BI Position at New Mexico State University

[Donald A. Barclay]

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                Coordinator of Information Instruction. 

The New Mexico State University Library seeks an energetic team player to
Lead a dynamic information instruction program. The successful
candidate will coordinate and teach both course-related instruction and
for-credit courses; will provide leadership in developing the information
instruction program and in developing librarians as instructors for that
program; will work with faculty in the library and campuswide to promote
library instruction and information literacy; and will evaluate the
effectiveness and outcomes of information instruction at NMSU.  Other
duties include reference service with some night and weekend hours;
collection management; and other duties, committee assignments, and
projects as assigned. 

RANK: Assistant Professor or higher (tenure-track, faculty status).

REQUIRED: ALA-accredited MLS or equivalent; 2 years of library experience
or related teaching experience; thorough knowledge of print and electronic
information sources, including the Internet; excellent written & oral
communication skills; demonstrated ability to meet the requirements for
faculty promotion and tenure. 

PREFERRED: Experience in planning, designing, and leading a library
user-education program; experience in teaching for-credit courses; 
knowledge of established and emerging instructional technologies; ability
to develop computer-assisted instruction programs; experience working in
electronic classrooms; second master's degree. Reading and speaking
knowledge of Spanish are desirable. 


NMSU, New Mexico's land-grant university, enrolls over 15,000 students 
in 71 undergraduate, 45 master's, and 19 doctoral degree programs. NMSU 
is classified as a Carnegie I research institution and is a member of the 
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities. The university library 
has an annual budget exceeding 5 million dollars and contains 
approximately 1 million volumes in two buildings. A new building houses 
humanities and social sciences collections as well as an electronic 
classroom to be completed by September 1996. A recently renovated 
building houses agriculture, engineering, science, and business 
collections and is scheduled to house an electronic classroom.  Library 
computer resources include VTLS, INNOVACQ, a campus-wide CD-ROM LAN, 
access to the Internet, and multiple microcomputer applications. Located 
along the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico, NMSU is 40 miles north of 
the El Paso, TX-Juarez, Mexico metropolitan area, at the southern end of 
the Rocky Mountains. This desert area enjoys abundant sunshine and is 
within easy driving distance to alpine areas that include excellent 
hiking, skiing, and water sports. Salary: minimum 30,500 for a 
12-month appointment. Benefits include 22 vacation days per year. Send a 
letter of application, resume, and names and telephone numbers of three 
references to: Karen Stabler, Chair, Coordinator of Information 
Instruction Search Committee. Review of applications will begin July 15, 
1996 and will continue until August 15, 1996.  

New Mexico State University Library Box 30006, Dept. 3475, Las Cruces, NM 
88003-0006. New Mexico State University is an EEO, AA employer. Offers of 
employment contingent upon the verification of the individual's  
eligibility for employment in the United States.