LEARNING AND ACCESS LIBRARIAN

The University of the South invites applications for the position of
Learning 
and Access Librarian. Founded in 1857, Sewanee is comprised of a College
of 
Arts and Sciences, with more than 1,400 undergraduate men and women, and
a 
School of Theology, with 110 seminarians pursuing masters and doctoral 
degrees. The 10,000 acre campus is located on Tennessee's Cumberland
Plateau 
between Chattanooga and Nashville. Sewanee is consistently ranked in the
top 
tier of national liberal arts colleges and is affiliated with 28
Southern 
dioceses of the Episcopal Church.

 
Description

This position serves as a member of the Library's Learning and Access
Services 
(LAS) group, which includes Instruction & Reference Services,
Interlibrary 
Services, Access Services, and Archives & Special Collections. 
Responsibilities of the position include the full participation in the
ongoing 
implementation of the library's shared service desk through the
integration of 
a broad array of services within the Learning and Access Services
division, 
including reference and some circulation services. This individual will 
oversee the management and further development of electronic
interlibrary loan 
and document delivery services. In addition, this individual will serve
as a 
key member of cross-functional teams across the Information Technology 
Services division that focus on new or expanding initiatives surrounding
the 
delivery of digital information resources such as electronic reserves. 
Ideally, this person will possess vision and creativity in the use of
emerging 
technologies to better serve library users.

 
Education and Other Requirements

The person filling this position must have the following qualifications:

Master's degree in librarianship and/or information science from an 
ALA-accredited program, or equivalent training and experience;
experience in 
providing interlibrary loan services; competence in the principal
electronic 
databases and other technology used in interlibrary services
specifically and 
in academic libraries generally; excellent oral and written
communication 
skills; initiative coupled with team orientation. The individual should 
possess a knowledge and understanding of current practices and trends in
the 
provision of information resources in an academic library environment.

It would be especially desirable for the person coming into this
position to 
already have experience with ILLiad and Ariel; experience with the
Innovative 
Interfaces ILS; experience in providing library instruction; and
experience at 
a shared service desk in a library.  It would also be desirable for this

person to have some background in the sciences, such as, but not
restricted 
to, an undergraduate degree.

Interested candidates should submit a resume, cover letter and
references to:

Teresa Smith
Personnel Services
The University of the South
735 University Avenue
Sewanee, TN  37383-1000
or
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The University of the South is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.



Kevin Reynolds
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