PLACEMENT SERVICE JOB LIST

OCTOBER 2002
2002-2003, No. 2

The BRITTEN-PEARS LIBRARY, Aldeburgh, England, is looking for a Librarian.

DePAUL UNIVERSITY, Chicago, Illinois, is looking for a Technology Specialist in Digital Music Technology and Music.

The NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, New York, New York, is looking for a Librarian.

OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE, Los Angeles, California, is looking for a Part-Time Music Librarian.

The ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC, London, England, is looking for a TCS Associate/Archive Project Officer.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California, is looking for Stanford Humanities Fellows.

The UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Tucson, Arizona, is looking for an Assistant/Associate Librarian (Music Emphasis).

The UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, University, Mississippi, is looking for Two Catalogers.

The UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Carolina, is looking for an Assistant Music Librarian.

A library in WASHINGTON, D.C. is looking for a Music Librarian.

POSITIONS RECENTLY FILLED

POSITIONS PREVIOUSLY POSTED

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is looking for a Music and Catalog Librarian.

DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, North Carolina, is looking for a Public Services Librarian, Music Library.

J & J LUBRANO, MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS, Lloyd Harbor, New York, is looking for an Assistant.

The LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, D.C., is looking for Catalogers.

The MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MEMORIAL LIBRARY, MUSIC & RECREATION DIVISION, Washington, D.C., is looking for a Music Librarian.

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The BRITTEN-PEARS LIBRARY, Aldeburgh, England, is looking for a Librarian.

Description: The Britten-Pears Library is situated in Aldeburgh and holds a unique collection of books, manuscripts and works of art related to Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. It is the foremost centre for research on the music of Britten and related topics. The Britten-Pears Foundation is seeking to fill the post of Librarian who will take responsibility for preserving and expanding the collection as well as making it available for scholarly and educational purposes.

Qualifications: The ideal candidate will be a professional librarian with experience of working in a music library and of managing staff and budgets. S/he will need to demonstrate commitment to the music of Benjamin Britten and British 20th century music, as well as being in sympathy with the ideals and legacy of Britten and Pears. S/he will be expected to be thoroughly conversant with latest IT developments generally in the field of library systems.

Salary: in the region of GBP 30,000 per annum.

Deadline: Friday October 4, 2002.

Application: For further details, contact: The General Director (Ref: Lib), The Britten-Pears Foundation, The Red House, Aldeburgh, Suffolk IP 15 5PZ, UK. E-mail: Hugh Cobbe: Hugh.Cobbe@bl.uk.

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DePAUL UNIVERSITY, Chicago, Illinois, is looking for a Technology Specialist in Digital Music Technology and Music.

Responsibilities: Provide expert consultation as an Instructional Technology Consultant to faculty and academic staff for integrating instructional technology into the curriculum, and assist faculty in learning, adopting, and adapting technologies for their teaching. Design and develop a technology/digital resource training program for music faculty and provide online or face-to-face training to them as a group or on a one-on-one basis. Teach two courses per academic year in the School of Music. Provide leadership to the University Libraries in the development and delivery of services in recorded, digital, online and print music resources, including instruction, online reserves, and collection development. Serve as liaison with the faculty of the School of Music for the Libraries and for Instructional Technology Development. This is a staff position which reports jointly to the Dean of the School of Music, the Director of Instructional Technology Development, and the Director of Libraries.

Environment: DePaul is a thriving, multi-faceted Catholic, Vincentian, and urban university with an enrollment of over 21,000 students. The School of Music is located on the beautiful Lincoln Park campus, two miles north of the Chicago Loop. The School of Music enrolls 385 students in four graduate and seven undergraduate programs. It has a full-time faculty of 22 and a part-time faculty of 95, including many of Chicago's most celebrated and capable musicians and teachers. The School of Music has maintained full accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Music since 1931.

Qualifications: The successful candidate will: possess an earned doctorate in music or musicology; demonstrate knowledge of streaming media, web development tools, authoring tools, MIDI applications, and on-line musical resources; have particular expertise in digital music files, transfer, and storage; be a capable teacher in music research and another music specialty area; have a team approach in developing work relationships; foster collaboration among the School of Music, Instructional Technology Development and the Libraries. Minimum one-year technology support experience in higher education is required; library experience is highly desirable.

Salary: Range: $53,157 - $55,000.

Deadline: Position open until filled.

Application: Send a letter of interest, a current curriculum vitae, and the names and telephone numbers of three individuals who will knowledgeably endorse your application to: Dr. Sharon Guan, Director Instructional Technology Development, DePaul University, 2320 N. Kenmore, SAC 284, Chicago, IL 60614. Telephone: (773) 325-7726; FAX: (773) 325-7167. Email: xguan@depaul.edu. Please do not send, nor request to have sent, letters of recommendation. DePaul University supports and practices the concepts of nondiscrimination in all areas of employment regardless of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender, marital status, disability, Vietnam veteran status, or type of discharge from the military.

