THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
1858 Neil Avenue Mall
Columbus, Ohio  43210-1286

Position:       Coordinator,  Serials Cataloging Section

Available:      1 April 1998

Responsibilities:  Manages the Serials Cataloging Section; develops and
implements priorities, work flows and procedures for serials cataloging in
all formats including electronic resources; participates in Department and
library-wide forums on creating access to electronic resources; serves as
liaison with the Continuation Acquisitions Division, collection managers and
others throughout the Libraries; contributes authority records through
participation in NACO.  Keeps abreast of cataloging trends, participates in
national discussions (AUTOCAT, SERIALST); evaluates the potential use of new
services and technologies; will advise the Department on future CONSER
participation.  Collaborates with library staff in developing the organizing
principles and logical arrangement of the Department and Libraries' web
site.  Participates actively as a management team member in Department
planning, policy-making and operations; supervises three staff members and
students assistants.  Reports to the head of the Cataloging Department.
Serves on appropriate library, university and professional committees.
Librarians have faculty status and are expected to meet University
requirements for promotion and tenure, including research, publication and
service.

Department:  The Cataloging Department is a dynamic and forward-looking
department committed to creating timely, accurate and full bibliographic
access to library-provided resources.  The staff consists of 5.5 FTE
librarians, 16 FTE support staff, 4 FTE graduate assistants and 10,000 hours
of student assistant time.  The Department's four sections - Western
Languages, Non-Roman Languages, Serials Cataloging and Catalog
Maintenance/Authorities - perform original cataloging in all languages,
formats and bibliographic levels of new and existing resources as well as
the copy cataloging in non-Roman languages for the University Libraries.
The Department manages the four retrospective conversion projects,
coordinates participation in NACO, provides training throughout the
Libraries on cataloging and catalog maintenance functions and has
established a web page in support of these activities.  The processing of
new books and serials with full bibliographic records is done in the
Acquisition Department.  There is a separate cataloging department for
special collections resources.  Music scores and sound recordings are
cataloged by the Music Library, which also does the original cataloging of
monographs.

Qualifications:  Master's degree from an ALA-accredited program; minimum of
2 years relevant experience; knowledge of metadata and other standards,
including AACR2r, LC subject headings and classification, USMARC formats,
CONSER procedures, and newer standards such as Dublin Core, HTML, SGML, and
TEI.  Demonstrated management and supervisory abilities; reading knowledge
of one foreign language; experience with Internet and PC software packages,
a local online system and bibliographic utilities; strong communication,
organizational and training skills; demonstrated analytical skills; ability
to work flexibly and creatively in a rapidly changing environment and accept
new challenges; ability to set and adjust priorities to realize department
and library goals; and ability to work independently as well as part of a=
 team.

Salary and Rank:  $32,000 minimum.  Faculty rank and salary dependent upon
experience and qualifications.

Benefits:       22 days vacation, 15 days sick leave, 10 holidays.
Hospitalization, major medical, surgical-medical, dental, vision, and
long-term disability insurance; life insurance at 2 1/2 times one's annual
salary.  State retirement system.

Environment:    Founded in 1870, The Ohio State University is a  comprehensive,
state-assisted university offering a complete environment for learning for
its 4,300 faculty and 55,000 students.  The University Libraries system is
composed of the Main Library, ten department libraries, the University
Archives, five special collections, the Law Library and the Health Sciences
Library on the Columbus campus; four regional campus libraries; and the
libraries of the Agricultural Technical Institute and the Ohio Agricultural
Research and Development Center in Wooster.  Staff of the Libraries is
comprised of 105 librarians and professional staff and 190 support staff.
Its collection of five million volumes makes it one of the nation's largest
research libraries.

The Ohio State University Libraries is a leader in library user education
with a program that reaches all entering freshman students and a developing
program of course-related instruction for upper level undergraduate and
graduate students.  It is also a leader in the development and use of
library-related computer technology and is a charter member of OCLC, Inc.
and OhioLINK.

Ohio State participates a statewide library and information network linking
seventeen state-supported academic libraries, the libraries of
community/technical colleges, the State Library of Ohio, and the libraries
of many private academic institutions.  OhioLINK includes a shared central
catalog and a statewide circulation and delivery network.

Application:    Open until filled; review of applications begins in
late-January 1998.  Apply to Toni A. Morrison, Personnel Officer (see
address above).  Include names, addresses, and telephone numbers of three
references.

An Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer.  Women,
minorities, Vietnam-era veterans, disabled veterans and others with
disabilities are encouraged to apply.
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Carol Pitts Diedrichs
Head, Acquisition Department
Editor, Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory
The Ohio State University Libraries
1858 Neil Avenue Mall
Columbus, OH, 43210-1286
tel: 614-292-6314
fax: 614-292-2015
Internet: diedrichs.1@osu.edu
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