CHIEF CATALOG LIBRARIAN, Yale University Library
Minimum Rank:  Librarian IV

Deadline Date Extended to September 30, 1996

THE UNIVERSITY AND THE LIBRARY

The University Library, which is a highly valued partner in teaching and
research at the University, has more than 10 million volumes housed in the
Sterling Memorial Library and 16 school and department libraries.  It employs
a dynamic and innovative staff of nearly 600 FTE who have the opportunity to
work with the highest caliber of faculty and students, to participate on
committees and to be involved in other areas of staff development.  A full
spectrum of library resources, from rare books and manuscripts to a rapidly
expanding network of electronic resources, constitutes one of Yale's
distinctive strengths.  The Library is engaged in numerous ambitious projects
such as the renovation of the main library building, the complete conversion
of the Library's catalog, and various automation projects which include
network access to scholarly information and preservation imaging.

Within the University Library, Technical Service units pursue a course of
continual change and innovation in building integrated, university-wide
scholarly information systems.  These systems are designed to provide readers
rapid access to new materials in all formats as well as a high-quality
bibliographic record of Yale's extraordinary library collections.  These
collections, which the Library has developed over the last three centuries,
continue to grow at nearly 100,000 titles per year and include an increasing
number of materials in digital form.  To help sustain and shape its role in
the changing world of information resources, the Yale University Library seeks
an energetic and experienced catalog librarian to join its general management
team and the leadership of Technical Services.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Chief Catalog Librarian will report to the Associate University Librarian
with responsibility for technical services.  In a changing and technologically
sophisticated environment, the Chief Catalog Librarian will exercise
leadership for the policies and procedures used by central as well as school
and departmental cataloging units of the Library.  The Chief Catalog Librarian
will oversee the Library's participation in NACO, BIBCO, and other
national-level cataloging initiatives and programs.  In addition, the Chief
Catalog Librarian will head the central Catalog Department in the Sterling
Memorial Library and will nurture a team approach to management, foster
creative improvements in cataloging practices, and cultivate an ethic of
service to the Yale community at  large and specifically to units elsewhere in
the Library that focus on reference, instruction and collection development.
The Catalog Department consists of 21 librarians and 29 library assistants
organized in 6 teams responsible for bibliographic control of curricular,
general research, and special collection materials in a broad range of
disciplines and a wide variety of languages.  The Department is also
responsible for maintaining the on-line catalog and for leading the Library's
effort to convert 4.5 million titles from the manual card file to electronic
form.  The staff in the Department make use of a sophisticated set of
workstation and other automated tools to catalog over 85,000 titles a year in
all formats, reduce a 90,000 title cataloging backlog, and maintain a growing
on-line catalog of nearly 3.3 million titles and over 1.3 million authorized
headings.  The Chief Catalog Librarian will serve on the Library's Technical
Services Management Group, the Library Management Council, and various other
key governing groups within the Library and is expected to be professionally
active.

QUALIFICATIONS

An MLS from an ALA-accredited library school.  At least eight years of
professional experience with demonstrated achievement supervising staff,
managing budgets, and administering cataloging activity, preferably in a
research library setting.  Creative, dynamic, and flexible leadership and
team-building abilities.  Strong service orientation and problem-solving
abilities.  High-level knowledge of cataloging standards and trends, including
a command of authority control, subject analysis and LC classification issues,
sensitivity to the complexities of cataloging materials in a wide variety of
languages, and an appreciation of current developments regarding the
bibliographic control of networked information.  Strong computer skills,
including experience with bibliographic services such as RLIN and OCLC,
automated systems such as Notis, and general office and network-based tools.
Excellent analytical and organizational skills.  Excellent oral and written
communication skills.  Demonstrated ability to work well independently and
with others, including service providers, at a wide range of organizational
levels and in a rapidly changing and demanding environment.

SALARY AND BENEFITS

Competitive salary and full benefits package available.  Please submit a
letter of application, resume and the names of three references to Diane Y.
Turner, Director, Library Human Resources, P.O. Box 208240, New Haven, CT,
06520-8240.  Application deadline is September 30, 1996; applications will be
accepted until the position is filled.  Yale University is an equal
opportunity/affirmative   action employer.