-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Job Posting Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 11:59:01 -0500 From: Sally Somers <ssomers@mailer.fsu.edu> ANNOUNCEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL VACANCY Position: Head, Collection Development Department Rank: Assistant Librarian or Associate Librarian Description: Under the direction of the Assistant Director for Technical Services, the Head of the Collection Development Department provides leadership and coordinates the work of three service units: Monographs Acquisitions, Serials Acquisitions, and Binding. The Head supervises 3 FTE librarians and 15 FTE support staff. Serves as chief collection development officer; actively monitors and analyzes collection building activities in order to ensure development of a balanced collection ; interacts with college and department liaisons regarding development of the collections to ensure support of the University curriculum and programs. Develops proposals for allocation of materials budget in consultation with appropriate faculty and staff. Analyzes collecting patterns to ensure adequate levels of support for new programs. Responsible for acquisitions activities including monographic, serials, and electronic materials orders, receipt, payment, record maintenance, fund accounting, gifts, and vendor performance. Monitors all aspects of binding. Sets goals, plans, organizes, and monitors departmental activities. Maintains knowledge of advances in technology; trends in academic librarianship; trends in collection management and acquisitions, including vendor services; and actively seeks opportunities for improvement in workflow. Promotes teamwork; facilitates creative problem solving and promotes positive relationships with faculty and other library units in a rapidly changing organizational environment. The Head will be a key player in achieving organizational transformations that improve services, enhance effectiveness, and achieve efficiencies in Collection Development. Qualifications: REQUIRED: ALA accredited MLS or MLIS. At least three (3) years of relevant professional experience in collection development or acquisitions (2 years of post-MLS professional experience required for the Assistant Librarian rank, five years of post-MLS professional experience required for the Associate Librarian rank). Demonstrated achievement supervising staff, preferably in an academic or research library. Strong user service orientation. Analytic and problem solving skills. Excellent grasp of current acquisitions and collection management issues and trends. Excellent interpersonal skills; the ability to foster a work environment that encourages change and innovation. Strong computer skills, including experience with bibliographic utilities, preferably OCLC and automated library management systems, the World Wide Web, and workstation-based software such as Excel. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to work well independently and with others, including vendors, at a wide range of organizational levels. Ability to view issues from a library-wide perspective and to stimulate cross-functional collaboration. PREFERRED: Working knowledge of one modern European language; Familiarity with current cataloging practices and AACR2; Involvement with professional activities, preferably at the national or regional level. Salary: Assistant Librarian: Minimum, $35,000; Associate Librarian: Minimum, $43,300, depending on qualifications. A supplement for Department Head will be available for this position. Benefits: This is a full-time, twelve month non-tenured faculty appointment. Benefits include 22 days vacation, 13 days sick leave, group medical, dental, and life insurance, an Optional Retirement Program (including TIAA/CREF, among others), or state retirement, and no state or local income tax. Moving allowance available. The Library: Located in Tallahassee, Florida's capital city, a growing community, with a population of more than 213,000, the Florida State University, a public, coeducational institution of the ten member State University System of Florida, has an enrollment of over 33,000 students. The Library system includes the Robert Manning Strozier Library (main library), and 2 branch libraries (the Paul A.M. Dirac Science Library, and the Mildred and Claude Pepper Library). Libraries on the Florida State University campus include the Harold Goldstein Library Science Library, the Warren D. Allen Music Library, and the Law Library. A Medical School will open in 2001. Campus libraries have combined volume holdings totaling over 2,338,000 books and periodicals, over 957,000 government documents, and over 6,669,000 microforms. The Library is a member of ARL, CRL, RLG, and SOLINET. The State University System Libraries plan to seek a new LMS within the next year. For information about the Florida State University Libraries see our home page at http://www.fsu.edu/~library/. TO APPLY: Send letter of application citing the position title and position #53219. A current resume, and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of three professional reference to Jeannette Cox, Associate Director, Administrative Office, Strozier Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306-2047. Applications must be received by or postmarked no later than March 1, 2001. Florida State University is an equal-opportunity, equal access, employer. ANNOUNCEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL VACANCY Position: