Position Announcement (Connecticut)

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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:27:34 -0800
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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006
From: Step Schmitt (Yale Univ.) <stephanie.schmitt_at_yale.edu>
Subject: Position Announcement

LIBRARIAN FOR SERIALS SERVICES 
Lillian Goldman Law Library
Yale University Law School
Rank: Librarian II  

THE UNIVERSITY AND THE LIBRARY 
The University Library, which is a highly valued partner in teaching 
and research at the University, has more than 12.5 million volumes 
housed in the Sterling Memorial Library and 22 school and department 
libraries. It employs a dynamic and innovative staff of nearly 600 
FTE who have the opportunity to work with the highest caliber of 
faculty and students, participate on committees and are involved in 
other areas of staff development. A full spectrum of library resources,
from rare books and manuscripts to a rapidly expanding network of 
electronic resources, constitutes one of Yale's distinctive strengths. 
The Library is engaged in numerous ambitious projects to expand its 
collections and access to them. For additional information on the 
Yale University Library, please visit the Library's Web site at: 
http://www.library.yale.edu/ 

THE LAW LIBRARY AND UNIVERSITY 
The Lillian Goldman Law Library with a collection of over one million 
volumes and volume equivalents houses one of the world's finest 
collections of printed legal materials. It is located in spectacularly 
renovated facilities within the heart of the Yale Law School complex, 
and serves the legal research needs of the Law School and University 
communities.  The Law Library serves the faculty and students of a 
research-oriented law school with a strong tradition of 
interdisciplinary scholarship, as well as other researchers from the 
larger scholarly and legal communities. The Law Library fully supports 
the needs of twenty-first century legal researchers by integrating 
access to print and online sources.  The Law Library is a leader in 
its use of technology and uses Innovative Interfaces Millennium 
integrated library system. 

Lillian Goldman Law Library's Technical Services Division provides 
support for a multi format collection growing at a rate of 
approximately 16,000 new volumes per year with a staff of 4 full 
time professional librarians and 12 full time library assistants.  
The materials budget administered by Technical Services is over $2.6 
million annually, for books, serials, on line services, binding and 
preservation.  The library uses Library of Congress classification 
and has been fully reclassified.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting to the Associate Director for Technical Services, the 
Librarian for Serials Services at the Lillian Goldman Law Library is 
responsible for the control and management of continuing resources in 
both print and electronic formats.  The incumbent will work with the 
Librarian for Acquisitions Services and the Catalog Librarian for 
Operations to maintain maximum effectiveness in a highly automated 
environment.    
 
Essential duties of the position include: supervising a staff of two 
serials check-in assistants and two binding assistants; setting 
policy and procedure for the maintenance and management of continuing 
resources; ordering new serials subscriptions and monitoring 
availability of electronic equivalents; establishing records for 
control of print subscriptions and electronic aggregations and 
databases; working closely with catalogers in solving problems in the
maintenance of  bibliographic and check-in  records.  The incumbent 
is expected to participate in library planning, committees and task 
forces and to participate in campus, regional, and national 
professional development and collaborative activities.

QUALIFICATIONS
An MLS from an ALA accredited library school and a minimum of two 
years professional experience as a law serials librarian with 
supervisory responsibility. Library training and experience should 
demonstrate facility using microcomputers and solid knowledge of an 
integrated library system with a preference for Innovative Interfaces.
Requires familiarity with bibliographic utilities and the basic tools 
of technical services librarianship: Catalogers Desktop and 
Classification Plus.  

The ideal candidate should be self-motivated, possess superior 
communication and interpersonal skills, demonstrate a strong service 
orientation and an ability to work with varied user groups, be able 
to function effectively in a team environment, be able to use and 
train staff in computer applications for materials processing and 
bibliographic control, and have an awareness of current trends in law
library technical services. 

Salary and Benefits
Rank and competitive salary will be based upon the successful 
candidate's qualifications and experience. Full benefits package 
including pro-rated 22 vacation days; 18 holiday, recess and personal
days; comprehensive health care; TIAA/CREF or Yale retirement plan; 
and relocation assistance. Applications will be accepted until the 
position is filled. To be considered, complete Yales on-line 
application and provide a cover letter and resume including the names
of three professional references at
https://apps.business.yale.edu/oja/index.jsp . Questions regarding 
application and/or job description may be directed via email to 
hrlibrary_at_yale.edu. Please be sure to include Source Code LDTB14981.

Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer 

-- 
Step Schmitt
stephanie.schmitt_at_yale.edu 
step.schmitt_at_gmail.com 

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