Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 08:03:40 -0900 (PDT)
From: Virginia Scheschy <scheschy@admin.unr.edu>
Subject: Job Announcement: Head, Serials and Acquisitions

                     HEAD, SERIALS AND ACQUISITIONS

The University of Nevada, Reno Libraries seek a service-oriented
librarian, interested in employing new technologies and capable of
providing vision and leadership to Serials and Acquisitions
Departments.

Responsibilities: Responsible for the acquisition of library materials
in all formats.  Oversight of all activities related to searching,
ordering, receiving, claiming, binding, and fiscal control. Oversees
firm order, approval, continuation, and gift operations, both in a
traditional environment and where selective outsourcing is used.
Maintains fund accounting on local system (Innovative Interfaces), and
monitors the expenditure of funds. Formulates goals, priorities,
policies, and procedures for Acquisitions (5.5 FTE) and Serials (2.5
FTE) Departments. Maintains effective relationships with vendors and
monitors vendor performance. Provides initiative and leadership in
acquiring electronic resources. Participates in collection
development and supports collection development activities with
analysis of acquisitions information and preparation of financial
statements. This is a faculty rank, tenure track appointment. Reports
to the Director of Technical Services.

Qualifications:  ALA accredited M.L.S.  Three years professional
serials and/or acquisitions experience in an automated environment,
preferably Innovative Interfaces. Experience with vendors for print,
non-print, and electronic resources, and vendors providing processed
and cataloged materials. Current awareness of information technologies
related to acquisitions and serials control. Excellent communication,
organizational, and interpersonal skills. Successful supervisory
experience. Ability to manage and exercise leadership in a rapidly
changing, technological environment. Demonstrated interest in
professional activities needed to meet university requirements for
promotion and tenure.

Salary: Minimum $42,000 for 12 month appointment.

Fringes: TIAA/CREF and other retirement options; 24 working days
vacation per year; generous sick leave; no State income tax.

The Environment:  The University of Nevada, Reno is a dynamic
land-grant institution with 12,000 students enrolled in 69
baccalaureate, 64 master, and 36 doctoral degree programs. Reno
is a metropolitan area of 250,000 located 40 miles from Lake Tahoe and
225 miles from San Francisco.

Applications:  Please send letter of application, resume, and names
and addresses (include e-mail addresses when possible) of three
references to:  Janita Jobe; Assistant to the Dean for Administrative
Services; University of Nevada, Reno Libraries/322; 1664 N. Virginia
Street; Reno, NV 89557-0044.  Application deadline is June 12, 1997.
Selection will be made by the Dean of Libraries, subject to the
approval of the President, from a group of top candidates selected by
a screening committee.  The University is an EEO/Affirmative Action,
Title IX/Sect. 504/ADA institution.  For position description: E-mail:
jobe@unr.edu