Library Office Notes |
University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign |
No. 41, November 5, 1999 Edited by: Dixie L. Trinkle |
| The deadline for submitting items for publication is Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. Send items to L.O.N., 230 Library, MC-522 E-mail: trinkle@uiuc.edu FAX: 217-244-4358 |
| Welcome Jerri C. Merridith This is to introduce Jerrie C. Merridith, who has joined the Mortenson Center as coordinator. Her responsibilities include public relations and communications, so you are likely to meet Jerrie soon! Jerrie graduated from UIUC in 1984 with a degree in Human Resources and Family Studies. Her background combines both international program experience and not-for-profit administration. She has an extensive background with the University of Illinois, having worked with the Russian and East European Center, the Office of International Programs and Studies, the Office for Scholarships for International Study and the International Development Office. Jerrie also spent several years as assistant to the vice president of Eastern Illinois University, working with the EIU Foundation, as well as helping to establish a local youth foundation in the Charleston area. Most recently, Jerrie was associate director for the Ronald McDonald House Charities Generations of Hope project. Please welcome Jerrie to the Library! (Marianna Tax Choldin) Committee Handbook Please make the following changes to the membership of the Circulation/Reserve/Patron Initiated Request Implementation Team: Add Jane Somera to the list of members. Substitute Peggy Glatthaar for Sue Joyce as Head of the Telephone Center. Bill Mischo is not a member of the Public Access Subcommittee of the Gateway Committee. Gordon Fellows (AITS) should be listed as ex officio. (Peggy Steele) |
Library Phone Directory In the Undergraduate section of the directory, please list Lori DuBois' responsibilities as Instruction Coordinator and Social Sciences collection development. In the back of the directory, Lori DuBois should be listed as Assistant Professor. (Lori DuBois) The directory entry for Phyllis Danner should be changed to: Sousa Archives for Band Research, 236 Harding Band Building. (Phyllis Danner) Email address for Patricia Wasson should be pwasson@sws.uiuc.edu (Patricia Wasson) Karen Medina's last name is misspelled in the directory, and her address should be listed as 200 Library. (Karen Medina) Jean Rhodes' phone number is 3-0581. Please delete Katrina Cessna. (Pat Foster) Marek Sroka's phone number is 3-1340. (Marek Sroka) All of the he Technical Services staff that have addresses for 214 or 202 Library are now at 220 Library. (Barb Henigman) The following phone number 244-1890 applies to: Mariella Capes, Mary Kay Ellis, Roxanne Fentress, Diana Long, Duyen Nguyen, John Peacock. John Peacock's address is 220 Library. Please correct the spelling of Bryan Baldus' and Stacey Goldade's names. (Stephen Smith) Beth Wohlgemuth's address and phone number are: 196 Natural Resources Building and 244-4907. (Beth Wohlgemuth) Please add Becky Burner, Mathematics Library, 216 Altgeld Hall, MC-382, 4-1702. (Becky Burner) |
Joining the Fight for Survival: The United Nations
and Indigenous Rights
Government Documents Library, Main Corridor, South End, Wall Display
1999 Nobel Peace Prize in Literature: Gunther Grass
(German novelist, essayist, poet, dramatist)
Modern Languages and Linguistics Library (November 1-15)
J. M. Coetzee, South African Writer
(Winner Booker Prize for Fiction)
Modern Languages and Linguistcs Library (November 15-30)
Learning About Lincoln at the University of Illinois
Rare Book Room
(Library Office of Development and Public Affairs)
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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY at URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Slavic and East European Technical Services Librarian
Slavic and East European Library
Position Available: February 1, 2000. A full time academic tenure-track appointment.
