Position Announcement (Washington, DC)

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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005
From: Virginia Bryant (George Washington Univ.) <vbryant_at_law.gwu.edu>
Subject: Position Announcement

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

The George Washington University
Jacob Burns Law Library

Head of Acquisitions

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 (or equivalent) from an ALA-accredited 
institution or substantial work toward completion of the degree; 
minimum of three years of supervisory experience in technical 
services, preferably in an academic setting; knowledge of the U.S. 
and foreign publishing industry. PREFERRED: Experience handling 
legal materials; experience with automated  library systems, 
preferably Innovative; excellent oral and written expression;
superior service orientation and team spirit; self-starter; reading
knowledge of one language other than English.

Review of applications will begin February 10, 2005, and continue 
until the position is filled. To apply for this position, please send a 
cover letter, resume, and the names of three professional 
references to llee_at_law.gwu.edu, 202-994-1430 (fax), or Ms. 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.

Virginia Bryant
Assistant Director for Technical Services and Head of Cataloging
Jacob Burns Law Library, George Washington University
716 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052
vbryant_at_law.gwu.edu
Voice:  (202)994-1378    FAX:  (202)994-2874


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