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1. [LIBJOBS] Serials Resources Librarian Madison, WI USA
2. [MUSEUM-L] Director Search St. Petersburg FL Museum of Fine Arts
3. [sla-csap] FW: [sla-cpnw] Job Posting: Group Health Cooperative - Medical Library Supervisor
4. [LIBJOBS] Oregon Multicultural Librarian, Assistant Professor, University Archives, Oregon State University Libraries

Historical Society, Wisconsin
Librarian

* Job Announcement Code(s): 08-03413
* County(ies): Dane
* Job Working Title: LIBRARIAN 08-03413,    Serials Resources Librarian
* Type of Employment: Full Time (40 hrs/week)
* Salary: Schedule and Range 13-01 $18.147 to $20.000 per hour depending on qualifications ($37,891 to $41,760 annual salary) with excellent state
benefits. A six-month probationary period will be required.
* Contact: Brian L. Schroeder, Human Resources Specialist, Telephone 608-264-6409; FAX 608-264-6415; [log in to unmask]" target="_blank">[log in to unmask]
* Bargaining Unit: Education
* Area of Competition: Open
* Deadline to Apply: 5/24/2010, Completed application materials must be received by 4:00 p.m. on Monday May 24, 2010.
* Exam Information: Exam cannot be previewed.

The Wisconsin Historical Society, Library/Archives Division is located at 816 State Street in Madison, Wisconsin on the University of Wisconsin campus. For additional information please see the Wisconsin Historical Society website at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org

Job Duties:   Under the direction of the Collection Development Coordinator, this position is responsible for the selection, acquisition, selected cataloging, and related collection development tasks necessary for the management of the serials (periodicals and newspapers) collections in all formats in the Library-Archives of the
Wisconsin Historical Society. This position is also responsible for evaluating and acquiring new content formats, including knowledge of formats for electronic serials resources, and for helping to manage the library’s transition from print to electronic serials resources. This position also works in cooperation with other professional Library-Archives staff members to plan, develop, coordinate, and implement all serials works. A well qualified candidate will have a MLS (Library Science) degree from an accredited graduate library science program in addition to their professional work experience.

Special Notes:   
* A criminal background check will be conducted prior to an offer of employment to determine if the circumstances of any conviction may be related to the job.
* The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 requires employers to hire only individuals who are eligible to work in the United States. Upon reporting for work, an individual will be expected to present proper evidence establishing employability.
* Verification of academic degrees will be conducted prior to an offer of employment.

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:  
* Knowledge of and experience with library collection development issues and practices in research libraries in serials (periodicals and
newspapers) as typically acquired in a graduate school library science or information management program.
* Ability to adapt effectively to the changing world of information systems and to each new generation of tools needed for acquiring and preserving serials content.
* Experience with research library acquisitions practices such as approval plans and serials management databases, vendor relations, licensing
issues, and fund accounting systems. 
* Knowledge of research library collection assessment tools and the preparation of analyses of collection strengths and weaknesses.
* Knowledge of evolving research trends and scholarly communications in selected academic disciplines (e.g., history, journalism, library &
information studies, ethnic studies).
* Knowledge of library reference tools and research methods in the areas of North American history and government publishing.
* Knowledge of and experience with MS Office systems including word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.
* Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, verbally and in writing, with supervisors, colleagues, vendors, and patrons.
* Ability to train and lead part-time and temporary staff explaining, delegating, and monitoring tasks so that stated goals can be reached
* Ability to lift and move volumes or containers weighing up to 35 pounds.

