Job Announcement/Oklahoma State University

[Anne Prestamo]

     Please excuse the cross-posting.
     
     
     ASSISTANT PROFESSOR/SCIENCE & ENGINEERING LIBRARIAN, TENURE TRACK 
     
     
     
     Oklahoma State University is a land grant university with an 
     enrollment of 26,000 students on four campuses
     offering 44 doctoral degree programs. The Library, with holdings of 
     more than 2.6 million volumes and
     documents, is a member of the Association of Research Libraries. The 
     Library operates in a highly
     automated environment including: an online catalog (NOTIS); online 
     access to ISI's Current Contents and
     several FirstSearch databases; online access to UMI's ProQuest Direct 
     (Periodical Abstracts Research II,
     ABI/Inform, full-text New York Times, Newspaper Abstracts, and Digital 
     Dissertations Abstracts); Internet
     access to Compendex Web and EI Village, J-Stor, Project Muse, and the 
     Encyclopedia Americana; access
     to numerous locally networked cd-rom databases and other remote 
     databases. Thirty public Internet
     workstations are available. The Science & Engineering Reference 
     Division includes the Architecture and Vet
     Med Libraries and the Map Collection. There are eight librarians and 
     three support staff in the Division. 
     
     RESPONSIBILITIES:Assists in providing reference service including 
     evening and weekend rotations;
     participates in user education programs; and performs collection 
     management and faculty liaison activities for
     agriculture, nutrition sciences, and biochemistry. 
     
     QUALIFICATIONS: 
     
     Required: ALA-MLS. Must demonstrate the following: strong, effective 
     reference skills; a record of providing
     excellent service; the ability to interact with the public in a 
     friendly manner; excellent communication and
     organization skills; the ability to work well under pressure and to 
     meet deadlines; familiarity with online public
     access catalogs, cd-rom databases, and the Internet; and experience 
     instructing library users with both print
     and electronic resources. 
     
     Desired: Degree in agricultural or biological sciences; three years 
     post-MLS experience providing STM
     reference services in an academic or large public library; experience 
     using the Internet in providing reference
     service; library instruction experience; active participation in state 
     or national professional organizations. 
     
     SALARY: $31,500 for 11 months. Salary and academic rank dependent upon 
     qualifications and prior
     experience. 
     
     BENEFITS: Social security; free health, accident and life insurance; 
     retirement benefits available under state
     system and TIAA/CREF (some restrictions); 11 holidays; 22 days of sick 
     leave per year. Opportunity to work
     towards advanced degree. 
     
     DEADLINE: Application review begins on October 5, 1998, and continues 
     until position is filled. Anticipated
     start date: January 4, 1999. 
     
     APPLICATION: Send cover letter, resume, and names and addresses of 
     three professional references to:
     Mrs. Jackie German, Administrative Officer, Edmon Low Library, 
     Oklahoma State University. Stillwater, OK
     74078-1071. (405) 744-6324. jlg4962 at okway.okstate.edu 
     
     EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER; MINORITIES AND WOMEN 
     ARE
     ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT MUST COMPLY WITH IRCA.