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2004-2005, No. 9
HAVERFORD COLLEGE, Haverford, Pennsylvania, is looking for a Humanities Librarian for Music and Literature.
The UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO is looking for a Summer Intern in Music Librarianship.
POSITIONS PREVIOUSLY POSTED
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, Clemson, South Carolina, is looking for a Special Formats Cataloger.
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, New York, is looking for a Music Librarian (deadline extended to June 1, 2005).
The NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, New York, New York, is looking for a Librarian III in The Research Libraries/Technical Services/Cataloging Division/Monograph Cataloging Section.
POSITIONS RECENTLY FILLED
Elizabeth J. Cox, Special Formats Catalogers, Southern Illinois University
Nara Newcomer, Assistant Music Librarian, East Carolina University
HAVERFORD COLLEGE, Haverford, Pennsylvania, is looking for a Humanities Librarian for Music and Literature.
General Information: Haverford College seeks an early career Humanities Librarian for Music and Literature to work in a highly collaborative environment on general reference/instruction services, collection development for Music and Modern Languages/Literatures, administration of a music library, and the development of library-related information and instructional technologies. See full job description at http://www.haverford.edu/library/jobs/humanities.html.
Duties and Responsibilities: Serves in the Library as a member of the College Information Resources (CIR) staff and supports the College's achievement of its educational goals by:
Reports to the Coordinator for User Services and Collections.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Serves as library liaison to the Music and Modern Languages/Literature departments by developing close working relationships with faculty and students. Provides a full range of reference and instructional services including research assistance and bibliographic instruction both in and out of the classroom. Creates materials in support of reference and instruction. Works at the reference help desk in Magill Library including some nights and weekends.
2. Develops and manages collections in Music and Modern Languages/Literatures in all formats. Coordinates collection development with Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges.
3. Administers the departmental Music Library in Union Music Building. Operations include course reserves, circulation, stack maintenance, equipment troubleshooting, etc. Hires, trains, and supervises student assistants in the Music Library. Plans for the improvement of Music Library facilities.
4. Uses the full range of analog resources and digital technologies available to the contemporary librarian to serve faculty and students. In conjunction with other CIR staff, explores and implements information access and instructional technologies, especially those related to digital media and collections.
5. Contributes to cooperative projects of the Tri-College Consortium (Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges) through membership on working groups or committees.
6. Assumes other duties as assigned.
Qualifications: American Library Association accredited masters degree or the equivalent in work experience, education, or cultivated interests required. Academic degree, work experience, or a high level of expertise in music or modern languages/literature required. Bibliographic knowledge of two modern European languages in addition to English required. Knowledge of and commitment to the values of liberal arts education required.
Experience with reference work and instruction highly desirable. Experience with library collection development desirable. Supervisory experience highly desirable. Experience with information technology in higher education highly desirable such as audio and video streaming technologies, online visual resources, course management systems, content management systems, web publishing, or academic uses of social/collaborative software.
Demonstrated user-oriented approach to service required. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work energetically and collegially with all constituencies of the academic community required. Superior oral and written English-language communication skills required. Problem solving skills and enthusiasm for exploring new ground required. The ability to work both as a member of a team and independently required.
The Position and the College: This early career position affords an excellent opportunity for a new humanities-oriented librarian to pursue a career in an outstanding liberal arts college. The College seeks candidates who take an expansive approach to the work of librarianship, to involvement in the work of students and faculty, and to the integration of their work with that of other curriculum support units in the College.
Located on a wooded suburban campus less than ten miles from the center of Philadelphia, Haverford College is a highly selective liberal arts institution of approximately 1100 students and over 100 faculty. The Quaker foundation and traditions of the College encourage a respect for the individual and an openness of exchange that make it attractive to intellectually ambitious and socially conscious students. A CIR staff of almost 45 offers a supportive environment for independent, team-oriented, creative, committed librarians seeking intellectual and professional growth through involvement in the work of faculty and students. Local Haverford library and information technology resources are substantially leveraged by consortial relations with Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges.
