The Marymount College Library invites applications for a part-time Evening Supervisor to assist patrons and provide support services in a busy academic library. The College values creative, self-motivated individuals who appreciate the small-college environment and want to grow professionally while being committed to student success and quality customer service in fulfilling the core values, mission and strategic plan of the College and Library.

SUMMARY OF ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:
The Evening Supervisor assists patrons; oversees library operations, including directing activities of student workers, and providing a safe environment during the evening hours; provides technical services support, including materials processing, serials controls, and performing and/or supervising shelving and shelf reading of materials; and provides clerical support for library operations. May participate in reference, instruction and/or collection development, depending on qualifications and experience.

The Evening Supervisor works 20 hours/week, including early evenings till 8:00pm (during the academic year) and one day each weekend. Schedule will differ during holidays, summer and winter breaks, and is subject to change to meet business needs of the library. Library school students seeking semi-flexible hours and professional level experience are strongly encouraged to apply.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:
High school diploma required; students enrolled in a graduate studies program in library and/or information science are encouraged to apply. Experience working in a library or educational setting preferred.

Individuals must possess strong written and oral communication skills; strong technology skills, including knowledge of Microsoft Office software and emerging Internet technologies; ability to work successfully with students, faculty and staff from a variety of backgrounds; ability to work collegially in small groups and team environments; ability to work independently, commitment to high-quality customer service; ability to organize and accomplish multiple tasks effectively. Must have excellent interpersonal skills.

TO APPLY:Send cover letter, resume or CV and the names and contact information for three professional references to Karen Thordarson, Director of Human Resources, Marymount College, 30800 Palos Verdes Drive East, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275-6299. Email: kthordarson@marymountpv.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
The College encourages applications from diverse candidates and candidates who support diversity

Guided by the four Dominican pillars of study, reflection, community, and service, the Archbishop Alemany Library builds an innovative future on a solid foundation of tradition. In its personalized commitment to the educational needs of patrons, in the development of its electronic and print collections, and in the design of its reference and instructional services, the Alemany Library is the scholarly heart of our region and a magnet for the intellectually curious.

Under the direction of the Executive Director, Library, the Head of Access Services, is responsible for the full range of circulation services and the maintenance of collections and service facilities in support of research, including planning, training and managing the Access Services Department. This person will also assist the Executive Director, Library in expanding services and connections with public and academic communities through a variety of consortial relationships.

General Information
* Full-time, Supervisory, Exempt
* Salary is commensurate with experience.
* Generous Benefits.
* Applications are due July 23, 2010

To Apply
* Please click on this link: https://dominicanuniversity.ats.hrsmartpe.com/cgi-bin/a/highlightjob.cgi?jobid=115
* To be considered: CLICK “APPLY TO THIS JOB.” Upload your resume and cover letter.
* IMPORTANT: For any problems and additional uploads – Click the link again, enter password information, and go to “MANAGE MY CAREER.”
* If you have further questions: matthew.gaulding@dominican.edu or call 415-482-2444
* Must be willing to consent to background check.
* Dominican University reserves the right to continue or close the recruitment at any time.
* Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Responsibilities
* Manages a team that creates a responsive learning and research environment for students, faculty, and visiting researchers from the community.
* In conjunction with the Library Management Team, evaluates services, develops procedures, recommends policies, establishes work priorities, plans improvements, and delegates’ duties.
* Develops and ensures quality control for the Library New Student Worker Orientation program.
* Performs annual staff performance appraisals.
* Serves as project coordinator for the upcoming move to a consortial borrowing and access relationship with MARINet libraries, including major changes in software, materials delivery, loan rules, integration with library partners, and service to community patrons.
* Participates in library workgroups that plan, implement and evaluate technology-based operations, library computer systems, and general service improvements.
* Provides leadership in developing, implementing, managing, and evaluating an innovative access services environment and maintaining a high level of service quality in response to user needs.
* Provides direct public service at the Circulation Desk, including policy explanation, complaint resolution, problem solving, patron registration, fine collection, and the check in and out of materials.
* Coordinates the use and maintenance of the circulating collection. Establishes policies and procedures designed to provide optimal access to the collection while ensuring its security.
* Responsible for submitting, editing and printing Circulation System reports through the Integrated Library System.
* Consults with Technical Services and Information Technology Department to coordinate the operation of the Circulation Automated SystemInterlibrary Loan Automation needs, Reserves, and related software. Recommends automated system changes and needed updates for Access Services, and collaborates with the Executive Director, Library on policy guidelines.
* Responsible for all Access Services Department monetary transactions.
* Oversees building and collections, accessibility and security, helps, design, monitor and review, collection and building security procedures.
* Compiles quarterly Board Reports and an Annual Report on the activities of the Access Service Department, including statistical information, to be submitted as requested to the Executive Director, Library.
* Upholds the Privacy Act, the Open Records Act which provides an exemption for library records.
* Serves as Library Disaster Team Member and updates Library Disaster Plan as needed.
* Prepares and revises the Access Services Department Policy Manual as needed.
* Other duties may be assigned.

