Position Announcement:
Librarian for Collections and Digital Services
University of Virginia Science and Engineering Libraries
The University of Virginia Library seeks an innovative,
service-oriented individual to lead and manage collections and digital
services for the Science and Engineering Libraries.
Responsibilities: Reporting to the Director of the Science
and Engineering Libraries, the Librarian for Collections and Digital
Services coordinates and manages the collections and digital services of
the Science and Engineering Libraries. A full posting for this
position can be found at:
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/HR/faculty.html.
Qualifications Required: Master’s degree in library science
or a relevant field and experience in an academic library setting.
Demonstrated successful experience in managing and developing collections
in both analog and digital formats; knowledge of online cataloging,
database structures, metadata standards and encoding schema.
Candidates should demonstrate excellent organization and communication
skills, supervisory skills, and a commitment to continuous professional
training and development. The candidates should be able to successfully
initiate, track, and manage multiple projects and tasks. Preferred: An
undergraduate and/or graduate degree in science, engineering, mathematics
or business, experience using standard desktop computing software
packages, particularly spreadsheets required and knowledge of HTML, XML,
Javascript, Perl, MySQL, and/or related web programming
languages.
Salary and Benefits: Competitive depending on
qualifications. This position has general faculty status with excellent
benefits, including 22 days of vacation and TIAA/CREF and other
retirement plans. Review of applications will begin on August 23, 2004
and will continue until the position is filled. Send in print or
electronic format, a letter of application, resume, and the names,
addresses (including e-mail), and phone numbers of three references to:
Mr. Alan R. Napier ([log in to unmask]), Director of Library Human
Resources, Alderman Library, PO Box 400114, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4114. More information about the Library can be
found at:
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/.
The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
employer strongly committed to achieving excellence through cultural
diversity. The University actively encourages applications and
nominations from members of underrepresented groups.
