From: Samuel Demas <sdemas_at_carleton.edu>
Nominations and applications are invited for the following positions:
THREE DEPARTMENT HEADS
Laurence McKinley Gould Library
Carleton College
The Carleton College Library and Athenaeum is poised to become a vibrant
center of the intellectual and cultural life of the campus, and is being
positioned to assume a significant educational role in a college community
committed to excellence in learning and teaching. To this end, we seek
three talented and energetic department heads to join our highly
experienced staff in developing an imaginative, student-centered liberal
arts college library program. These positions represent a unique
opportunity to provide creative leadership, working in collaboration with
an exceptional group of librarians, faculty and students, in building a
dynamic set of sophisticated information resources and services. As
members of the library's management team, these department heads will
participate in library-wide policymaking, planning, and administration.
Carleton's Library has an outstanding undergraduate collection and a
talented staff of 26. Information about the library can be found at
http://www.library.carleton.edu. Carleton College is a highly selective,
residential, non-sectarian liberal arts college offering degrees in 33
fields of study and 7 interdisciplinary programs to 1,850 men and women.
Carleton is consistently ranked among the nation's top liberal arts
institutions. It is located in the historic town of Northfield, Minnesota,
45 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
HEAD OF COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
Leadership in developing and preserving the collection, including
selection, policy formulation, collection evaluation, collection
management, gifts, budget allocation and management, special collections,
negotiating license agreements, and artful integration of digital
publications into the library's program of information resources and
services. Works very closely with the faculty. Manages an acquisitions
budget of $1.4 million.
Qualifications: Knowledge of issues and trends in academic library
collection development, publishing, and scholarly communication.
Demonstrated experience in selection and evaluation methods, and budget
management. We are looking for a librarian with scholarly interests and
demonstrated ability to work effectively with faculty in collection
development.
HEAD OF REFERENCE AND INSTRUCTION
Leadership in planning, implementing and evaluating information services,
including reference and information desks and an innovative information
literacy program. Teaches information literacy classes to faculty and
students. Oversees reference collection development and participates in
strengthening and extending a liaison program which, in partnership with
colleagues in academic computing, provides a high level of computing and
information support to faculty campus-wide.
Qualifications: Experience in developing, evaluating and managing
effective programs of reference and instruction. Excellent teaching skills
and broad familiarity with reference resources and trends and issues in
academic information services.
HEAD OF TECHNICAL SERVICES
Leadership in planning, organizing and directing technical services
operations, including acquisitions, cataloging, database maintenance,
serials control, binding and government documents processing. Supervises
staff in cataloging and acquisitions units, conducts workflow anlayses,
provides leadership in issues concerned with the organization of
information resources and in the operation of the library's integrated
library system.
Qualifications: Sophisticated understanding of issues and methods in
cataloging and organization of print and electronic resources. Extensive
experience with integrated library systems (III preferred) and with
bibliographic utilities (OCLC preferred). Experience in use of MARCIVE for
processing and recon of government documents desirable.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR ALL THREE POSITIONS: Minimum of 5 years of relevant
academic library experience and demonstrated effective leadership in
appropriate academic library management positions. Sophisticated
supervisory skills; good listener; sensitive and supportive approach to
personnel management. Ability to view issues from a library-wide
perspective, foster teamwork and esprit de corps, and stimulate
cross-functional collaboration. Strong interpersonal skills and ability to
formulate ideas clearly in both written and spoken form. ALA accredited
MLS. Strong background in using and in implementing access to a wide range
of electronic resources, and a solid grounding in the world of books and
scholarship. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with faculty and
students in interpreting and advancing the work of the library in support
of learning and teaching. Strong experience and skills in evaluating and
implementing information technology applications, and in collaborating with
academic computing operations in a campus setting. Advanced degree in an
academic discipline preferred; college library experience desirable.
Salary and fringe benefits highly competitive.
If you are intrigued by the possibility of joining Carleton College in this
adventure in librarianship and education, please submit a letter of
application and resume, along with the names, addresses, email, and phone
numbers of three references. Review of applications begins February 20,
1999.
Materials should be sent to:
Samuel Demas, College Librarian and Senior Lecturer
["name of position" Search Committee]
Laurence McKinley Gould Library
Carleton College
Northfield, MN 55057
Carleton College is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence
through diversity.
Samuel G. Demas email: sdemas_at_carleton.edu
College Librarian and Senior Lecturer voice: (507)646-4267
Laurence McKinley Gould Library fax: (507)646-4087
One North College Street
Northfield, Minnesota 55057
www.library.carleton.edu
Received on Thu Jan 21 1999 - 13:02:21 EST