Faculty Duties
* Participates in the Library’s instruction program, including teaching and assessing workshops on basic and specialized resources and providing occasional reference and research assistance to students, faculty, staff, and the community as needed.
* May serve on university committees and manage special projects upon request.

Qualifications
* A graduate degree from an ALA-accredited library school.
* Three or more years of managerial/supervisory experience with evidence of sustained service quality improvement.
* Must be current on relevant technologies and on emerging trends in Access Services.
* Strong working knowledge of at least one integrated library system, preferably Innovative Interfaces, Inc.
* Ability to analyze, research, and solve technical problems, using self initiative and vendor technical support.
* Must be able to attend to occasional, unscheduled, after hours ILS malfunctions that affect Circulation procedures.
* Ability to interact effectively in a multi-cultural environment with co-workers, library users, and the wider campus community.
* Ability and willingness to work in a team environment.
* Availability to work some weeknights and/or weekends.
* Strong verbal and written communication skills
* Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Preferred
* Project management experience.
* Training/teaching experience in group and one-on-one settings.

Dominican University of California is strongly committed to building a diverse community and therefore is an equal opportunity employer.

DCS is a federal government contractor that provides products and personnel to different military academies including NPS and we specialize in teaching, training and IT services. We are seeing an individual that will help plan and build a digital repository that will contain institutional digital resources including: documents, streaming video, lectures, journal articles and reports, and departmental content. It will also serve as an archive of institutional resources such as accreditation documentation, catalogs, annual reports, course resources and syllabi, cultural artifacts, special collection materials, photographs, and other key memorabilia documenting events and history of the Naval Postgraduate School. We are looking for an individual for a minimum one year contract assignment that will work at NPS and supply the following:

Responsibilities:
• Develop project plan and phased implementation of a digital institutional repository
• Development of the architecture, standards, policies and procedures necessary to implement an institutional repository containing original NPS content
• Develop methodologies to promote NPS administration, faculty, library and ITACS participation
• Define and structure institutional taxonomies necessary to insure organization and retrieval of digitized content by authorized users
• Develop internal standards and guidelines for managing and enhancing metadata
• Collaborate with library staff to develop outreach strategies and processes necessary for building collaborative environments
• Prepare instructional materials and provide training to support and promote this initiative Provide expertise based on external developments impacting scholarly communications, academic institutional repositories and archives on local, national and international levels
• Provide expertise necessary to support implementation of scholarly publishing of NPS content
• Provide documentation necessary to support policies, procedures, guidelines, standards and interfaces necessary to manage the institutional repository

Skills and Qualifications:
• Degree in related Library Science
• Project management experience
• Professional Librarian background
• Background in digital repositories
• Knowledge of digital library initiatives, digital repositories, and development of controlled vocabularies/taxonomies
• Knowledge of metadata standards
• Knowledge of Open Source tools such as D-Space as related to digital repositories
• Experience creating information architectures
MUST BE A U.S. Citizen

To Apply: Send cover letter and resume (Word .doc) to: 27-25-MH1354@apply.maxhire.net

Please place in Subject Line: L ibrarian (#27-25-MH1354)

You will be working for a U.S. government contractor at the NPS site and you must also be a U.S. citizen. DCS is an equal opportunity employer.