How To Apply:   
Please submit an Application for State Employment form (OSER-DMRS-38), available on the internet at: http://oser.state.wi.us/application.asp
(please note that Madison, Wisconsin is located in Dane county – county code 13); a current resume; and a paper (not to exceed a total of 4
pages) that describes your experience for the appropriate three questions below. Please label each response 1, 2, and 3. Write clearly and concisely and use examples to support your statements when necessary. Since the answers to each question will be scored separately, be sure to provide a separate and complete answer for each question. Do not reference your resume or response to one question as the answer for part of any other question - each answer should stand alone. Your responses are considered to be an Examination for this position and will be used to determine your eligibility for this vacancy. Please answer questions 1, 2, and 3 below:

1. Describe your education, training and work experience with library acquisitions and/or collection development work. Identify the type of
library (e.g. public, academic, research, special), the size and scope of the collections you worked with and your level of responsibility for tasks that include, but are not limited to:
* Writing or implementing collection development policies
* Use of collection assessment tools
* Selection, ordering, and budgeting
* Preparing or applying approval plans
* Overseeing work of order staff

Include in your answer any training, coursework, and academic degrees that you have in library science or related fields.

2. Describe your work experience with the management or preservation of serials (newspapers and periodicals) collections including working with
vendors or publishers. Indicate the size and scope of the collections you worked with and your level of responsibility for tasks that include, but are not limited to:
* Selection and budgeting
* Ordering, check-in, or claiming
* Managing subscriptions, licensing work, and vendor relations
* Preservation or cataloging

3. Describe your work experience with any aspect of the acquisition and/or management of electronic library resources including serials.
Indicate the size and scope of the resources you have worked with and
your level of responsibility with tasks that include, but are not
limited to:





Working with vendors and publishers

Digital rights management

Working with technical staff to manage access

Preservation or cataloging






Do not send materials as zip files.



Send completed application materials (via mail, Fax or E-mail to Brian
Schroeder, Human Resources Specialist, Wisconsin Historical Society, 816
State Street, Madison, WI 53706-1482; 608/264-6409; Fax 608/264-6415; or
E-mail at [log in to unmask]" target="_blank">[log in to unmask]



Completed materials must be received by 4:00 p.m. on Monday May 24,
2010.



Materials will be evaluated and the most qualified applicants will be
invited to participate in the next step of the selection process.
Questions may be directed to Brian Schroeder at 608/264-6409.



The Wisconsin Historical Society is an equal opportunity employer.
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DIRECTOR SEARCH

ST. PETERSBURG MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

 

Please direct all inquiries to the retained search consultant: Opportunity Resources Inc., [log in to unmask] (further contact information below)

 

BACKGROUND

            The Museum of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg, Florida, a Palladian-style building beautifully sited adjacent to the city’s downtown waterfront, was opened to the public in 1965. In 2008, a new 39,000-square-foot wing designed by Yann Weymouth of Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum more than doubled the Museum’s size.

            The Museum’s collection now encompasses almost 15,000 objects, from Greek and Roman Antiquities and Pre-Columbian, Native American and Asian art to European and American painting, sculpture and photography. The significance of the collection is evidenced by the number of loans requested by other prominent museums. Berthe Morisot’s rare sculpture Head of Julie Manet (Artist’s Daughter) was recently in an exhibition at Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris and another significant O’Keeffe was on exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art earlier this year.

            Three major exhibitions are mounted annually and ten in total. Most recently The Baroque World of Fernando Botero drew a large number of visitors. The 2005 Dale Chihuly show broke all previous attendance records, drawing 170,000 visitors. The following year Monet’s London: Artists’ Reflections on the Thames, organized by the Museum around its own Monet, attracted over 100,000 visitors and then traveled to The Brooklyn Museum and Baltimore Museum of Art.

            The extraordinary breadth and scope of the exhibition schedule and the collections provides the Education Department with a broad range of teaching opportunities for children and adults and opens myriad possibilities for public programs.

            The Museum of Fine Arts operates with a budget of $2.8 million and a full-time staff of 19 and 9 part-time. The Museum is governed by a 26-person Board of Trustees.

            The MFA is presently completing the reaccreditation process of the American Association of Museums.

THE POSITION

The Director reports to the Board of Trustees through its President. S/he is an ex-officio member of the Board and works and communicates closely with its executive committee, other committees and individual members. The Director’s primary responsibilities are to provide vision, strategic planning and implementation for the Museum’s advancement and to ensure financial stability and continued programmatic excellence. S/he will take a leadership role in program development and, with staff and Board, in all fundraising and marketing activities, including the recently launched campaign to raise a $5 million endowment fund.