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The NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, New York, New York, is looking for a Librarian.

Description: The New York Public Library seeks a dynamic individual to join the staff of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound staff at its Lincoln Center facility. Responsibilities include cataloging and processing archival collections of non-commercial sound recordings, encoding collections in EAD, and reference work.

Qualifications: Candidates must have an ALA-accredited MLS degree and professional experience cataloging sound recordings or music materials in the MARC format.

Application: For detailed job description, please visit our website at: http://www.nypl.org. Refer to job code AG-RHA.

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OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE, Los Angeles, California, is looking for a Part-Time Music Librarian.

Job Summary: The Music Librarian is responsible for the continued development and management of the musical media (recordings, videotapes, DVDs, musical scores) in the Music Library, and for the supervision of student workers in the Music Library. The Music Librarian provides resource services to users of the collections, including students, department faculty, and others in the campus community, and works with faculty in the Music Department to develop their collections. The Music Librarian also oversees the operation of computers, audio and video equipment in the Music Library. Reporting: The Music Librarian will report to the Chair of the Music Department. He or she will supervise student employees in processing class reserves, circulation techniques, and reshelving music materials.

Job Duties: Provide reference and circulation services to faculty, students, outside callers; Supervision of student workers; Establish and maintain schedules; Circulation; Process class-reserve materials; Stack maintenance: music scores, reference materials, CD/LP/video materials; Oversee (and maintain) quality of student work; Coordination with main library re: cataloging new materials, maintaining class reserve lists; Supervision of equipment operation and maintenance: computers, turntables, CD players, etc.

Qualifications: The position requires some (but not prolonged) standing, mostly sitting (with back support), some reaching and/or standing on a low stool (in the Music Library), some (not prolonged) stooping, bending, etc.: the range of motion needed to file musical materials. Hearing requirements involve answering the telephone, conversing with users and staff of the Music Library, monitoring equipment, and tolerating background noise (conversations, etc). The Music Librarian might occasionally have to lift a VCR or audio speaker or tape recorder: should not exceed 20 pounds; the same applies to carrying. He or she would make several trips a week across the campus to and from the main library, often carrying books or other materials.

Special Knowledge and Skills: A baccalaureate degree is required. A degree (baccalaureate or graduate) in music history, other music-related field, or MLS, is desirable. Working familiarity with standard information management software, as well as experience with music library and archive curatorship, preparation of music materials for classroom use, and training of student employees, are preferred. Reading knowledge of at least one of the following foreign languages is desired: Latin, French, German, or Italian. We seek candidates with organizational skills and the ability and interest in technologies appropriate to management, archiving, and presentation of musical materials, as well as the interpersonal skills necessary to interact with a diverse faculty and student body.

Salary: 10 months (20 pay periods) at $945 semi-monthly (August through May; paid on the 1st and 16th); half time, approximately 20 hours per week; 2 months (4 pay periods) at $418.75 semi-monthly (June and July); approximately quarter time, up to 9.5 hours per week.

Start Date: Immediately.

Application: Send, fax, or email letter of application and curriculum vitae to: Irene Girton, Chair, Music Department, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA 90041. Phone: (323) 259-2590; fax (323) 341-4983; email: igirton@oxy.edu.

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The ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC, London, England, is looking for a TCS Associate/Archive Project Officer.

Description: Following a successful application for a Teaching Company Scheme (TCS) programme, the Royal College of Music requires an Archive Project Officer who will work at Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd (295 Regent Street, London) to identify, conserve and archive their important collection of manuscripts, correspondence and production materials. This is a two-year fixed term appointment available from 1 November 2002. Supervised by academics from the Royal College of Music, the position will provide training in both specific and generic skills including the attainment of an NVQ level 4 in management.

Qualifications: You need to be a graduate probably, but not necessarily, in music. Academic or vocational qualifications, or relevant experience as a librarian or archivist are highly desirable. Well-organised and with good computer and communication skills, you will need the strategic ability to plan and manage the project whilst being prepare to work with the artefacts.

Rank & Salary: APT&C Scale 5 (GBP18,964 min according to experience).

Deadline: Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 4 October 2002. Interviews will be held during the week commencing Monday 14 October 2002.

Application: Completed application forms should be returned to Margaret Wilson, Personnel Department, Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BS, UK. Further details and application forms are available from the Royal College of Music website (http://www.rcm.ac.uk/vacancies.htm).

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STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California, is looking for Stanford Humanities Fellows.

