position announcement

[Marsha Keenan]

REFERENCE LIBRARIAN/OUTREACH LIBRARIAN

Position description: Responsible for reference services and outreach
activities with distance education faculty.  Reports to Head of Reference
Services.  Reference duties include using traditional and electronic
resources including the Internet, participating in library instruction
program (tours, classroom instruction), working one night per week and one
Saturday morning every six weeks by rotation.  Outreach responsibilties
include proactive involvement with faculty who provide distance education,
working with on-site librarians or other support persons,  surveying
faculty and students concerning library needs, and may involve occasional
trips to various off campus sites.   Also participates in library liaison
program, working with departments and departmental library coordinators in
agriculture, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, mathematics, and physics,
addressing collection development issues, as well as other library matters,
 on behalf of academic departments.  Benefits include 12 days paid sick
leave; choice of retirement and group health plans; university holidays;
and 84 hours of vacation per year for the first two years, increasing with
longevity to 168 hours per year after 20 years.

Qualifications:
Required: ALA-accredited MLS degree prior to appointment.

Experience:
Preferred: Degree or coursework in the natural sciences or mathematics,
outreach or distance education work experience, or reference experience in
an academic library.

Salary range:  $32,042-$33,993

Application deadline:  Applications must be postmarked by December 1,1998.
Review process for applications will begin November 16, 1998.

Position available:  February 1, 1999

Application requirements:
  Letter of application addressing the above qualifications.
  Resume.
  Three letters of reference.
  Additional 2-3 names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses
if available, of persons who may be
  contacted, including most recent supervisor.  Committee may contact
current supervisor of finalists.
  Finalists will be asked to present a brief training/informational session
on an electronic resource of their choice.
  Transcripts (unoffical accepted).  Must provide offical transcripts upon
appointment.
  Proof of eligibility to work in the United States is required of all
applicants.  To apply applicant must have United  
  States citizenship, citizenship eligibility, or authorization to work in
the U.S. on a full-time basis.

Person to Contact:
  Diane Downing, Chair
  Reference Librarian/Outreach Librarian Search Committee
  James G. Gee Library
  Texas A&M University-Commerce
  P.O. Box 3011
  Commerce, Texas 75429-3011

Texas A&M University-Commerce is a senior public institution with an
academic enrollment of approximately 7,500 students.  It is located in
Commerce, Texas which is 65 miles northeast of Dallas, Texas.

The University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
Individuals from underrepresented racial, ethnic, and gender groups are
encouraged to apply.




Diane Downing, Head Reference Services
Gee Library
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, Texas 75428

E-Mail: diane_downing at tamu-commerce.edu
Phone:  903/886-5719
FAX:    903/886-5723



Marsha James Keenan                   
Reference Librarian/Webmaster
Gee Library
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, TX  75429   
903-886-5721
http://multimedia.tamu-commerce.edu/library