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UNIVERSITY
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DELAWARE
LIBRARY
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Position:
Coordinator, Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Services
Environment: Serving 20,000
students, the University
of Delaware provides a
broad range of academic programs at the undergraduate, master, and doctoral
levels. The Library makes accessible a broad range of electronic
resources, including more than 40,000 full-text electronic journals and 240
databases. Library collections include 2.7 million volumes. The
Library has 200 public access workstation, 200 laptop connections, and wireless
access. The Library is a member of the Association of Research Libraries,
the Center for Research Libraries, CIRLA, and PALINET. More information
about the Library is available online at http://www.lib.udel.edu.
Description: The
University of Delaware Library seeks an innovative,
service-oriented Coordinator, Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Services to
lead the delivery of services in a dynamic, user-focused, technology-rich
environment. Provides worldwide access to scholarly resources using
state-of-the-art digital technologies and an expanding group of regional and
national collaborative relationships. Represents the Library in
interlibrary loan issues and planning in state, regional and national
forums. The position manages all aspects of interlibrary loan and
document delivery services, ensures rapid turnaround for users, maintains
cooperative working relationships with multiple service networks, ensures
adherence to copyright law applied to interlibrary loan, works collaboratively
with other library staff, and suggests and adapts new technologies and
services. The Interlibrary Loan service uses RAPID, OCLC, ARIEL and CLIO
to fill requests, provide material, and maintain statistical information along
with the Ex Libris 500 integrated library system. The Coordinator
of Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery supervises 3 support staff and 1 FTE
student assistants and reports to the Head of the Access Services
Department. Collection development responsibilities with faculty
liaison in a subject area may be assigned.
Qualifications: Master’s
degree from an ALA-accredited program and supervisory experience.
Knowledge of national interlibrary loan/document delivery and copyright
issues. Work experience in public service/customer service, a commitment
to providing high quality services to library users, and strong interpersonal
skills. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Demonstrated organizational skills. Ability to use technology to meet
public service objectives. Problem-solving skills, flexibility, initiative,
resourcefulness, and the demonstrated ability to meet service deadlines. Preferred: Work experience
with interlibrary loan/document delivery in libraries. Experience with
OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing system, RAPID, ARIEL, and/or CLIO.
Salary: Expect to hire at the rank of
Assistant Librarian or Senior Assistant Librarian. Assistant Librarian
rank is entry level for academic librarians with less than 3 years of
professional experience.
Benefits: Excellent benefits with
vacation of 22 working days. TIAA-CREF or Fidelity retirement with 11% of
salary contributed by the University. Tuition remission for dependents
and course fee waiver for employee. Complete information about University
of Delaware
benefits is available online at http://www.udel.edu/Benefits/menu.
To Apply: Send or e-mail
letter of application, current resume, and the names, addresses, telephone
numbers, and e-mail addresses of three references to Julie Brewer, Coordinator,
Personnel and Staff Development, University of Delaware Library, Newark,
DE 19717-5267 or e-mail to [log in to unmask]
by July 6, 2007.
The
UNIVERSITY
OF DELAWARE
is an Equal Opportunity Employer which encourages applications from Minority
Group Members and Women.