Position Announcement: Hanover College (Indiana)

[Laurel A. Carter]

Electronic Resources and Information Services Librarian (Search extended).

Hanover College seeks a creative, service-oriented librarian with broad
interests in academic librarianship to provide leadership in planning for
and implementing electronic resources and to participate in the Information
Services Team, which is responsible for the reference, instruction, and
faculty liaison programs.  Reports to the Director of Duggan Library.

Electronic Resources responsibilities: Maintain and coordinate the library's
electronic resources.  Provide leadership to team effort to develop and
maintain library's homepage.  Be aware of current trends and issues in
library technology and electronic resources and apply knowledge of these to
the local situation.  Provide support for library staff use of electronic
resources.  Develop training and documentation for library systems.  Serve
as liaison to the Academic Computing staff.  Interface with information
systems staff for PALNI consortium. 

Responsibilities on the Information Services Team: Plan and provide
customer-focused reference service using traditional and electronic
resources, contribute to the development and implementation of a
course-integrated instruction program, and serve as a liaison to appropriate
academic departments in a new outreach program.  

Requirements: MLS from an ALA accredited program or international
equivalent; commitment to the service and educational roles of academic
libraries; ability to work effectively as part of a team as well as
independently; excellent oral and written communication skills.  Expertise
in use of integrated library systems, electronic reference resources, and
microcomputers.  Demonstrated ability to learn new technology and stay
current with technical developments.  Knowledge of emerging trends in
electronic library services.  Enthusiasm for reference and instruction.
Preferred: Academic specialization or work experience in planning and
implementing electronic resources in libraries.  Expertise in set-up and
troubleshooting of computer hardware and software.  Facility in working with
WWW, HTML, Windows 3.1 and 95, and UNIX.  Ability to  establish and maintain
a CD-ROM LAN utilizing Windows NT client/server technology.  Demonstrated
skill in providing reference service in an automated academic environment;
teaching or training experience.

Hanover College is a nationally ranked, private liberal arts college.
Additional information is available at our website at
http://www.hanover.edu.  Salary commensurate with experience ($27,500
minimum); start date as early as possible in July 1998; competitive benefits
package.  Send letter of application; vita; and names, addresses, and
telephone numbers of three references to Christine Wilcox, Secretary to the
Library Search Committee, Hanover College, P.O. Box 108, Hanover, IN
47243-0108.  Review of applications begins immediately, and continues until
positions are filled.  EOE.




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Laurel Carter		Phone: (812) 866-7166
Reference Librarian		FAX: (812) 866-7172
Duggan Library		E-Mail: CARTERL at HANOVER.EDU			
P.O. Box 287		Web: 	http://www.hanover.edu/Library/	
Hanover College			http://carterl.hanover.edu		
Hanover, IN  47243
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