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Library Associates seeks a SOLO LIBRARIAN for an academic library located in Sacramento, California. This is a full-time position with regular hours.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Work in a start-up environment and create structure, policies, and procedures that will ensure high-quality services to students, faculty and staff;
- Facilitate collection development, order materials, work with supplies and donors;
- Develop policies and procedures with regard to circulation, ongoing collection development, website creation, interlibrary loan and consortia relationships with other institutions;
- Provide a presence for the library through working with students, faculty and staff;
- Receive and organize the physical materials arriving from Blackwells; investigate other sources for materials;
- Manage the ongoing relationship with Blackwells and OCLC and perform technical services functions with respect to the 1,000-2,000 MARC/catalog records currently owned by the library;
- Supervise temporary personnel who may be employed to catalog holdings not currently in the system;
- Work with faculty and administration to develop a collection development policy for ongoing acquisitions;
- Advisee and consult with the University on the lease or purchase of online periodicals and databases for the library, including investigating online resources both free and fee-based and make recommendations for review and approval;
- Develop a budget framework;
- Prepare a strategic plan for the library that meets the vision, goals and objectives of the University;
- Work with the University to develop an online presence for the library; a web site which will serve as the platform for the online catalog, announcements and news, links to other resources, etc.
Qualifications:
- MLS from an ALA-accredited college or university
- Previous experience in an academic library
- Familiarity with Catholic literature
To Apply:
Please send your resume as a MS Word attachment to Recruiting Assistant, Patty De Anda, pdeanda@libraryasssociates.com with a courtesy copy to Recruiting Manager, Keith Gurtzweiler, keith@libraryassociates.com. Please include the Job ID #370 in the subject line of your email.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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