CDL: Position opening (LA)

From:  "Janellyn P Kleiner" <jkleiner_at_lsu.edu>

     Social Sciences/Humanities Coordinator

The LSU Libraries are seeking an energetic, ambitious, and highly 
motivated faculty member with potential to direct collection 
activities in Social Sciences and selected Humanities subjects. 
This is a tenure-track position (Assistant or Associate Librarian 
rank) offering substantial opportunity for growth in an ARL library 
that is moving strongly into more electronic information dissemination.

     The Social Sciences/Humanities Coordinator will be responsible 
for promoting innovative collection services, providing effective 
leadership in introducing relevant discipline oriented programs 
and services, maintaining and evaluating the library collection in 
all formats, and developing and implementing policies and procedures 
in response to the evolving needs of library users, faculty and staff.
 The Coordinator will be involved in statewide resource sharing 
projects in the Louisiana Online University Information Service and 
the Louisiana Library Network 

(LOUIS)[http://lsumvs.sncc.lsu.edu/ocs/louis/] 

to meet the research needs of all academic libraries in the state.

     This position will be directly responsible for developing and 
managing designated LSU Libraries' collections and should have a 
degree or extensive academic work experience in disciplines such 
as history, sociology, geography, mass communication, English, etc. 
Supervises librarians with social science/humanities liaison 
responsibilities who are assigned to Collection Development for 
forty percent of effort including supervising, training, and mentoring 
liaisons, outreach and instruction activities; coordinating development 
of worldwide web based resources for research guides; facilitating c
ommunication with the campus community about
library services and collection management issues;. allocating and 
managing funds in relevant disciplines; planning, implementing, 
evaluating projects to improve management of approval plans, journal 
costs, and budget; providing general and subject specific reference 
assistance (20%). Some evening and weekend duty may be required. 
Reports to the Associate Dean for Collection Services for 80% of 
duties and to the head of Reference Services for the remaining 20%. 
Works to meet requirements for tenure and promotion.

QUALIFICATIONS:  Required: ALA accredited MLS degree. 3 - 5 years 
relevant experience in increasingly responsible positions at a 
large academic or research library; degree or substantive experience 
in appropriate subject including literature, languages, history, 
sociology, geography, education, political science, psychology, 
business, mass communication or journalism. Comprehensive experience 
with print and electronic resources; good computer skills; knowledge 
of scholarly literature and publishing trends. Excellent communication 
and presentation skills. Strong service orientation. Ability
to work collegially with all levels of users and staff.

PREFERRED (or desirable): Professional or preprofessional collection
development experience. Advanced degree in appropriate subject area. 
Grant writing skills. Evidence of research or creative achievement.

SALARY: $40,000 minimum, dependent on qualifications and rank.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:  Send letter of application, a current resume, 
and the names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of 
three recent references to:
      Caroline Wire
      The LSU Libraries
      Louisiana State University
      Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Preference given to applications received by January 15, 2001. 
Applications accepted until filled.