The Director will play a significant role in continuing the Museum’s upward spiral and expanding its visibility and recognition nationally and internationally.

§  Qualifications and Characteristics

While no candidate will possess all of the skills and attributes listed, the successful candidate will possess many of the following:

•     At least ten years professional experience gained at an art museum in progressively senior positions; advanced degree in art history.

•     Demonstrated success in fundraising, donor cultivation and solicitations and ability to devise new and innovative methods for increasing earned income.

•     Evidence of securing or initiating successful blockbuster exhibitions and sponsorship for these exhibitions; active network and relationship with national and international art institutions, especially through exhibitions and cultural tourism experience.

•     A keen appreciation of the MFA’s mission.

•     Evidence of successful leadership through strong interpersonal skills with staff, board and patrons; talent for building trust and confidence.

•     Demonstrated experience in collections management, conservation, accessions and preservation.

•     Dedication, discipline and ambition to translate vision into concrete achievement.

In addition, the candidate must possess:

•     Exceptional oral and written communication skills.

•     Demonstrated ability to think strategically and creatively, and to oversee day-to-day operations.

•     Demonstrated financial management skills and experience with marketing, media relations and branding.

•     Ability to oversee transformation and modernization of technological resources.

•     Skill and comfort managing creative people.

•     A passion for the job needing to be done.

•     A roll-up-sleeves work ethic, an open mind, outgoing personality, self confidence and a sense of humor.

Address all inquiries and recommendations in confidence,

to the retained search consultants (e-mails are preferred):

Freda Mindlin or Nancy Kaufman

Opportunity Resources Inc.

196 East 75th Street, Suite 14H

New York, NY 10021

Voice (212) 744-4409

Fax (212) 744-5004

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Opportunity Resources Inc. is an executive search firm retained by trustees of
cultural organizations to execute searches for senior level executives.
Opportunity Resources has specialized for over twenty-five years in providing
 search services to non-profit cultural institutions nationwide.

 

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Subject: [sla-cpnw] Job Posting: Group Health Cooperative - Medical
Library Superviso

Group Health Cooperative - Medical Library Supervisor


Job Number 100632

Description
Supervises and drives the work and staff management of the Medical
Library. Provides leadership for strategies and partnerships that
improve the quality and availability of biomedical information services


and resources to Group Health staff. Provides in-depth complex medical
literature searches; develops educational and promotion strategies for
integration of biomedical resources into practice. Provides professional


and technical oversight for the development and maintenance of
information resources and collections in the Group Health medical
library and maintained on the dept. web pages. Provides in-depth complex
medical literature searches using appropriate internet or external


resources and networks to identify, analyze and filter biomedical
information to meet the needs/demands of clinical search requests.
Maintains awareness of issues and technologies in the areas of digital
resources and information literacy. Oversees web-based strategies to


improve processes, products, and access to information. Plans and
implements the Integrated Library System. Sets and applies standards
that address collections, digital resources, information literacy,
design, updates and cost-effectiveness. Assures financial stability and


accountability.

Minimum Education Requirements
Masters Degree in Library Science and/or Masters Degree in Information
Science.

Minimum Knowledge/Skills Requirements
Successful leadership skills, including: leadership consultation,


ability to collaborate effectively and influence change with
multi-disciplinary teams throughout a health sciences community, systems
thinking and quality management skills, ability to lead

change, knowledge of web technologies, excellent communication and


customer service skills, financial and human resource management, and
demonstrated success working with medical staff. Demonstrated competency
in on-line searching of major electronic services in a broad range of


disciplines and on the internet. Knowledge of medical terminology,
biomedical reference sources (e.g., PubMed, OVID, EBSCO, etc), the use
of controlled vocabularies, integrated library systems, DOCLINE,
internet information retrieval, user


knowledge of Access and Excel.