Description: Stanford University invites applications for the Stanford Humanities Fellows Program, a postdoctoral fellowship designed to give the best recent Ph.D. recipients in the humanities a unique opportunity to develop as scholars and teachers. Up to 6 Fellowships will be awarded for a two-year term, renewable for a third year. Fellows will teach one course and contribute a second course-equivalent per year in one of Stanford's fifteen humanities departments. In addition, Fellows will be expected to participate in the intellectual life of the program by sharing work in progress, meeting regularly as a group and with faculty Senior Fellows, and generally contributing to the community of humanists at Stanford. It is expected, too, that Fellows will be in residence during the term of their appointment. Over the next three years, the total number of fellows is expected to be between 12 and 15. This year's competition will focus on the following fields: 2002-03 Competition, for Fellowships beginning in 2003: Art History, Drama, Music, English and American Literature.

Qualifications: Candidates for this year's competition must have received their Ph.D. degree between January 1, 2000 and June 30, 2003.

Stipend: The stipend for 2003-2004 will be approximately $50,000, and will include additional support for computer assistance, research, and moving expenses, depending on individual Fellow's needs.

Deadline: December 2, 2002. The committee of selection will meet in December and January. Finalists may be interviewed. Successful applicants will be informed by March 1, 2003.

Application: There is no application form. Please submit the following materials to the address below: 1. Curriculum vitae. 2. Dissertation abstract. 3. A sample of written work (no longer than 50pp). 4. A description of teaching experience and interests (up to three pages). NB: Courses will be offered through standing Stanford departments; applicants should familiarize themselves with recent course offerings and department curricula (www.stanford.edu, links to individual departments). 5. Three confidential letters of recommendation (or the applicant's active graduate school dossier). Faxed or electronic applications cannot be considered. Send all materials to: Professor Seth Lerer, Director, Stanford Humanities Fellows Program, Department of English, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2087 USA. Only complete applications will be considered. All applications will be acknowledged.

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The UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Tucson, Arizona, is looking for an Assistant/Associate Librarian (Music Emphasis).

Position Summary: The incumbent will work to satisfy the needs relating to instruction, research and the creative endeavors of the team's customers, particularly those in the fine arts, by matching users with appropriate resources and services. The successful candidate will contribute to the profession and the professional literature to fulfill the responsibilities of a library faculty member through service (e.g., active participation in library-related associations and organizations) and scholarship (e.g., presentations at local and national conferences and meetings, publication of original research). As member of a library profession, the Library Faculty Assembly, and the general faculty of the University, the incumbent will resist censorship of library materials and eliminate barriers to access to information, commit to intellectual freedom in the pursuit of truth and knowledge for customers and staff, commit to honesty and respect for customers and staff, commit to the professional Code of Ethics for librarianship, be involved in the governance of the Library and the University through service in the Library Faculty Assembly and on appropriate University committees, and play a leadership role on campus in ensuring that the development of information literacy is a key component of the educational experience.

Duties and Responsibilities: Fulfill primary assignment in fine arts, principally to the School of Music and Dance and related disciplines. Work in other subject areas as needed by our customers and as knowledge and ability permit. Connection Development: Establish and maintain connections with assigned group of faculty, students, researchers and staff. May include developing programs, exhibits, and other outreach activities. Information Resources Development/Preservation: Identify, evaluate and select information for purchase or access. Expend and manage information access funds in assigned subject areas within Information Resources Council guidelines and established allocations. Education: Develop and provide library education, course-related instruction and other specialized educational sessions to assigned customers and other groups. Develop and prepare appropriate instructional and educational aids. In-depth reference/research consultation: Develop and maintain in-depth subject knowledge of information resources and provide in-depth reference and consultations in assigned area of subject expertise. Needs Assessment: Assess and evaluate information and service needs of the teams and other customers, through application of appropriate needs assessment tools and methodologies. Undergraduate Services: Participate in and provide support for Undergraduate Services activities. These may include reference desk service, e-mail reference, instruction in general library education classes, and the training of staff and students who provide reference service. Training and Supervision: Develop and provide training sessions in areas of expertise to other team members, staff from other teams, and students in any of the above areas of responsibilities which include working closely with the Materials Access Team staff responsible for circulation, basic reference service, and physical maintenance of the Music Collection. Supervise student(s) in support activities as needed. Library-wide Responsibilities: Participate in library strategic projects teams, cross-functional teams and other teams as needed to complete the goals of the library.

Minimum Qualifications: Master's degree in Library/Information Science from an ALA-accredited institution.

