From: "Suzanne Rice" <srice_at_gw.bsu.edu>
Ball State is a comprehensive regional university with approximately
17,500 students and 800 faculty. It is located
fifty miles northeast of Indianapolis in Muncie, whose population
numbers 75,000. The University Libraries consist of
a main collection and two branch libraries with holdings of 1.5
million volumes. It employs 40 librarians and 79
support staff. A retirement has created the following opening:
HEAD OF COLLECTIONS DEVELOPMENT. Responsibilities: Directing library
collections development activities through consultation with designated
library selectors and through title selection processes involving faculty
requests, approval plans, publishers' offerings, gifts and other
sources; communicating with a variety of individuals on
collections development matters; maintaining awareness of current and
proposed academic curricula; developing planning and budgetary
recommendations, including fiscal allocations; oversee collection
management activities.
Minimum qualifications: MLS/MLIS from an ALA accredited program; at
least three years of professional experience in collections development,
collections management, acquisitions or related activities in an academic
library; supervisory experience; organizational skills; ability to
communicate effectively and to work constructively with a wide variety of
constituents. Preferred qualifications: Knowledge of the print, nonprint
and electronic
publishing and trade industries, current issues in library acquisitions and
information delivery/access (including electronic resources and related
copyright/licensing issues),
resource sharing and preservation; experience with library budgets;
familiarity with an online integrated library system; additional advanced
degrees; ability to work with
a variety of foreign languages. Salary negotiable from a minimum of
$42,000.
To apply: Send letter of application, resume, transcripts of graduate
degree(s) and the names, addresses, telephone/fax numbers of
three references (at least one of which is a current or former
supervisor) to: Mr. C. William Barnett, Director of
Library Business Services, University Libraries, Ball State
University, Muncie, IN 47306. Review of applications will
begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled.
(www.bsu.edu/library)
Lynn Sipe lsipe_at_usc.edu
Director, Collection Resources & 213/740-2929
Director, Information Delivery Organization & Retrieval 213/821-1617 (fax)
University Libraries
Information Services Division
c/o IDOR, UVI-A
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182
Received on Wed Jun 28 2000 - 08:44:56 EDT