CORRECTED Position Announcement (Washington DC, not California)

ACQNET readers --

Apologies for the erroneous subject header in the previous version of
this posting.  I must have been thinking of Thousand Oaks.  Or maybe I
was just thinking about lunch.

Rick Anderson
ACQflash Editor

 
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Subject: ACQflash: Position Announcement (California)

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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005
From: Vetula Tylka (Dumbarton Oaks) <vetulat_at_doaks.org>
Subject: Position Announcement

PART-TIME  SERIALS ASSISTANT
DUMBARTON OAKS RESEARCH LIBRARY AND COLLECTIONS

The serials assistant performs duties necessary to receive approximately

1,200 serials for a distinguished research library with world-renowned 
multi-language, multi-alphabet collections in Byzantine and medieval 
studies, garden history and landscape architecture, and Pre-Columbian 
studies. This position reports to the Serials & Acquisitions Librarian. 

Duties & Responsibilities:  This position is responsible for 1)
receiving 
all serial material and 2) maintaining serial records in Aleph.
Activities 
are coordinated with the bibliographers, the catalogers, the processing 
staff, and the vendors.  Record maintenance includes updating the source
of 
receipt, noting delays in publication, claiming restrictions of the 
publisher, and/or special processing instructions, maintaining MARC 21 
holding records, notifying the cataloging department of any status
change 
in a title, and responding in a timely manner to receipt problems.

Qualifications:   Required - Minimum of one year library experience
working 
in technical services.  Experience with an integrated library system, 
preferably ExLibris' Aleph. Ability to work independently, attend to
detail, 
and demonstrate initiative in daily tasks.  Desire to participate in a 
collaborative environment.  Excellent interpersonal and communication
skills 
in order to successfully contribute to an evolving work situation
requiring 
flexibility and versatility. Preferred - College degree.  Reading
knowledge 
of languages other than English.  

Grade 51: Annual salary prorated for 20-hour work-week - $15,000 +
depending 
on experience. Excellent benefits.  Submit letter of application and
resume 
by Monday, September 19, 2005 to: Tylka Vetula, Acquisitions and Serials

Librarian, Dumbarton Oaks, 1703 32 Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007.  
Email: Jobs_at_doaks.org    

EOE 

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