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Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 14:55:36 -0800
From: Laine Stambaugh <LASTAMBA@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU> 
Subject: Job Announcement--Oregon
     
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ASSOCIATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES
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RESPONSIBILITIES: The University of Oregon is seeking an experienced, 
dynamic individual to share leadership of the UO Libraries, including 
coordination of technical services functions.  Manages five departments 
(Acquisitions, Serials, Catalog, Preservation & Binding, and Interlibrary 
Loan) with a total of approximately 49 staff, plus student assistants. 
Monitors expenditures of materials budget of approximately $4 million. 
Overall responsibility for bibliographic control of library materials
in all languages and in all formats, including scores, sound recordings, 
microforms, videotapes, software, maps, manuscripts, and electronic 
resources.  Overall responsibility for the Library's participation in 
OCLC, which includes CJK and union listing.  Overall responsibility for 
the Library's preservation activities, including in-house and commercial 
binding, physical processing, conservation and repair.  Overall 
responsibility for the Library's interlibrary loan activities. 
Library-wide responsibilities: collaborates with other members of library 
administration in budgetary and personnel policy decisions;
and development, implementation, and evaluation of library programs 
and services.  May participate directly in library instructional and 
collection development programs.
     
QUALIFICATIONS: Required: ALA-accredited MLS degree; six years post-MLS 
progressively responsible library technical services experience or the 
equivalent, including administrative responsibility for at least one 
major technical services function; awareness of current issues in 
technical services management and in the application of technology
to library programs and services; experience with OCLC and familiarity 
with integrated library systems; superior oral and written communication 
skills; substantial record of contribution to the profession; excellent 
interpersonal skills; collaborative management style; and demonstrated 
ability to initiate and manage rapid change in a complex organizational 
setting.  Preferred: additional graduate degree.
     
SALARY: $57,500 minimum.  Appointment beyond the minimum salary will be 
dependent upon qualifications, prior experience, and academic rank. 
Benefits include a choice of medical/dental plans (Blue Cross/Blue 
Shield or HMO options), several retirement options, 22 vacation days, 
and low staff tuition rates for continuing education.  Partial
funding and release time provided for participation in regional 
and national conferences, and other professional development 
opportunities.
     
EMPLOYMENT:  Librarians have faculty status and privileges, academic 
rank (Assistant Professor-Professor), and are non-tenure track, with 
fixed-term, renewable contracts (two or three years, depending on rank). 
Professional growth and service in keeping with university and library 
standards for promotion and retention is expected.
     
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:  Applications received by 5:00 p.m., 
March 7, 1997 will receive priority consideration.
     
TO APPLY: Send cover letter, risumi, and names, addresses, phone 
numbers, and e-mail addresses of four references (including your most 
current supervisor) to: Ms. Laine Stambaugh, Personnel Librarian, 
1299 University of Oregon Library, Eugene, OR 97403-1299.
(541) 346-1895; (541) 346-3485 (FAX).
     
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES: The University of Oregon is an ARL library 
which serves over 17,000 undergraduate and graduate students and 
760 full-time and 430 part-time faculty members.  Its two million 
volume collection serves as an important research facility for
scholars throughout the Northwest.   The Library participates in OCLC, 
NACO and SACO, and a statewide union catalog, and uses the Innopac 
integrated system for all its operations.  The Knight Library (main 
library) recently was expanded and renovated, and includes a state-of- 
the-art electronic classroom and a fully-equipped information technology 
center.  For more information about the University and the Library, 
consult the following Web sites: (UO) http://www.uoregon.edu/home.html, 
(UO Library) http://libweb.uoregon.edu/.  For more information about
the library staff and the community of Eugene, Oregon, consult: 
http://www.uoregon.edu/admnpers/libpers.html.
     
The University of Oregon is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity 
Employment/ADA-compliant institution strongly committed to cultural 
diversity.  In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control
Act of 1986, all persons hired after November 6, 1986 will be required 
to show proof of their identity and right to work in the United States.
     
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