From: Kathy J Fronce <kjfronce_at_ksu.edu>
SOCIAL SCIENCES/HUMANITIES ADVERTISEMENT JULY 1997
2 LIBRARIANS (Reference) Kansas State University seeks applicants for two
new 12-month tenure-track faculty positions. Each position reports to the
Chair of Social
Sciences/Humanities Libraries.
1) HUMANITIES REFERENCE LIBRARIAN with emphasis in the fine arts.
RESPONSIBILITIES include: 1) providing reference services in the humanities and
social sciences, with emphasis in the fine arts (includes some evenings and
weekends);
2) developing and presenting library user instruction; 3) working in
partnership with
faculty in assigned academic departments; 4) collection management in the
fine arts; 5)
demonstrating initiative, flexibility, cooperation in a team environment;
6) developing
professionally.
QUALIFICATIONS: Required; ALA-accredited MLS; knowledge of subject literature in
music and/or other fine/performance art fields; excellent verbal and written
communication skills. Preferred: Second masters degree in related subject;
instructional education or experience; media education or experience;
library automation
knowledge; knowledge of book trade and acquisitions processes; reading
knowledge of
romance or other European language(s); ability to participate in a team
environment.
2) SOCIAL SCIENCES REFERENCE LIBRARIAN with emphasis in the behavioral
sciences/economics.
RESPONSIBILITIES include: 1) providing reference services in the social
sciences and
humanities, with emphasis in the behavioral sciences and/or economics
(includes some
evenings and weekends); 2) developing and presenting library user
instruction; 3)
working in partnership with faculty in assigned academic departments; 4)
collection
management in the behavioral sciences/economics; 5) demonstrating initiative,
flexibility, cooperation in a team environment; 6) developing professionally.
QUALIFICATIONS: Required; ALA-accredited MLS; knowledge of subject literature in
the behavioral sciences and/or economics; excellent verbal and written
communication
skills. Preferred: Second masters degree in related subject; instructional
education or
experience; library automation knowledge; knowledge of book trade and
acquisitions
processes; reading knowledge of romance or other European language(s);
ability to
participate in a team environment.
Salaries and benefits: mid to upper $20's; 22 days of annual leave and excellent
benefits.
Screening begins August 4, 1997, and will continue until positions are
filled. On-campus interviews anticipated in early September.
Kansas State University, an original land-grant institution, is a
comprehensive university
with an enrollment of about 20,000. It is located in Manhattan, in the
scenic Flint Hills
of northeast Kansas. The main library recently completed a $30 million
expansion and
renovation. A new client/server library system, Voyager by Endeavor, was
installed in
January 1996.
Send cover letter (indicating source of advertisement); resume; and names,
addresses
and phone numbers of three work-related references to M. Jean McDonald,
Director of
Administrative Services, Kansas State University Libraries, Manhattan, KS
66506-1200.
Phone: (913) 532-7465; e-mail: mcdonald_at_ksu.edu; fax: (913) 532-7415.
K.S.U. is an
equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
This ad and position descriptions may be found on the K.S.U. Libraries'
homepage at
http://www.ksu.lib.edu .
Received on Thu Jul 10 1997 - 16:09:00 EDT