Date Posted: October 28, 1999
Duties and Responsibilities: In this entry level position, the incumbent will become familiar with all aspects of the increasingly integrated technical services tasks performed in the Slavic and East European Library in a PC/Windows environment. In acquisitions, this includes responsibilities for exchanges, collection development and assessment, serials and monographic orders, approval plans, and on-line processing, including serials check-in, claiming, and invoice processing, preservation, liaison with other subject bibliographers (particularly in the humanities and social sciences), statistical and other database management activities, and report generation. Cataloging tasks include on-line original, adaptive, and OCLC copy cataloging of monographs, serials, microforms, electronic resources, authority work, etc. The incumbent will actively participate in the integrating of processing routines through the writing of macros and the use of other electronic tools and resources. After a period of training, the incumbent will be given explicit responsibility for specific areas in acquisitions and cataloging.
Department: The Slavic and East European Library is one of the Library’s six area studies units. The staff consists of 4.5 FTE professional librarians, 8.5 FTE support staff, and student workers. The Slavic and East European Collection contains over 650,000 volumes and 92,000 volumes in microform. It is the largest Slavic and East European collection west of Washington, D.C. and the third largest such collection in the country. Through its various services, the Slavic and East European Library has an international reputation as one of the best centers outside Eastern Europe and Eurasia for doing research in Slavic and East European Studies. One of the unique features of the Slavic and East European Library is that all three functional units (Reference, Cataloging and Acquisitions) are located in the same room.
Qualifications: Required: An MLS degree from an ALA accredited institution, or its equivalent; excellent knowledge of Russian; working knowledge of a second Slavic language; excellent English-language communication skills; ability to meet research and other requirements for permanent tenure
Preferred: Experience with a variety of electronic information tools and resources, e.g., Microsoft Office, vendor supplied acquisition systems, on-line library catalogs, an automated integrated library management system, a bibliographic utility (OCLC or RLIN), and interest in creating macros in applications such as OCLC CatMe and Smartterm.
Desired: Experience or courses in cataloging, technical services, or collection development
Salary and Title: Minimum annual salary of $33,000. A full-time 12 month tenure-track appointment as Slavic and East European Technical Services Librarian.
Terms of Appointment: Twelve month appointment. Twenty-four days vacation per year; 11 paid holidays; 12 days annual sick leave (cumulative) plus additional 13 days (non-cumulative) per year, if necessary; health insurance, requiring a small co-payment, is provided to employees (coverage for dependents may be purchased); participation in the State Universities Retirement System, which includes several private options, is compulsory upon appointment (8% of staff member's salary is withheld and is refundable upon termination); newly hired university employees are covered by the Medicare portion of Social Security, and are subject to its deduction.
Campus and Community: The UIUC Library is the third largest academic library in the United States and has a collection of more than eight million volumes. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a comprehensive, major public university that is ranked among the best in the country. It provides undergraduate and graduate education in more than 150 fields of study and conducts both theoretical and applied research, and provides public service to the state and the nation. Champaign County is home to more than 175,000 people and provides cultural benefits of a major university and an urbanized area.
Apply: Send letter of application and complete resume with the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of five references to Allen G. Dries, Library Personnel Manager, University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign, 1408 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, Illinois 61801. Phone (217) 333-5494.
Deadline: In order to ensure full consideration, applications and nominations must be received by January 15, 2000.
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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PROFESSIONAL VACANCY LIST
Copies of job announcements are available from the Library Personnel Office.
Job Titles, Locations, and Closing Dates:
Director, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon (November 12, 1999, and applications accepted until an appointment is made)
Head, Architecture & Allied Arts Library, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon (November 8, 1999)
Assistant Curator, Special Collections, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC (Applications reviewed upon receipt and accepted until the position is filled)
Reference Librarian for Physical and Mathematical Sciences, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC (Applications reviewed upon receipt and accepted until the position is filled)
Librarian, History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (November 15, 1999)
Social Sciences & Humanities/Literatures and Languages Librarian, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (November 19, 1999)
History Librarian, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (November 20, 1999)
Project Cataloger Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (November 22, 1999)
Reference Librarian-Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (November 30, 1999)
Special Formats Cataloger, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (December 6, 1999)
Head Cataloguer, University of California, Los Angeles, CA (December 15, 1999)
Science Reference Librarian, University of California, Riverside, CA (December 15, 1999)
(Al Dries)
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