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Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:02:12 -0400
From: Leslie A. Lee (George Washington U. Law School) <llee_at_law.gwu.edu>
Subject: Position Announcement

This message has been cross-posted.  Please excuse any 
duplication.

The Jacob Burns Law Library seeks a librarian to lead its 
Acquisitions Department.  Responsibilities include supervising two 
full-time support staff; overseeing the ordering, receiving, and 
claiming of library materials and the payment of invoices; monitoring 
the materials acquisitions budget; working with the university's 
accounting system to pay invoices electronically; reconciling the 
university's accounting with the library's automated system 
accounting; ensuring the integrity of the automated library ordering 
and receiving subsystem; working in cooperation with collection 
development to facilitate acquisitions work flow; and developing and 
implementing departmental policies and procedures.

QUALIFICATIONS:  MLS from an ALA-accredited institution; 
minimum of three years of supervisory experience in technical 
services, preferably in an academic setting; knowledge of the U.S. 
and foreign publishing industry; experience handling legal materials; 
experience with automated library systems, preferably 
INNOVATIVE; ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in 
writing; possess a strong service orientation; ability to work well 
independently and with others; self-starter.  PREFERRED:  Reading 
knowledge of one language other than English.

Informational interviews will be conducted at the AALL Annual 
Meeting in July.  Review of applications will begin July 28, 2003, and 
continue until the position is filled.  To apply for this position, please 
send a cover letter and resume, and the names of three 
professional references to llee_at_law.gwu.edu or Leslie A. Lee, 
Assistant Director for Administration; The George Washington 
University, Jacob Burns Law Library; 716 20th Street, NW; 
Washington, D.C. 20052.

GWU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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