute of Agriculture. The collection
is comprised of 120,000 volumes, and the library is a depository for
U.S. government documents from the Departments of Agriculture. Four
staff and three librarians offer instruction and research assistance to
the campus and community.
Additional information about this position and the UTK community is
available at http://toltec.lib.utk.edu/~lss/search/agreflibr.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 May 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.
