Position opening: Web Services Librarian, University of Alaska Anchorage

[Trina Carter]

    Come to the Last Frontier and Join the Award-winning Team 
              at the Library of the 21st Century!


POSITION:  Web Services Librarian
PCN:  305281
Full-time, Regular appointment, Tenure track, 9 months/year (plus 3 
month summer extension).

LOCATION:  Library Systems Department, Consortium Library,
 University of Alaska Anchorage

SALARY:  Commensurate with academic preparation and experience.
Excellent benefits to include health and life insurance, retirement, 
and educational benefits.  This position is represented by a bargaining 
unit.


SUMMARY:  The Consortium Library at the University of Alaska Anchorage 
(UAA) is recruiting for the position of Web Services Librarian.  We are 
looking for an energetic, knowledgeable, and creative individual to 
join us in offering superb library services in our new state-of-the-art 
library building, slated for completion in summer of 2004.

UAA is a comprehensive metropolitan university consisting of the main 
campus in Anchorage, three extended colleges, and additional sites in 
rural communities and on military installations. UAA offers 
certificate, associate, baccalaureate, and masters programs in the 
arts, humanities, sciences, and professions.

Located near the Chugach Mountains in Alaska's largest city 
(population: 270,000), the Consortium Library serves both UAA, with 
12,000 students, and Alaska Pacific University, a private institution 
with 500 students.  From UAA's fully networked campus, the Library 
delivers its electronic library services to both university 
communities. The Consortium Library holds more than 785,000 volumes, 
over 3,400 print serials, and licenses over 200 databases that provide 
access to nearly 25,000 full-text periodicals.  The Library has 
approximately 20.5 FTE faculty and 22.5 FTE staff.

The Consortium Library Systems Department oversees at least a dozen 
network servers, provides desktop support for Library computers, and 
maintains the Library’s web site.  Other departmental staff and faculty 
with whom the Web Services Librarian will work are the LAN and Server 
Manager, the Desktop Support/Training Manager, and the Head of the 
Library Systems Department.  The University of Alaska system is a 
member of the Internet2 initiative.   UAA’s Information Technology 
Services supports DHCP and wireless connectivity on campus, including 
the Library.


QUALIFICATIONS:  A Master of Library and Information Science (MLS) or 
equivalent from an American Library Association (ALA) accredited school 
is required.  Candidate must have demonstrated knowledge of the 
integration of new technologies into the delivery of user-centered 
information services; relevant experience in design, development, and 
management of web sites, including the use of site management tools; 
excellent layout and graphics skills; demonstrated proficiency with 
standards-based hypertext markup language (HTML) and web authoring 
tools; scripting languages (e.g., PHP); database systems (e.g., MySQL, 
MS Access); and Windows and/or Linux operating systems. Strong interest 
in instructional technology and design; excellent communication and 
collaboration skills; and previous experience providing reference 
service using basic print and online tools and databases is required.

Applicant with working knowledge of web content management systems; 
experience with instructional design and courseware management systems 
(e.g., Blackboard); project management skills; and experience providing 
reference in an academic library is preferred.


RESPONSIBILITIES:  The Web Services Librarian reports to the Head of 
the Library Systems Department in the Consortium Library.  The 
incumbent manages the library web site and chairs the library’s Web 
Team, working closely with other Library Systems Department staff, 
librarians, the public, and the university’s information technology 
staff on ongoing design, development, and evaluation of the library’s 
web presence. The librarian conducts usability testing of the library’s 
web services; provides technical expertise and instruction on web tools 
and software to library staff; provides technical support for multiple 
vendors’ web-based databases; works closely with reference and 
instruction librarians, promotes the library’s web site as an 
instructional tool; and helps advance the library’s programs in library 
instruction and information literacy by assisting to develop web-based 
instructional courses and materials.  The incumbent stays informed of 
trends in web technologies and in instructional technology and design; 
provides four hours of reference assistance per week; serves as a 
library liaison to an academic department; and serves on library, 
university, and professional and/or public committees. 


REVIEW DATE:  Review of applications begins on July 1, 2004.


APPLICATION PROCESS:  We do not accept application materials via 
e-mail.  Please carefully follow the specific instructions given on 
each vacancy announcement.  Applicants must submit a separate 
application packet for each position because documentation requirements 
are different for various positions.  Application packet for this 
position must include:

A  University of Alaska Applicant Form - mandatory when applying for 
any UA position
University of Alaska Applicant Form (interactive PDF)
University of Alaska Applicant Form (print and complete); 

Cover letter (please note PCN 305281 on your cover letter); 

A detailed curriculum vita or comprehensive resume; 

Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for websites and services created and/or 
managed; 

Copies of college transcripts verifying terminal degree (official 
transcripts will be required prior to hiring); and 

The names, e-mail addresses, fax numbers and telephone numbers of three 
(3) professional references. 


Please submit the application packet to:

Human Resource Services
University of Alaska Anchorage
Administration Building, Rm 125 (Physical Address)
3211 Providence Drive (Mailing Address)
Anchorage, AK 99508-4614


Phone: (907) 786-4608
Fax: (907) 786-4727
Hearing Impaired TTY Phone: (907) 786-1420


Background checks may be required, please contact the Office of Human 
Resource Services for further information. 

Applicants needing reasonable accommodations to participate in the 
application or interview process should contact Human Resource 
Services.  UAA is an AA/EO Employer and Educational Institution.  
Applicants must be eligible for employment under the Immigration Reform 
and Control Act as of 1986 and subsequent amendments.
Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is 
subject to public disclosure.


Questions?

See UAA Human Resource Services webpage at:

http://www.finsys.uaa.alaska.edu/uaahrs/

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Vacancy Announcement posted on May 24, 2004.
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Christina ('Trina') Carter, MA, MLS 
 Associate Professor             
   Head of Reference Services
     Library Liaison, College of Business & Public
     Policy & the Small Business Development Center
Consortium Library        
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, Alaska 99508

Voice: (907) 786-1846
Fax:   (907) 786-1834
Email: Trina at uaa.alaska.edu
http://www.lib.uaa.alaska.edu