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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004
From: Judith Wild (Brooklyn College) <JWild_at_brooklyn.cuny.edu>
Subject: Position Announcement

Acquisitions Unit Head (Higher Education Assistant) 

Division/Department: Library
CUNY Personnel Vacancy Notice No.: MP-9702 
Closing Date: 10/7/04 

Duties: 
Brooklyn College is one of the City University of New York's senior
colleges; 
it enrolls 14,000 students. The Library's holdings include 1.3 million 
volumes, as well as significant nonprint collections. The Library is
highly 
automated, and its programs include academic computing. A new
state-of-the-
art Library building opened two years ago, in September 2002. 

The Head of the Acquisitions Unit reports directly to the Associate
Librarian 
for Technical Services. Responsibilities include: 

Encumber and expend the Library acquisitions budget for all monographic 
formats, following established timeframes. 
Work with at least three automated Library systems (Books in Print,
OCLC, 
CUNY+). 
Verify all requests for purchases. 
Select from a multitude of vendors based on their specializations,
prices, 
and speed of service. 
Train and supervise four clerical support staff. 
Troubleshoot problems with vendors, materials, and requesters. 
Monitor over 30 Library funds, the receipt of materials, and materials 
expenditures 
Work with classroom faculty and administrators who have special
requests. 
Represent the Brooklyn College Library at CUNY-wide meetings (i.e. CUNY 
Acquisitions Round Table, CUNY+ (online catalog) Acquisitions Committee)
and 
on the Brooklyn College Library Collection Development Committee. 

Qualifications: 
Baccalaureate degree and four years related experience required. The 
successful candidate will have excellent oral and written communication;

ability to work harmoniously with many different groups, i.e. Library 
faculty and staff, classroom faculty, college administrators,
publishers, 
vendors, and one's counterparts at the eighteen other CUNY institutions;

ability to multi-task; and excellent attention to detail. A Masters
degree 
in library and information science and experience with records
management 
in a library setting highly desirable. 

Starting Salary:
$35,031 - $47,331 commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Excellent fringe benefits. 35-hour, 5-day work week.    

PLEASE SEND CURRENT RESUME, AND NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THREE REFERENCES
TO: 
Assistant Vice President for Human Resource Services 
Brooklyn College
2900 Bedford Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889
... or email to bcjobs_at_brooklyn.cuny.edu



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