Salary & Benefits: The salary is competitive with generous benefits.
Deadline: May 27, 2005
Application: Please tell us how you meet these qualifications in your letter of application, and send the letter, your resume, and the names of three references to:
Donna Fournier
Magill Library
Haverford College
Haverford, PA 19041-1392
Direct questions to Donna Fournier (dfournie@haverford.edu, 610-896-1174). Please visit the Library's website at http://www.haverford.edu/library.
Haverford College is an equal employment opportunity, affirmative action employer.
The UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO is looking for a Summer Intern in Music Librarianship.
General Information: UIC MUSIC is developing "The Choral Resource," an extensive library of choral music designed for choral directors to browse quality choral music for all levels of choirs. The growing resource consists of at least 1500 pieces of choral music, recordings, programs, videos, computer resources, etc. Developing/organizing this resource from the ground, up, would be a fine opportunity for a music librarianship student.
Salary: This is a non-paying internship, and can be flexible with hours over the summer.
Application: Interested candidates should contact Mary Ellen Pinzino at mpinzino@uic.edu.
CAREER RESOURCES
WRITING AND PUBLISHING FOR LIBRARIANS
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A study examined the increase in coauthored articles in the core literature of academic librarianship and in other disciplines. Results revealed that university librarians contribute the most to the field's premier research journals and are its most significant collaborators. This group published some 69 percent of the articles in College & Research Libraries and The Journal of Academic Librarianship between 1986 and 1996, accounting for nearly 90 percent of the coauthored research in the journals. However, college librarians contributed only 54 articles in these journals during this period, just 33 percent of which were coauthored. It was also found that the greatest number of collaborative papers in the fields of social science involved just two people and that men are more likely to work with women and women with men. (Library Literature)
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First Have Something to Say offers personal advice that challenges some conventional wisdom about writing. . . . it provides a worthwhile set of considerations for writing and speaking within the field. (author)
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Why It's Never Too Early to Think about Publishing." Knowledge Quest
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Part of a special issue on professional renewal within school librarianship. Advice for new librarians on how to enter the publishing world is provided. This advice relates to being confident about their fresh perspectives, drawing on recent library school research and writing experience, practicing writing for journals or books, taking small steps toward more formal publishing, and using existing resources on how to write for publication. (Library Literature)
- Gordon, Rachel Singer. "Getting Started in Library
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Writing for professional publications offers librarians a path to becoming more involved in the profession and can help to advance their library careers. Advice for librarian authors on coping with rejection and on finding ideas for their writing is provided. (Library Literature)
- __________. The Librarian's Guide to Writing for
Publication. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2004.
One of the ways librarians maintain the integrity of their profession is through the creation of a robust body of professional literature. In The Librarian's Guide to Writing for Publication, Rachel Singer Gordon speaks to the hidden genius in each of us. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: queries and proposals; increasing your odds of publication; networking and collaboration; marketing and promotion; and the particular demands of authorship in an electronic environment. An appendix contains interviews with several library publishers and editors, covering the gamut of publication outlets. This is a one-stop guide for librarians at any stage of their publishing career. (publisher website)
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Literature: A Survey of Attitudes and Behaviors." The Journal of
Academic Librarianship 26, no. 5 (September 2000): 339-45.
A study investigated several aspects of the collaboration process among authors of recent literature of academic librarianship. Participants were 98 coauthors of academic librarianship literature. The findings revealed that participants rated an article's improved quality as the most important advantage of collaboration. Benefits rated by participants as least important involved mentoring. Some two-thirds of participants described their working relationships as collegial. Findings strongly suggested the presence of distinct division patterns and collaboration models among coauthors of academic librarianship literature. Other findings of the study are discussed. (Library Literature)
- __________. "Collaborative Publication by University
Librarians: An Exploratory Study." The Journal of Academic Librarianship
26, no. 2 (March 2000): 94-9.