Head, Collection Development Department Rank: Assistant Librarian or Associate Librarian Description: Under the direction of the Assistant Director for Technical Services, the Head of the Collection Development Department provides leadership and coordinates the work of three service units: Monographs Acquisitions, Serials Acquisitions, and Binding. The Head supervises 3 FTE librarians and 15 FTE support staff. Serves as chief collection development officer; actively monitors and analyzes collection building activities in order to ensure development of a balanced collection ; interacts with college and department liaisons regarding development of the collections to ensure support of the University curriculum and programs. Develops proposals for allocation of materials budget in consultation with appropriate faculty and staff. Analyzes collecting patterns to ensure adequate levels of support for new programs. Responsible for acquisitions activities including monographic, serials, and electronic materials orders, receipt, payment, record maintenance, fund accounting, gifts, and vendor performance. Monitors all aspects of binding. Sets goals, plans, organizes, and monitors departmental activities. Maintains knowledge of advances in technology; trends in academic librarianship; trends in collection management and acquisitions, including vendor services; and actively seeks opportunities for improvement in workflow. Promotes teamwork; facilitates creative problem solving and promotes positive relationships with faculty and other library units in a rapidly changing organizational environment. The Head will be a key player in achieving organizational transformations that improve services, enhance effectiveness, and achieve efficiencies in Collection Development. Qualifications: REQUIRED: ALA accredited MLS or MLIS. At least three (3) years of relevant professional experience in collection development or acquisitions (2 years of post-MLS professional experience required for the Assistant Librarian rank, five years of post-MLS professional experience required for the Associate Librarian rank). Demonstrated achievement supervising staff, preferably in an academic or research library. Strong user service orientation. Analytic and problem solving skills. Excellent grasp of current acquisitions and collection management issues and trends. Excellent interpersonal skills; the ability to foster a work environment that encourages change and innovation. Strong computer skills, including experience with bibliographic utilities, preferably OCLC and automated library management systems, the World Wide Web, and workstation-based software such as Excel. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to work well independently and with others, including vendors, at a wide range of organizational levels. Ability to view issues from a library-wide perspective and to stimulate cross-functional collaboration. PREFERRED: Working knowledge of one modern European language; Familiarity with current cataloging practices and AACR2; Involvement with professional activities, preferably at the national or regional level. Salary: Assistant Librarian: Minimum, $35,000; Associate Librarian: Minimum, $43,300, depending on qualifications. A supplement for Department Head will be available for this position. Benefits: This is a full-time, twelve month non-tenured faculty appointment. Benefits include 22 days vacation, 13 days sick leave, group medical, dental, and life insurance, an Optional Retirement Program (including TIAA/CREF, among others), or state retirement, and no state or local income tax. Moving allowance available. The Library: Located in Tallahassee, Florida's capital city, a growing community, with a population of more than 213,000, the Florida State University, a public, coeducational institution of the ten member State University System of Florida, has an enrollment of over 33,000 students. The Library system includes the Robert Manning Strozier Library (main library), and 2 branch libraries (the Paul A.M. Dirac Science Library, and the Mildred and Claude Pepper Library). Libraries on the Florida State University campus include the Harold Goldstein Library Science Library, the Warren D. Allen Music Library, and the Law Library. A Medical School will open in 2001. Campus libraries have combined volume holdings totaling over 2,338,000 books and periodicals, over 957,000 government documents, and over 6,669,000 microforms. The Library is a member of ARL, CRL, RLG, and SOLINET. The State University System Libraries plan to seek a new LMS within the next year. For information about the Florida State University Libraries see our home page at http://www.fsu.edu/~library/. TO APPLY: Send letter of application citing the position title and position #53219. A current resume, and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of three professional reference to Jeannette Cox, Associate Director, Administrative Office, Strozier Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306-2047. Applications must be received by or postmarked no later than March 1, 2001. Florida State University is an equal-opportunity, equal access, employer. ********************************************** Sally W. Somers Assistant Director for Technical Services Florida State University University Libraries Library Technical Services 711 W. Madison St. Tallahassee, FL 32306-1005 Phone: (850) 644-6321 e-mail: ssomers@mailer.fsu.edu FAX: 850-644-5170 *********************************************
