Position Announcement (Georgia)

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Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005
From: Charlotte Albright (Emory Univ.) <calbrig_at_emory.edu>
Subject: Position Announcement


Leader, Technical Services Division
General Libraries        

Emory University's General Libraries invites nominations and 
applications for the position of Leader, Technical Services Division. 
Reporting to the Vice-Provost and Director of Libraries, the position 
provides strategic leadership for technical services in a research 
library. The division staff of approximately 40 fte is organized into 
six teams, including Acquisitions, Database Quality Management, 
Monographic Cataloging, Serials Control, and Technical Services for 
Government Documents, plus a newly formed Electronic Resources Team and 
an at-large divisional position of Technology and Metadata librarian.  
Within a team-based and user-centered organization, the position 
collaborates with other division and office leaders on the library's 
senior management team on library-wide policy issues, program
development 
and budget allocation.

Key Responsibilities: The Division Leader will articulate a vision and 
lead innovation for 21st century technical services in a research
library.
He/she will be responsible for planning, developing, implementing and 
assessing technical services and operations within a complex and
evolving 
environment. Within the context of the General Library's mission and 
strategic directions, he/she oversees units that blend acquisition and 
management of digital content with the more traditional content to 
facilitate integrated access to library collections and information 
resources. He/she coordinates the development of effective procedures
and 
training, and evaluates outcomes to enhance technical services
activities. 
The leader convenes the Technical Services Coordinating Group, the 
division's management group, to establish goals and objectives, set 
priorities, and coordinate the work of the division in order to meet the

challenges of new technologies and user expectations. The leader fosters

an environment of innovation, participation, library-wide collaboration,

and continuous improvement in the division.

Qualifications: Required: MLS and minimum of five years of progressively

responsible experience in technical services in a research library.  
Demonstrated understanding of current trends and issues in technical 
services in a rapidly changing electronic environment. Proven skills in 
information gathering, planning, analysis, and application of technology

to enhance effectiveness in technical services operations. Strong 
interpersonal and management skills, creative problem solving, and
decision 
making skills. Ability to lead effectively in a team-based environment; 
skills and successful experience in selecting, managing and developing 
staff. Knowledge of current trends in scholarly publishing, particularly

with regard to electronic resources. Record of active involvement in 
professional activities. Preferred:  Progressive and broad technical 
services experience, prefer especially experience in more than one area
of 
technical services operations. Experience with acquisitions and 
bibliographic management in an integrated library system, preferably 
Sirsi's Unicorn. Familiarity with appropriate information technology 
applications, such as OpenURL resolvers and federated searching.

Salary and Benefits: Salary and rank dependent upon qualifications and 
experience. Comprehensive benefits package, including tuition benefits.

Several retirement plan options, including TIAA/CREF. Attractive moving 
allowance. 

Application: Send letter of application, resume, and the names,
addresses 
and telephone numbers of three references to: Dianne M. Smith, Library 
Human Resources Officer, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, 
Atlanta, GA 30322-2870.  Applications may be faxed to 404/727-0805 or 
e-mailed to calbrig_at_emory.edu.  Application review begins late October
and 
continues until the position is successfully filled.

Environment: One of the nation's leading research universities, Emory
excels 
in scholarly production of faculty, strength of new faculty and 
administrative appointments, volume of sponsored research, academic 
achievement of entering students, racial and gender diversity of the
faculty 
and students, endowment support, and national reputation of both the 
university and healthcare.  The Libraries of Emory University include
the 
General Libraries (which include the Chemistry Library and Math and
Science 
Reading Room) and Libraries for health sciences, law, theology, business
and 
Oxford College. Holdings of the Emory Libraries total approximately 2.9 
million volumes and 18,000 linear feet of manuscripts and archives. The 
libraries offer access to thousands of electronic information resources.
The 
Woodruff Library's Center for Library and Information Resources provides
an 
integrated service environment that brings together technology and media

specialists with librarians in a facility that includes an information 
commons, electronic classrooms, a distance learning classroom, the
Center 
for Interactive Teaching, a state-of-the-art language lab and
classrooms, 
the Goizueta Business Library, the Heilbrun Music and Media Library, the

Electronic Data Services Center, group study rooms, and comfortable
study 
space with data connections as well as wireless access throughout the 
building. The Emory Libraries are members of the Association of Research

Libraries, OCLC, the Research Libraries Group, the Center for Research 
Libraries, the Coalition for Networked Information, and the Digital
Library 
Federation (for more information about the libraries visit 
http://web.library.emory.edu).

Emory University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and

encourages women and minority candidates.



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