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Head of the Price Library of Judaica -- University of Florida -- Florida
Head of the Price Library of Judaica
REPORTS TO:Chair of Special and Area Studies Collections
SALARY:Minimum salary: $TBD
Actual salary will reflect selected professional's experience and
credentials.
REQUISITION #:TBD
DEADLINE DATE:August 31, 2006
JOB SUMMARY:
Responsible for the overall management and collection development of the
Price Library of Judaica. Responsible for selection of library materials,
reference service, research consultations, and bibliographic instruction
in support of the Jewish Studies program. Promotes a public awareness of
the Price Library of Judaica's mission and resources and determines needs
and priorities to enhance appropriate library support. Collaborates with
librarians and the academic faculty to establish collection management
policies. Participates in defining public service, technical service, and
collection management goals, objectives, strategies, performance criteria,
and materials budgets. Assigns, trains, monitors, and evaluates staff
assigned to the Price Library of Judaica. Participates in the Library's
publications, fund raising, and bibliographical control programs.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
As the bibliographer for Jewish Studies, maintains and integrates the
following responsibilities:
·Maintains contact with the faculty and students utilizing the
Price Library of Judaica to ensure that the collections and services
provided by the Library support needs. Informs this clientele of relevant
library issues.
·Develops collection management policy and approval plans for the
Price Library of Judaica. Stays informed of relevant Jewish Studies
resources available in other libraries and collections.
·Reviews notification slips, trade and national bibliographies,
advertisements, catalogues, and similar sources so as to initiate current
and retrospective acquisition orders in all formats enhancing the Judaica
collections in support of the academic program. Selects appropriate
materials received by gift; reviews approval plan profiles and receipts
for Judaica, and advises the Acquisitions and Licensing Dept. on sources
of supply.
·Works with the Gifts and Exchange Librarian to solicit and review
gift collections and to establish exchange programs for Jewish Studies.
·Establishes cataloging and preservation priorities for Judaica
materials. Makes storage, transfer, and deselection decisions for Judaica
materials.
·Participates in the reformatting and digitization programs to
ensure conversion of important items in jeopardy.
·Assists the Cataloging and Metadata Dept. in the copy cataloging
of Hebraica and selection of materials for outsourcing of cataloging
services.
·Provides consultative services to the faculty and advanced
graduate students in Jewish Studies, usually by referral from public
service areas or by specific arrangement with the academic program area
faculty.
·Develops and maintains a professional relationship with other
Judaica bibliographers, providing leadership at the national level in
various organizations.
·Participates in the Special and Area Studies Collections
departmental strategic planning process.
·Prepares collection assessment studies and defines resource needs.
·Participates in the Library's development program.
·Participates in the Library's exhibition program.
·Participates in the Library's research and publication program.
·Serves on Library and departmental consultative bodies as
appropriate.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Required:
·Thorough knowledge of one Jewish language and a working knowledge
of one additional Jewish language
·Strong familiarity with Jewish history and culture
·An ALA accredited MLS degree (or foreign equivalency) or graduate
degree in the bibliographic subject area
·A minimum of six (6) years academic experience in managing and
enhancing library collections supporting Jewish Studies or other relevant
and equivalent professional experience
·Effective oral and written communication skills in English
·Familiarity with information and digital-based technologies and
automated library systems
·Demonstrated supervisory experience
Preferred:
·Earned graduate degree, preferably doctorate, in Jewish Studies or
relevant subject field with a thorough knowledge of the research literature
of Jewish Studies
·A demonstrated record of bibliographic instruction, scholarship,
public outreach, and development
·Working knowledge of two modern European languages
·Working knowledge of a Semitic language other than Hebrew
·Experience as a catalog librarian in an automated environment
·Experience in an academic library that awards tenure to librarians
THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
The University of Florida is a large, land grant, public educational
research institution with a faculty of approximately 4,000 and a student
body of 48,000. It ranks third nationally in size of student body and
eighth nationally in the number of merit scholars enrolled in the freshmen
class. The University is a member of the Association of American
Universities and offers the Ph.D. in more than 90 fields and the Master's
degree in more than 120 fields. For more information please consult the
UF homepage at http://www.ufl.edu.
The University of Florida Libraries are members of the Association of
Research Libraries, the Center for Research Libraries, the Research
Libraries Group, and SOLINET. The library staff consists of more than 400
FTE librarians, technical/clerical staff and student assistants. For
more information about the Libraries, please visit
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu.
Special and Area Studies Collections encompasses two units: the Area
Studies Collections and the Special Collections of the University of
Florida.
The Area Studies Collections are the Latin American Collection; the
Africana and the Asian Studies collections; and the Price Library of
Judaica.
Special Collections include Baldwin Library of Historical Children's
Literature, the Belknap Collection for the Performing Arts, the P.K. Yonge
Library of Florida History, the General Manuscript Collection, the Rare
Book Collection, and the University Archives.
The Price Library of Judaica, with holdings exceeding 85,000 volumes, is a
regional library of excellence in Jewish studies in the Southeast.
Currently located within the Education Library at the University of
Florida's Norman Hall complex, it is built on the core collection of Rabbi
Leonard C. Mishkin of Chicago. At the time of its acquisition by the
Smathers Libraries in 1977, it was the largest personal library of Judaica
and Hebraica in the United States.
Formally dedicated in March 1981 to support the teaching and research
missions of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Florida,
the Library is named for Isser and Rae Price, whose sons, Jack and Samuel
Price of Jacksonville, Florida, established a fund to support sustained
development of its collections.
The Price Library of Judaica is a well-balanced Jewish studies collection
of notable depth and scope. Its diversified holdings of uncommon research
materials in English and other languages support scholarship in virtually
every aspect of the Jewish experience. Materials relevant to the ancient,
medieval and modern periods await advanced students, visiting scholars and
casual readers who possess a curiosity about a creative people with 4,000
years of recorded history.
BENEFITS:
Twenty-two vacation days, nine paid holidays, and thirteen days sick leave
annually; retirement plan options; insurance benefits; tuition fee waiver
program; no state or local income tax.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
The University of Florida is an equal opportunity employer and is strongly
committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. Applicants from a
broad spectrum of people, including members of ethnic minorities and
disabled persons, are especially encouraged to apply.
Please reply by e-mail. Send, as attachments (MS-Word format preferred), a
cover letter, resume and list of three references. Include address,
telephone and email information for references. Please include a 250-word
document expressing your opinion on the topic, "What is the future of
a separate Jewish Studies Library within a larger academic research
library". Apply by August 31, 2006 (applications will be reviewed as
received). All inquiries and submissions of required application materials
should be sent to Brian Keith, Smathers Libraries Human Resources Officer,
at: [log in to unmask]
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