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Subject: Position announcement - Serials Librarian, Georgia Tech
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:52:42 -0400
From: Lisa Macklin <lisa.macklin@LIBRARY.GATECH.EDU>

Position: Serials Librarian

The Georgia Institute of Technology Library and Information Center seeks
a
creative, customer-oriented serials librarian. This position will manage
serials acquisitions, including electronic journals.

RESPONSIBILITIES:  This position reports to the Head, Serials Control
Department. This position participates in departmental planning and
administration for a department that includes 8 support staff; manages
serials acquisitions for serials in all formats, including electronic
journals; collaborates with cataloging and systems to provide
bibliographic
and public access to electronic journals; provides complex
problem-solving
for serials acquisitions and receipt; participates in library,
Institute,
professional and scholarly activities.

ENVIRONMENT:  The Library and Information Center, a member of the
Association of Research Libraries, is central to the Institute's
instructional and research programs.  The Georgia Institute of
Technology,
with nearly 20,000 faculty, students, and staff, is one of the nation's
outstanding universities, with nationally recognized academic programs
in
science and engineering.  The Library is a leader in library automation
and
a participant in the statewide consortium, Galileo, and provides access
to
an ever-increasing number of databases and electronic journals.

QUALIFICATIONS:  Required:  ALA accredited MLS; excellent oral and
written
communication and interpersonal skills; evidence of organizational and
analytical skills; considerable ability to work independently and in
teams.
 US citizenship or permanent residency required.
Desired:  Professional or paraprofessional experience with serials
and/or
acquisitions in an academic or special library; experience with an
integrated library system and working with vendors and publishers;
knowledge of trends in electronic journal publishing; knowledge of HTML;
knowledge of USMARC; knowledge of relational databases, such as
Microsoft
Access or Oracle.

SALARY:  Salary is competitive and based on qualifications and
experience.
Librarians are members of the General Faculty and are non-tenured.
Please
visit the Georgia Tech home page (www.gatech.edu) to view the benefits
package.

Send names, addresses and phone numbers of five references to:  Becky
Turner, Personnel Librarian, Library and Information Center, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA  30332-0900.  Review of candidates
will begin December 15, 1999 and continue until position is filled.

An equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.