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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
SERIALS/ELECTRONIC RESOURCES LIBRARIAN
Position Announcement
September 4, 2007

American University Library invites applications for a tenure track
Serials/Electronic Resources Librarian at the rank of Assistant or
Associate Librarian.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Seeking a forward thinking Serials/Electronic Resources
Librarian to provide vision and leadership for the functions of
organization of serials, electronic resources and digital initiatives.
Oversee the administrative functions of the acquisitions of serials and
the functions of purchasing, licensing, and acquiring access to electronic
resources with a $2.1 million budget.  Participate in and provide support
for digital initiatives to include the American University?s institutional
repository (ARC) and the Blackboard Library Site.  Manage the services,
shelving and collection maintenance for current periodicals, bound
periodicals, microfilm, and newspaper collections.  Perform administrative
and management tasks, including formulating and implementing unit goals,
policies and procedures; hiring, training, evaluating, and supervising
five full time staff and part time student assistants.  Participate in
collection development activities.  Work closely with other library units.
  This position provides library instruction or reference service.

Library faculty participate in library governance activities.  Library
faculty are expected to develop professionally, to contribute to creative
and scholarly research, and to participate in campus-wide activities.

Position is responsible to the Assistant University Librarian for
Collections Services.

REQUIREMENTS: ALA accredited M.L.S.  Minimum of three years of
progressively responsible management and serials experience; experience
with MARC formats and other metadata; two years experience with the
functions of purchasing, licensing, and acquiring access to electronic
resources; experience with budgets and fiscal control; one year experience
with the technological aspects of electronic resources; demonstrated
experience with the process of digitization of materials. Experience with
Voyager preferred. Evidence of flexibility, initiative, ability to work
collegially in a team environment, excellent organizational, interpersonal
and communications skills. Ability to work across a broad-based
constituency and to communicate a positive library image.  Potential to
meet tenure requirements in performance of primary responsibilities,
professional and creative development, and university service. Evidence of
potential for scholarship and ongoing professional development. Preferred:
Experience with providing library instruction or reference service.

Position available: November 1, 2007.

SALARY:  Commensurate with experience and qualifications.

The American University, incorporated in 1893, offers a wide range of
undergraduate and graduate programs, many with international focus, to
over 11,000 students. Its proximity to centers of technology, politics,
justice, world affairs, communication, science, business, and the art in
the Washington, D.C. area enhances the learning environment.

The University Library is a team-based organization serving the University
through a collection of over one  million volumes, 48,000 sound recordings
and videos including an entire music library, nearly 15,000 journals in
all subjects, 18 library faculty, 59 full time staff, plus over 160
student assistants, and a budget of over $8 million. The University is an
active member of the Washington Research Library Consortium with a shared
Ex Libris (Endeavor) system that includes an online public catalog.

TO APPLY: Send a letter of application, resume, names, addresses, and
telephone numbers of three references to:

Michele Mikkelsen
Director, Administration and Fiscal Affairs
American University Library
4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20016-8046
mmikkel@american.edu

American University is an AA/EEO university committed to a diverse
faculty, staff and student body.  Women and minority candidates are
strongly encouraged to apply.