Description of Duties and Tasks

Essential Job Functions

1. Manage daily operations of library automated system and related software.
2. Oversees the writing and programming of custom reports and scripts for undertaking routine and non-routine maintenance database tasks using API tools, or a similar reporting and database modification language.
3. Maintain contact with vendors for purposes of technical support, reporting computer bugs and resolving library needs. Serve as a resource for all system/network problems and questions, consulting with vendors or conducting research to solve problems in-house.
4. Identify and initiate resolutions to user problems and concerns associated with library systems.
5. Maintain documentation on project status and prepare weekly reports of problems, concerns, or changes in resource requirements for the Associate Director of Information and Electronic Services.
6. Maintain content of the library Web pages.
7. Assist in the production of training materials related to new library system features and create documentation for department procedures.
8. Install software upgrades, including loading vendor program releases, training staff, and implementing internal procedures/policy changes required.
9. Serve as a liaison between the Library and relevant staff in the Information Technology Department on issues affecting Library applications.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Individuals must possess the knowledge, as well as the following skills and abilities or be able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.

1. Strong project management skills: ability to manage technical projects in a library setting with demonstrated capabilities in terms of project planning and estimating, work assignment, progress review and reporting.
2. Strong interpersonal skills: Ability to communicate easily and appropriately with both technical staff and non-technical staff at all levels;
3. Ability to problem-solve and have excellent attention to detail.
4. Ability to understand and use programming languages.
5. Ability to work independently, be flexible, and organize workload.

Qualifications

1. Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or Computer Science. Masters in Library and Information Science preferred.
2. Experience: Knowledge of computer programming and HTML required. Knowledge of Perl and XML preferred. Experience with SirsiDynix Unicorn/Symphony integrated library system highly desirable.

Contact: Cherie Dabbs — NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE
E-mail: employment@westernu.edu
FAX: 909-469-5489
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER. Western University of Health Sciences is an Equal Opportunity Employer which does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, pregnancy, age, marital status, medical condition, physical disability, mental disability, or sexual orientation in their employment practices and in admission of students to educational programs and activities, in accordance with the requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other applicable laws. Western University of Health Sciences is committed to Affirmative Action in employment practices regarding ethnic minorities and women.

The library has a strong emphasis on providing access to a wide variety of electronic information resources, and educating faculty, students, and staff through course-integrated instruction, face to face research assistance, and online tutorials. The library contains more than 40,000 volumes and receives more than 130 current print journals and more than 1,800 current electronic journals. Users include medical, nursing, occupational therapy, and physical therapy undergraduate and graduate students, 129 full-time faculty, and a large number of other health professionals. The library staff of 8.55 FTE includes 6 librarians/professionals. For additional information, see the library’s web pages at http://www.samuelmerritt.edu/library.

Job Summary:
Primary responsibility for providing and promoting library services to students and faculty at the learning center campuses. Responsible for providing information literacy and electronic database training for nursing students and faculty. Collaborates with learning center faculty and library staff to continuously evaluate and improve library services. Librarian will be based in one of the learning center locations.

