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North Central College, a private, comprehensive liberal arts college in Naperville, Illinois, would like to take this opportunity to announce that applications are now being accepted for the full-time, exempt position of Technical Services Coordinator. The Technical Services Coordinator leads the Technical Services unit of Oesterle Library, which houses a collection of 149,000 volumes and provides access to over 2,200 serials in print and electronic formats. For more information on Oesterle Library, visit http://library.noctrl.edu.
Review of applications will begin February 26, 2007 and continue until the position is filled.
General Responsibilities:
* Supervise acquisition of all library materials.
* Supervise cataloging, classifying, and processing of all library materials.
* Manage collections and technical services unit operations.
* Coordinate the effective use of library technology systems.
* Participate in reference, instruction, and collection development activities
* Cooperate as a team member with the library staff in performing any duties essential to efficient library operations.
* Attend seminars and training sessions to improve or update position-oriented skills and knowledge, when appropriate and funds permit.
* Participate in local, state and national library organizations, when appropriate and funds permit.
* Perform other related duties as appropriately assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
* Masters degree in Library Science from an ALA accredited institution is required.
* Excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills, required.
* Knowledge of Dewey Decimal Classification, LC subject headings, AACR2, and OCLC, required.
* Experience with automated library systems, preferably with Voyager, is required.
* Experience with acquisitions (including serials) and cataloging workflows with an integrated library system required, I-Share experience preferred.
* Supervisory experience is required.
* Ability to oversee maintenance of library technology, including web sites, required.
* Reference, instruction, and collection development experience in an academic library setting, desired.
This is only a brief description of the position.
If you meet the above qualifications and wish to be considered a candidate for this position, please send a letter of interest, resume, and names and telephone numbers of three professional references to:
North Central College, Office of Human Resources, 30 N. Brainard St., Naperville, IL 60540
Fax: 630-637-5755
E-Mail: humanresources@noctrl.edu
A copy of this posting is available at http://noctrl.edu/x20685.xml.
Ted Schwitzner
Collections, Instruction, & Technical Services Coordinator
North Central College
Oesterle Library
320 E. School St.
Naperville, IL 60540
630-637-5709 (voice)
630-637-5716 (fax)
tcschwitzner@noctrl.edu