Preferred Qualifications: Graduate level course work in Music. At least four years of experience as a Music Librarian in an academic library. Experience in music cataloging. Reading knowledge of German, French, Italian or Spanish. Ability and desire to work in a team-based environment. Evidence or knowledge of collection development and preservation, instruction, knowledge management, advanced mediated services and needs assessment in the fine arts. Strong commitment to information access in alternative and traditional formats. Demonstrated proficiency with related electronic technology. Ability to teach in a classroom, computer lab, in a collaborative setting, or one-on-one situations. Ability to communicate and to work effectively with faculty, customers and colleagues. Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and professional development. Demonstrated contribution to the profession through scholarship and service activities. Commitment to diversity in the academic environment. Ability to set and achieve performance goals. Knowledge of instructional techniques and methods. Knowledge of digital imaging and electronic applications in the fine arts.

Salary & Benefits: Range: $42,086 - $53,406 annually. Benefits: Yes. Hours: 40 per week.

Deadline: Open until filled. Review of materials will begin 9/23/02 and will continue until position is filled.

Application: To apply, please submit a cover letter, résumé and the names and contact information for three references to: University of Arizona Library, Attn: Ms. Martina Johansen, 1510 E. University Blvd., Room #A302, P.O. Box #210055, Tucson, AZ 85721-0055. Fax to: (520) 626-7715 or E-mail to: hendricksong@u.library.arizona.edu. Please reference job number 24677. The University of Arizona is an EEO/AA Employer-M/W/D/V.

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The UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, University, Mississippi, is looking for Two Catalogers.

Description: The University of Mississippi Libraries seeks two (2) catalogers to perform original and complex copy cataloging of library materials in all formats, languages, and subjects, complete special projects as assigned, and participate in tenure-track and professional development activities. Catalogers report to the Head of Technical Services.

Qualifications: Required: an ALA-accredited MLS by date of appointment, demonstrated knowledge of the principles and procedures of cataloging including AACR2rev, LSSH, LC Classification, and USMARC formats, recent cataloging experience using an integrated library system and bibliographic utility, proficiency with computer applications in libraries, excellent written and verbal skills, evidence of being able to work independently and successfully in a collegial environment, and the potential to meet tenure requirements. Must be eligible to work permanently in the United States. Candidates with the ability to catalog music materials are encouraged to apply.

Rank & Salary: This is a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. Salary is negotiable from $34,000 depending upon qualifications and experience.

Application: Candidates should submit a letter of application addressing the requirements for the position, a current vita, and the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of 3 professional references to: JoAnn Stefani, Head of Technical Services, J.D. Williams Library, University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677.

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The UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Carolina, is looking for an Assistant Music Librarian.

Description: The USC Music Library is a branch library located in the School of Music, which has an enrollment of approximately 500 music majors. Reporting to the Head of the Music Library, the Assistant Music Librarian oversees the Music Library's special collections, including the processing of collections of manuscripts, personal papers, and other archival materials. Prepares and maintains electronic finding aids. Makes all housing and treatment decisions. Provides in-person, telephone, and e-mail reference assistance relating to the special collections. Coordinates rotating exhibits. Manages gifts-in-kind program, including decision-making about appropriateness to collection, production of acknowledgments, and internal appraising. Serves as liaison with the Preservation Services department. Will train and supervise Music Library staff in basic archival procedures and oversees students working on related projects. Performs other duties as assigned. Active participation in professional activities and departmental or university initiatives. This is a full-time position (37.5 hours per week). Further information may be found at: http://www.sc.edu/library/music/music.html.

Qualifications: Required: An ALA-accredited M.L.S.; a Bachelor's degree in music or equivalent; formal training in archival theory and practice or equivalent experience; a thorough familiarity with print and online music reference resources; and, excellent oral and written communication skills. Preferred: Graduate degree in music. Familiarity with AACR2, MARC, OCLC, and the NOTIS automated system. Strong leadership and supervisory skills. Knowledge of digital technologies. Working knowledge of at least one European language.

Salary & Benefits: Salary negotiable with a minimum of $31,000. Tenure-track position with faculty status. Excellent benefits package, including tuition remission, with choice of retirement plans.

Deadline: Review of applications will begin on October 7 and will continue until the position is filled.

Application: Candidates should submit a letter of application addressing position qualifications, a résumé, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of three professional references to: Jennifer Ottervik, Chair, Assistant Music Librarian Search Committee, Music Library, School of Music, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. The University of South Carolina is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.

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A library in WASHINGTON, D.C. is looking for a Music Librarian.

Description: Our client in Washington, DC is seeking a Music Librarian to provide live reader advisory and reference services.

Qualifications: Must have successful public service experience in a music library and knowledge of classical music. MLS is preferred.

Salary & Terms of Employment: Full-time/6-8 weeks. Salary: $18/hr.

Application: If interested, email résumé as a Word attachment or without an attachment to Sandra Fykes at sfykes@infocurrent.com or via fax at (202) 775-1735.

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