Skills and Abilities:
• Knowledge of the health science literature, especially in the field of nursing
• Skill in searching electronic information sources
• Ability to download, manipulate and disseminate the results of database searches
• Familiarity with RefWorks and other bibliographic citation tools
• Familiarity with MeSH, CINAHL, PubMed and NLM classification systems
• Ability to teach in a classroom setting as well as to small groups
• Ability to use software programs such as the Microsoft Office Suite to create effective documents, tables, graphs, bibliographies and instructional materials
• Experience in training people of diverse backgrounds and skill levels
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, students, faculty and staff
• Ability to explain complex concepts using the English language
• Some familiarity with AACR2 cataloging rules desirable
• Ability to function independently and use good professional judgment

Education and/or Experience
• MLS or MLIS from an accredited program or a minimum of two years of professional-level experience in a health sciences library
• Two years of experience in an academic or health sciences library

The library has a strong emphasis on providing access to a wide variety of electronic information resources, and educating faculty, students, and staff through course-integrated instruction, face to face research assistance, and online tutorials. The library contains more than 40,000 volumes and receives more than 130 current print journals and more than 1,800 current electronic journals. Users include medical, nursing, occupational therapy, and physical therapy undergraduate and graduate students, 129 full-time faculty, and a large number of other health professionals. The library staff of 8.55 FTE includes 6 librarians/professionals. For additional information, see the library’s web pages at http://www.samuelmerritt.edu/library.
Responsibilities: Provide reference and database search assistance to students working on curriculum-based projects, with emphasis on promoting critical thinking and information literacy. Create instructional and promotional materials, including orientation documents, for students and faculty. Train site faculty to search online catalogs and databases. Conduct library tours and orientation sessions. Teach nursing students health information communication and literacy skills in either small or large group settings. Integrate library instruction throughout the nursing program. Liaison with faculty to ensure their ongoing involvement in the development of effective library services. Monitor curricular changes for their impact on library services. Attend site staff and/or faculty meetings as appropriate. Promote the acquisition of information literacy skills as an essential component of nursing education. Develop effective means of using online formats for the delivery of library services. Learn and implement new technologies and processes relevant to the scope of work. Pursue professional growth and keep abreast of emerging technologies by participating in classes, conferences, etc. and contributing to appropriate professional organizations. Maintain and promote an effective document delivery system. Provide input to the development of new electronic resources and monitor the use of existing resources. Maintain an awareness of the resources of other area health science libraries as a secondary resource for students’ use. Maintain an on-site collection of circulating and reference materials for student and faculty use. Select, order, and catalog new materials for on-site collections. Participate in meetings with other library staff, including the annual library planning retreat. Regularly solicit evaluations of learning center library services in collaboration with the library director. Report to the library director on a regular basis. Track the learning center’s acquisition budget and collaborate with the library director in creating budget requests. Participate in tracking the use of library services.
Qualifications: MLS or equivalent from an ALA-accredited library program or a minimum of two years of professional-level experience in a health sciences library. Strong oral and written communication and computer skills, excellent interpersonal skills, and experience with Web 2.0 technologies. Ability to work independently and collaboratively and meet assigned deadlines. Demonstrated creativity and initiative.

Please visit our website to apply. www.samuelmerritt.edu

Duties include providing research assistance in person, via telephone, chat and email; providing library instruction and assist in any special projects including library displays, archival management and collection development.

This position requires a Master’s in Library Science and some experience working in academic libraries. The hiring rate is dependent upon qualifications and departmental equity. For application instructions, please go to http://laverne.edu/hr/employment-opportunities/classified-jobs.

Chief Information Officer

After a decade of rapid growth in information technology on our campus, Whittier College intends to create “Information Services,” a thoughtful merger of the Library, Academic Computing and Administrative Computing, with an eye to both continued growth and need in these areas. We are seeking a Chief Information Officer (CIO) to organize in this initiative.

Information Services will support students, faculty, staff and administrators in the key missions and functions of the college through the effective deployment of information technology and services. The CIO will be responsible for the oversight of fundamental resources such as the college library, administrative computing and back-end systems, networking, telephony, academic computing, and media services.