A study examined collaborative publication by university librarians. Participants were 59 full-time, tenure-track librarians from Pennsylvania State University. Results revealed a high degree of scholarly collaboration leading to multiple-authored journal articles. A total of 81.3 percent of those surveyed had served as the coauthor of at least one publication, while 40.6 percent were currently engaged in a collaborative research project. The results revealed that 27 percent of articles by those surveyed had two or more authors. (Library Literature)
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& Research Libraries News 65, no. 3 (March 2004): 137-9.
There is a plethora of literature offering guidance on how to get published. In general, it encompasses either didactic works providing detailed "dos" and "don'ts"(FN1) or, the literature represents the anecdotal musings of authors and editors outlining their own tormented journey to first authorship.(FN2) Early career librarians and soon-to-be-graduating library science students planning to enter academia may find this literature overwhelming and often conflicted. For those librarians carrying faculty status, the need to publish original research as part of the tenure and promotion process can be perceived as an especially daunting responsibility. (author)
- Lewis, Rodger C. "Publish or Perish? Looking at Publication for Tenure From the Other Side of the Street."
College & Research Libraries News 61, no. 7 (July/August 2000): 606-8.
For academic librarians, the emphasis on publication gradually became a major factor for their promotion and/or tenure during the late 50s and early 60s, as colleges and universities continued to expand with government grants and G.I. tuition money. Librarians, often with two master's degrees, began to feel resentment about their ostensibly subaltern position in relation to the faculty on many U.S. campuses. Salaries were the major issue, but reimbursement for travel and attendance at meetings, sabbaticals, and free time for professional reading were among the other advantages sought. Many librarians believed that identification with the teaching faculty was the fast track to this cornucopia of blessings. Others, agreeing that a more equitable wage was justified, felt they were already in a time-honored profession, as old as the oldest university; they wished to retain their separateness from the teaching faculty and did not feel demeaned by being included as "staff" with many administrative positions. History shows this latter view was less persuasive. But on many campuses there were a couple of interesting bumps on that road to a new identity: the teaching faculty began to feel threatened by the possibility of having to share whatever wealth and privilege there might be with a larger group, and they objected vociferously; the technical services librarians realized that the public service librarians, in their attempt to take on a new identity, were emphasizing their instructional contact with students and their assistance to professors at the expense of the clever people in the back room, so a break in the ranks occurred that threatened to derail the movement. Both of these objections were resolved when the professors found themselves needing more bodies to establish a strong union, and the librarians united under the concept of research and publication. (Library Literature)
- Schatz, Bob. "Writing for Serialists in the Work Environment."
The Serials Librarian 44, no. 3/4 (2003): 175-9.
In the workplace we are all called upon frequently to produce written documents that have a variety of purposes. This demands that the effective writer take the time to consider all aspects of the particular project in order to produce an effective piece. “Good writing” is not necessarily effective writing. The measure is if the writing accomplishes its purpose. The keys to success are to: determine your objective for writing, build an outline, think about the audience, follow a logical path, proofread your work, validate the piece against the stated and unstated objectives, and get feedback after the fact. Above all, welcome any opportunities to write for your organization-practice makes a better writer. (publisher website)
- Waltner, Robb. "Getting Published: Surviving in a
'Write Stuff or They Will Fire you' Environment." The Serials Librarian
42, no. 1/2 (2002): 13-18.
Sponsored by NASIG’s Publications Committee, Getting Published brought together those who publish in or edit journals actively, those who need to publish to meet promotion or tenure requirements, as well as those who simply have a strong desire to write about the serials profession. The speakers represented one of two sides of the publishing process–editing and writing. The editors spoke about the publishing process of refereed journals–how editors manage the work of creating a journal, the peer-review process, and key indicators that editors look for in a submission or proposal. The speakers who focused on writing discussed brainstorming for ideas to develop into articles, fitting the writing life into one’s work life, and gradually building writing skills and experience. (publisher website)