Vacancy -MIT Libraries rmdead@MIT.EDU 12 Jun 1996 21:55 UTC
Announcement of Staff Vacancy ASSOCIATE HEAD FOR SERIALS CATALOGING Serials and Acquisitions Services Department RESPONSIBILITIES: Under the direction of the Head, Serials and Acquisitions Services, shares in the administration of the department, including planning, personnel and budget management, and policy development and implementation. May serve as Acting Head in the absence of the Department Head. Directly manages the Serials Cataloging Section, which consists of three librarians and four support staff. Performs the full range of supervisory responsibilities, including hiring, evaluation, and staff development. Establishes serials cataloging standards, procedures, and workflow, and adjusts same as conditions change. Overall responsibility for contributions to cooperative serials projects, such as CONSER and the BLC Union List of Serials. Works in partnership with the Associate Head for Monograph Cataloging in Bibliographic Access Services, to coordinate policies, procedures, and standards, and to facilitate cooperation and communication between the two units. Works with Serials and Monograph Acquisitions to plan procedures and workflow. Participates in systems planning as it relates to Serials Cataloging. Communicates with public service units to assess needs, clarify policies, and implement new procedures and system modifications. Maintains knowledge of national developments in serials cataloging and shares that knowledge appropriately within the Libraries. Serves on committees and task forces and participates in broader library activities as appropriate. QUALIFICATIONS: Required: Master's degree in library or information science from an ALA-accredited program. Several years of professional cataloging experience, preferably in a large academic library, and significant experience with serials. Knowledge of an on-line cataloging system and AACR2, LC classification, LCSH, MARC and standard authorities procedures. Understanding of cataloging issues related to various formats, including digital resources. Demonstrated supervisory ability and well-developed communication and analytical skills. Evidence of initiative, flexibility, attention to productivity, and ability to work creatively in a rapidly changing environment. HIRING SALARY: $35,500 minimum. Actual salary based on experience. The MIT Libraries include five major subject libraries (architecture and planning; engineering; humanities; science; social sciences and management) and several branch libraries in specialized subject areas. The Libraries contain more than 2.3 million printed volumes, over 21,000 serial subscriptions, and extensive collections of microforms, maps, slides, photographs, sound recordings, printed music, manuscripts, motion pictures, and videotapes. The Libraries' automated system is Geac Advance. The public catalog, Barton, is available within the Libraries and on the campus network. The Libraries' WWW homepage (http://nimrod.mit.edu/) presents information about library services, access to numerous databases, and links to pertinent Internet resources. MIT Libraries maintain membership in the Association of Research Libraries, the International Association of Technological University Libraries, the Boston Library Consortium, and OCLC through NELINET. Serials and Acquisitions Services is one of three collection services departments. The staff of twenty-four people includes nine librarians and fifteen support staff who are engaged in serials cataloging and the ordering and receipt of monographs, serials, and depository government documents, as well as the gifts and discard programs. The Serials Cataloging Section participates in the CONSER program. Applications received by August 5, 1996 will receive priority consideration. Send letter of application, resume, names and addresses of three current references (no electronic applications, please) to: Search Committee for Associate Head for Serials Cataloging (SLST) The Libraries, Room 14S-216 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge MA 02139-4307 MIT offers excellent benefits, including tuition assistance, a children's scholarship program, and a relocation allowance. The MIT Libraries affords a flexible and collegial working environment and fosters professional growth of its staff with management training, travel funding for professional meetings, and a professional research grant program. MIT is a smoke-free campus. MIT is strongly and actively committed to diversity within its community. Applications are particularly encouraged from qualified women and ethnic minority candidates.