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Posting Date
2012-09-06
Position Title
Departmental Supervisor I, Music Library
Location
Knoxville, Tennessee
General Information
Purpose:  To provide public services for the Music Library. The Library Supervisor (evening position) serves as supervisor of Student Library Assistants and the facility during evenings and on Sundays; offers circulation and reference assistance to patrons during those times; provides computer and technical support for the branch; designs and maintains the branch’s website; processes new materials and manages processing/transfer/damaged item issues; prepares periodical shipments for the bindery; catalogs School of Music performance CDs.  This position has broad responsibilities and a high level of autonomy; the evening supervisor oversees operations of the branch library in the absence of other faculty and staff for 28 hours each week.
Position Details
Computer technical support                                                                                                     
Provide technical  assistance for users and  branch staff  regarding  use of  electronic  resources,  including:
  • Instruction on finding, creating, and using Internet resources (WWW, listservs, e-mail, and local and remote databases, systems, and catalogs);
  • Trouble-shooting computer equipment problems;
  • Advising librarians on technical  issues and problems  in configuring  electronic  services for users;
  • Performing regular maintenance and software updates for 8 public laptops and 6 staff workstations.
  • Acting as liaison with staff in other library units to identify needs, plan training, and seek solutions to computer-related problems in the Libraries;
Create and maintain branch library web site; develop and maintain print and computer-assisted instructional materials to guide patrons in using Internet resources.
Conduct or contribute to library-wide training related to technology.
 
Evening / Weekend Supervisor                                                                                                           
During evenings and Sundays, supervise Music Library circulation activities and control of materials being circulated; mediate problems with library patrons regarding fines and books charged in the computer system; serve as first point of appeal for fines and other charges (damaged books, etc.).  Assist in determining library policies and procedures and interpreting them to patrons.  Refer unresolved problems to day supervisor.
Provide back-up processing for reserve materials.
Supervise Student Employees                                                                                               
In cooperation with the day supervisor, interview and hire student staff
Supervise student library assistants (SLAs) during evening hours
Supervise operation, revisions, and SLAs who input indexing data for the UT Song Index and Analysis Index.
Supervise student cleaning of facilities and equipment on Sundays.
Supervise SLAs doing pre-order bibliographic verification of music scores and recordings in online catalog, acquisition system order records, and OCLC or other databases.
 
Reference                                                                                                                                  
Provide in-depth catalog assistance to help users in locating music materials
Provide reference assistance to users, in person and by telephone, locating specialized music information and instructing in its use. 
 
Technical Services                                                                                                                  
Check-in and process all new branch library materials
Handle transfers and withdrawals; under librarian supervision, implement summer transfers to storage and shifting of collections
Identify collection items having cataloging or classification problems and send to appropriate staff for correction.
Responsible for current periodicals collection including branch binding shipments
Use cataloging template in Aleph to add records for School of Music concerts and recitals
 
Equipment / Facilities / Supplies                                                                                           
Assist with selection of AV equipment; handle AV equipment maintenance
Assist users with photocopier, reader-printer, and 3-M security gate
Handle branch mail
Other duties as assigned
  
Qualifications
Required:
Bachelor’s degree or four years library or related experience
Ability to work well with the public; excellent communication and problem-solving skills, attention to detail; ability to work with little supervision and within a team framework
Demonstrated experience with computers; demonstrated keyboarding skills
Willing to take or audit Music 510, Music Bibliography
 
Preferred:
Courses or experience in music; ability to read music
Experience with both Macintosh and Windows-based computers and software including Word and Excel, html, web-page design (Dreamweaver, CourseBuilder, PHP, MySQL)
Two years of supervisory experience, public service, or teaching experience