Holding an integrated position joining the forces of the current Library, Academic Computing and Administrative Computing areas, the CIO will report to the Vice President for Academic Affairs/Dean of Faculty.

Essential duties:
Provide strategic leadership transcending both library and information technology cultures to create a 21st century environment for teaching, learning and research;

Lead in developing and continuing innovative technologies that support teaching and learning. A solid vision and understanding of technology in the service of pedagogy is vital;

Manage the activities of newly combined departments consisting of 20 employees, foster professional development, and promote teamwork and cooperation within Information Services and with other campus constituencies;
Develop and implement information technology and library and policies and procedures that meet user, legal, and regulatory needs;

Continue the development of a robust and reliable technology infrastructure;

Represent the college’s library and information technology interests regionally, statewide and nationally;

Plan and administer the department’s annual operating budget to optimize the use of available resources.

Maintain awareness of trends in library and information industries and services and higher education. Serves as appropriate in leadership capacities in these areas.

Establish priorities for addressing library and technology facilities needs. Oversee the maintenance and improvement of these various facilities, including large-scale projects.

Field concerns of different user groups and prioritize competing needs and requests.

Qualifications:

the ability to initiate and lead sustainable change
the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences
the ability to think and plan strategically, including establishing and implementing a strategic vision for aligning library and IT within the institutional vision, mission and goals
the ability to effectively delegate as well as lead, manage, and develop
collaborative processes that value our diverse campus
Familiarity with major academic Library and IT functions including but not limited to:
Network telephone, and server infrastructure and services
Instructional and administrative technologies and support services
Desktop support
Serials, acquisitions, and collections management
Integrated library systems

Minimum requirements:

Advanced degree in library science, computer science, information systems or a related field plus at least five years of library and IT experience with a minimum of three years in a managerial role leading a cross-functional team.

Applications should include a letter discussing interest and relevant experience, current CV, and contact information for at least 3 professional references. Submit materials to: Dr. Fritz Smith, Associate Dean of the Faculty, at fritz@whittier.edu
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Grateful Dead Archive Project Manager
Library

JOB #1002488

FULL TIME / CAREER
Full Salary Range: $5,000 – $9,000/monthly.
Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

UCSC strives to embrace diversity in all its forms; it strives to be an inclusive community that fosters an open, enlightened & productive environment.

Reporting to the University Librarian, the incumbent provides management of the entire Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant funded project, Virtual Terrapin Station: Blending Traditional and Socially Created Archives for Research, Teaching, and Cultural Enrichment. The Project Manager will be a member of the Grateful Dead Archive team and will be directly responsible for the planning, coordination, design, and execution of the archive exhibition website and community web publishing platform. The Project Manager will oversee communication with the IMLS (the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a grant-making federal agency) including interim and final reports. The Grateful Dead Archive is a multimillion dollar collection that has sparked international interest. This position is responsible for overseeing the creation and implementation of the “Virtual Terrapin Station” that will incorporate digitized content from the archive plus materials contributed from the Deadhead community. Specific responsibilities include the development of a detailed project plan to design the website, digitize material for it, build a rights tracking function, and oversee the development of software to enable the exchange of information between library systems. The Project Manager has responsibility for the timely and successful distribution of over $1.4 million dollars comprised of the original IMLS grant and matching Library funds according to strict rules and deadlines per the general terms and conditions of the grant.

Under general direction of the University Librarian, the Project Manager formulates policy for the project administration and establishes the methods used to attain the goals of the technology project.

