Subject:  St. Louis area position
From:  Jill Garbs <jgarbs@siue.edu>
Date:  Tue, 08 Apr 2003 15:44:35 -0500

Please excuse cross posting.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES
ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL AND ACCESS SERVICES

RESPONSIBILITIES: The Director of Technical and Access Services (TAS) is
responsible for managing all units of the department: Acquisitions,
Bibliographic Control, Bindery and Processing and Access Services. The
Director reports to the Dean of Library and Information Services.

Primary Responsibilities
Manages all Technical and Access Services personnel.  Oversees annual
evaluation of work performance and development plans for all
departmental faculty (4), professional staff (0), and civil service
staff (14).  Develops policies and procedures for Technical and Access
Services.  Monitors and evaluates their implementation and
effectiveness.  Participates in overall LIS planning, consultation, and
management activities. Works with the Dean and appropriate LIS staff to
assign resources for Technical and Access Services operations and
projects.       Apprises and advises other Library personnel on all
department policies and procedural changes. Represents the Library in
state and national organizations, as appropriate.  Remains current with
library trends, issues, and practices and apprises colleagues of
developments. Meets the requirements for tenure and promotion.

TERMS OF APPOINTMENT:  Assistant or Associate Professor, 12-month,
tenure-track, continuing contract.  Excellent fringe benefits program.
More information is available at http://www.siue.edu Contract available
August 2003.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:  M.L.S. from an A.L.A. accredited library
school. Minimum of six years of progressively responsible and successful
experience in management in academic libraries. Demonstrated knowledge
MARC 21 formats and bibliographic utilities such as OCLC. Extensive
experience in one or more of the following areas: acquisitions,
bibliographic control, circulation and serials management. Excellent
written and verbal communication skills. The ability to work
collaboratively in a team environment. Strong interpersonal and public
service skills.

QUALIFICATIONS PREFERRED:  Experience negotiating licenses for
electronic resources.
Experience with Endeavor's Voyager system.

SALARY RANGE:  Negotiable dependent upon credentials and experience,
with a minimum salary of $60,000. Excellent fringe benefits.

UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT: SIUE, twenty minutes northeast of St. Louis, is
a public comprehensive university situated on 2600 acres of rolling land
and woods along bluffs a few miles from the Mississippi River.  It is an
integral part of Illinois and the St. Louis metropolitan area and uses
its suburban location to capitalize upon urban resources.  As a premiere
metropolitan university, SIUE is the first choice of a diverse pool of
applicants.  SIUE has a student population of over 11,000.

Library and Information Services manages Lovejoy Library, Academic
Computing (including responsibility for interactive video distance
education technology), and Audiovisual Services.  Lovejoy Library
maintains a collection of more than 1,000,000 volumes and subscribes to
more than 6500 print and digital serials and periodicals. Additional
information regarding the Library and University can be found at the web
site: http://www.library.siue.edu/lib.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS:  Initial review to begin July, 2003 and
to remain open until position is filled.

SUBMIT LETTER OF APPLICATION, AND THREE CURRENT PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
TO:
Jay Starratt, Dean of Library and Information Services
Director, Technical and Access Services
Lovejoy Library
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Campus Box 1063
Edwardsville, IL  62026-1063

As an affirmative action employer, SIUE offers equal employment
opportunity without regard to race, color, creed or religion, age, sex,
national origin, or disability.  Applications from women and minority
groups are especially encouraged.

SIUE is a state university - benefits under state sponsored plans will
not be available to holders of F1 or J1 visas.

-- Jill Garbs
Acting Director, Technical and Access Services
Library & Information Services
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Box 1063
Edwardsville, IL 62026
1-618-650-2351
1-618-650-3732 fax
jgarbs@siue.edu