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Furman University, one of the nation's top-ranked liberal arts colleges, is
seeking a talented and motivated librarian for the position of Instruction/Access
Services Librarian.
RESPONSIBILITIES: The successful candidate serves as an active member of the
library's instructional services team. Provides reference service, including
evening and weekend rotation. Supervises the personnel and activities of the
Circulation/Reserves Department. Collaborates with branch librarians on access
service activities. Serves as liaison to various academic departments.
REQUIREMENTS: ALA-accredited Master's of Library Science. Three years of
experience in academic libraries. Teaching experience. Knowledge of circulation
and reserves issues, including current trends and innovations. Familiarity with
library information technology. Ability to work both independently and
collaboratively. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and commitment
to public services.
The Furman University Libraries have 13 faculty-rank librarians and 15 staff
members. The libraries contain 450,000 volumes and have an annual acquisitions
budget of over $1 million. For more about the Libraries see:
http://library.furman.edu.
SALARY AND BENEFITS: Salaries are competitive and commensurate with experience.
Librarians have faculty status, 10 paid holidays, 20 days vacation, and an
excellent benefits package, including domestic partner benefits.
APPLICATIONS: Review of applications will begin August 1, 2007
and will continue until position is filled. Submit letter of application, resume,
names, addresses and phone numbers of three references to:
Pongracz Sennyey
Associate Director of Libraries
Furman University
3300 Poinsett Highway
Greenville, SC 29613
AA/EOE/ADA
Job Description
Title
Instruction/Access Services Librarian
Job Summary
Participates fully in the library's curriculum-integrated information fluency
program and in reference-related activities. Responsible for leadership of
Access Services and for the planning, supervision, and evaluation of circulation
and reserve services.
Reports To
Director of Libraries
Supervises
Two full-time and one part-time staff members in Access Services, which employs
approximately 40 students.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Information Fluency Instruction
- Serves as an active member of the library's instructional services
- Collaborates with teaching faculty members to design and teach the Information
Fluency component for First-Year Seminars
- Works with teaching and library faculty to integrate information skills
throughout the undergraduate curriculum
Reference
- Provides reference service including evening and weekend rotation.
- Participates fully in the activities of the Reference Department including
collection development, selection and evaluation of reference resources and
electronic resources
Access Services
- Supervises the personnel and activities of the Circulation/Reserves Department
- Coordinates the planning and evaluation of circulation and reserves services
at the Duke Library
- Collaborates with branch librarians on access service activities
- Communicates with university regarding circulation and reserve policies
- Prepares memos, handouts, reports and statistical compilations as requested
General
- Serves as liaison to various academic departments
- Actively pursues professional development through service on Library and
University-wide committees, participation in professional organizations, and
review of professional literature
- Functions as a member of the University faculty, including attendance at
faculty meetings, academic advising, membership on faculty committees
- Performs other duties as assigned
Position Requirements
- Master's of Library Science from an ALA-accredited library school
- Three years of experience in academic libraries
- Teaching experience
- Supervisory experience
- Knowledge of circulation and reserves issues, including current trends and
innovations
- Familiarity with library information technology and copyright
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and commitment to public
services
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in circulation, reserves, reference, and instruction
- Familiarity with the liberal arts college environment
- Web authoring experience
- Supervisory experience
- Experience with Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (III) integrated library system
Furman
Furman University is a highly selective, independent liberal arts college of
2,800 students and 235 faculty. It is distinguished by its commitment to engaged
learning, a problem-solving approach to education. Furman's 750-acre campus in
the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains is considered one of the most beautiful
in the nation. It is located 15 minutes from downtown Greenville, South Carolina,
one the South's most prosperous and international cities with a metropolitan
population of 450,000 and an excellent array of cultural events, restaurants and
shopping. The campus is also 45 minutes from Asheville, North Carolina, and two
hours from Atlanta, Georgia, which provides a wide variety of recreation and
entertainment opportunities.
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