Qualifications include:
•Professional degree from a library school or other appropriate degree or equivalent experience in one or more fields relevant to library services

•At least 2-3 years of progressive experience working on digital library team projects in a leadership role, including substantive experience with archival materials in an academic or research library environment

•Demonstrated broad knowledge of project management concepts, practices, standards and processes

•Demonstrated ability to identify key issues critical to the success of a desired product or outcome and develop recommendations and justification for the most productive course of action

•Ability to quickly research and collect pertinent information from related reports and knowledgeable persons, to integrate essential information, and use that information to define and test options and alternatives

Position is open until filled; Initial Review Date: 03/21/2010

APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO USE THE UCSC ON-LINE PROCESS
View full job description and access on-line application:

https://jobs.ucsc.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=64310

To ensure review of application materials by the hiring unit they must be submitted electronically via the Staff Employment Opportunities web site (http://jobs.ucsc.edu ) on or before the initial review date. Computers are available at the UCSC Staff Human Resources office located at 1201 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz. For further information or to request disability accommodation call 831-459-2009. Hearing impaired are encouraged to use the California Relay Service 800-735-2922. The University of California, Santa Cruz is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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The General Library of the University of California, Davis, is a member of the Association of Research Libraries and a major educational and scholarly resource, operating as an integral part of the University while recognizing obligations to a wider public, particularly the people of California. Reporting to the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor and serving as a member of the Council of Deans and Vice Chancellors, the University Librarian provides overall leadership of the UC Davis General Library in support of University research, instruction, patient care, and community outreach.

The colleges of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, and Letters and Science; the schools of Education, Management, Medicine, Nursing, and Veterinary Medicine; and the UC Davis Health System are all served by the UC Davis General Library, both in Davis and in Sacramento. The Library houses comprehensive, world-class agricultural and veterinary medicine collections, especially in viticulture and enology, environmental sciences and ecology, and comparative medicine as well as broadly based humanities, social sciences, and sciences collections. The Special Collections feature a diverse range of topics from agricultural sciences to Western Americana to photographs of rural California and Oregon and a rich University Archives showcasing the campus’s 100-year history.

The UC Davis General Library is an active collaborative contributor to the highly successful University of California collective of campus libraries and the California Digital Library. Together, the University of California libraries and California Digital Library provide state-of-the-art services, such as the eScholarship, open-access, scholarly publishing platform and UC Publishing Services, and access to a wealth of books and journals (~33 million titles), electronic journals (~34,400 titles), 180,000 digital images via Calisphere, 20,000+ special collection guides via Online Archive of California, and over 422 million web files captured by the Web Archiving Service.

For more than 100 years, UC Davis has engaged in teaching, research, and public service that matter to California and transform the world. Located in an environmentally aware and socially innovative community of 65,000 people close to the state capital, UC Davis has 32,000 students, an annual research budget that exceeds $600 million, a comprehensive health system and 13 specialized research centers. The university offers interdisciplinary graduate study and more than 100 undergraduate majors in four colleges and six professional schools.

Already highly ranked, UC Davis aspires to achievements that will place it among the top five public universities within the coming decade. The successful candidate will understand the role that the UC Davis General Library must play in attaining that goal. Specific responsibilities of the position include strategic planning, development of collections, programs, and services, philanthropic cultivation and stewardship, information technology and digital resources, budgeting and financial management, and human resources. The University Librarian also represents the Davis campus in systemwide discussions regarding collaborative ventures and policy development. The University of California, Davis, has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity among its faculty, staff, and students and seeks an individual who shares that commitment.

We seek outstanding candidates who have a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing research university libraries; successful management experience in a complex educational setting; the skills necessary to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies; a record of success obtaining external funding through grants, contracts, and development initiatives; strong collaboration skills; and the ability to be an effective spokesperson for the UC Davis General Library and a fully contributing member of the UC Davis senior leadership team. A Master of Science in Library and Information Science or other advanced degree is required.

Applications (including a cover letter and curriculum vitae) and nominations should be sent electronically, in confidence, to the chair of the recruitment advisory committee, Dean Harold Levine (hlevine@ucdavis.edu). Confidential inquiries may be directed to Dr. Levine or to Dr. Sally Springer (spspringer@ucdavis.edu), who is supporting the search. Review of candidates will begin in mid-March 2010. The position will remain open until filled.

The University of California, Davis, is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to excellence through diversity.