Minimum Experience Requirements
2 years of experience leading others and demonstrated ability to
collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary teams throughout a
health sciences community; experience providing mediated online database


searching in a biomedical field, reference services
and cataloging; experience providing instructional services to health
care professionals; experience in the development and delivery of
clinical knowledge resource educational and marketing programs.


Experience incorporating educational programs into web-based
tools.

Preferred Experience
3 years of experience supervising staff; experience in online database
searching and reference services; experience in the development and


delivery of clinical knowledge resources educational and marketing
programs.

Minimum License/Certifications Requirements
At time of hire MLS or MLIS.
Active WA State Drivers License.

Group Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and


inclusive workforce.

 Apply online at: http://www.ghc.org/careers/publicEmployment.jhtml.
Enter "100632" in the Job Number field.



Application Deadline: May 7, 2010

For questions contact Andrea Ryce, [log in to unmask] 


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POSITION
 ANNOUNCEMENT

Oregon Multicultural Librarian, Assistant Professor, University Archives, Oregon State University Libraries

 

OSU Libraries invites applications  for the position of Oregon Multicultural Librarian, a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, tenure track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. 

 

The Oregon Multicultural Librarian plays the lead role in collaborative collection development of the Oregon Multicultural Archives (OMA), one of the Libraries’ key special initiatives.  The OM librarian is a member of the University Archives unit within the University Libraries.  The University Archives’ primary function is to develop the University’s historical records program through the acquisition, arrangement and description, preservation, digitization and display of university records, faculty papers and other OSU related collections.  The University Archives also collects and makes available historical materials pertaining to natural resources, especially forestry, and documents the lives and activities of cultural and ethnic groups in Oregon.  The Oregon Multicultural Archives comprehensively acquires, preserves, and makes available collections documenting the African American, Asian American, Latino/a and Native American communities of Oregon.  The OMA’s diverse collections reflect how these communities have contributed to the identity of the state of Oregon and advance scholarship in ethnic studies and diversity both on the Oregon State University campus as well as on a state and regional level. 

 

Working with Oregon’s cultural and ethnic communities, such as the Urban League of Portland and Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes, the OM librarian will work to strengthen the OMA holdings while expanding its digital presence.  Outreach to OSU faculty, students, alumni and organizations is also a key component of this position, supporting university wide efforts to emphasize diversity, cross-cultural literacy, and community engagement.  Reporting to the University Archivist, the OM librarian position actively participates in research, creative professional activities, and professional service.

 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS INCLUDE:

·         MLS degree from an ALA-accredited library school or foreign equivalent; or M.A. in History with a minimum of 12 credit hours in archives administration.

·         Demonstrated knowledge of archival theory and concepts, including metadata schemes used in the development of finding aids in archival collections, such as Encoded Archival Description, Dublin Core and MARC.

·         Ability to work with a broad range of researchers in the use and appropriate handling of archival materials.

·         Demonstrated knowledge of the preservation of fragile materials.

·         Excellent oral and written communication skills.

·         Demonstrable commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS INCLUDE:

·         One to two years of professional work experience in a special collection or archival unit with a focus on cultural and ethnic collections.

·         Experience working on digital library team projects.

·         Fluency in reading, writing and speaking Spanish.

·         Previous supervisory experience.

Salary range for this position is $42,000-$52,000 depending on education and experience.

 

A demonstrable commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity is a required qualification.

 

Please visit http://oregonstate.edu/jobs to read the full position description and to submit your cover letter and vita, including three references with complete contact information.  Apply to posting #0005583.  For full consideration submit documents by Friday, May 28, 2010.  OSU is an AA/EOE, and has a policy of being responsive to dual-career needs.

 

For questions about this position, please contact Jane Nichols, Search Committee Chair, at 541-737-7269 or [log in to unmask].

 

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Jane Nichols
Social Sciences/Humanities Librarian
Oregon State University Libraries
121 The Valley Library
Corvallis, OR 97331-3411
tel: 541.737.7269 / fax: 541.737.8224
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