From: "McCarthy, Connie" <ckmc_at_mail.lib.duke.edu>
INFORMATION RESOURCES PROGRAM OFFICER
TRIANGLE RESEARCH LIBRARIES NETWORK
The Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) invites applications and
nominations for the
position of Information Resources Program Officer. TRLN seeks a creative
and energetic librarian to work with staff of member libraries to further
cooperative collections development and resource sharing among its
constituent institutions. The program officer will facilitate functioning
of staff groups engaged in measurement and analysis of existing
collections, in evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses, and in
determination of collecting responsibilities. The position will create and
support a TRLN collection development infrastructure and identify and draft
needed policies to support resource sharing.
The program officer will lead collaborative efforts centering on
identification, evaluation, acquisition, and use of teaching, learning, and
research materials, and with the network's executive director, will
negotiate licenses for access to electronic resources. Collection
conservation, preservation, and storage and TRLN's innovative document
delivery program will have major programmatic emphasis.
Building on a fifty year tradition of collaborative collections
development, TRLN intends to take regional cooperation to a new level of
effectiveness by maximizing and leveraging all of its organizational
resources. TRLN is a consortium of Duke University, North Carolina Central
University, North Carolina State University, and the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. Its ten member libraries encompass business,
health science, and law collections in addition to major research resources
in the humanities, sciences and technology, and the social sciences. The
libraries have combined holdings of more than eleven million volumes,
employ over a thousand staff, and have budgets totaling in excess of fifty
million dollars. TRLN's offices are located on the campus of UNC-Chapel
Hill.
The Triangle region is rated among the most desirable areas in North
America to live and work. It's location permits easy access to mountains
and seashore and to urban centers such as Atlanta, Georgia and Washington,
D.C.
QUALIFICATIONS: Completion of an American Library Association-accredited
master's degree; strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate
effectively both orally and in writing; experience in collections
development and/or resource sharing. Candidates should be familiar with new
information technologies and their application to collection development
and resource sharing in research library settings. Skill in facilitating
group discussion and problem-solving in a large organizational environment
is desirable.
SALARY AND BENEFITS: This is a 12 month librarian appointment with
standard University of North Carolina benefits of annual leave, sick leave,
and state or TIAA/CREF retirement plan. Minimum salary: $35,000.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: Consideration of candidates is ongoing. Review
of applications will
continue until the position is filled.
AVAILABLE: July 1, 1997
TO APPLY: Send a letter of application and resume to:
TRLN Search Committee, c/o Larry Alford
Davis Library, CB #3900
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
An equal opportunity, affirmative action employer
Jordan M. Scepanski
Executive Director
Triangle Research Libraries Network
Wilson Library, CB #3940
Chapel Hill NC 27514-8890
919/962-8022
919/962-4452 fax
Received on Fri May 23 1997 - 16:43:50 EDT