PLACEMENT
SERVICE
JOB
LIST
JANUARY
2006
2005-2006, No. 5
The INDEX TO PRINTED MUSIC PROJECT, James Adrian Music, is looking for a Content Editor.
The INDEX TO PRINTED MUSIC PROJECT, James Adrian Music, is looking for an Indexer.
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, Tennessee, is looking for a Director of the Anne Potter Wilson Music Library.
POSITIONS RECENTLY FILLED
Thomas Caw, Public Services Librarian, University of Hartford
POSITIONS PREVIOUSLY POSTED
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C., is looking for a Music/Performing Arts Librarian.
BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY, Bowling Green, Ohio, is looking for a Head Librarian, Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives (MLSRA).
The CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS, Valencia, California, is looking for a Performing Arts Librarian.
FURMAN UNIVERSITY, Greenville, South Carolina, is looking for a Music Librarian.
The UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, Louisville, Kentucky, is looking for a Music Librarian.
Description: Under a grant from the Mellon Foundation, the Music Library Association is expanding the database of the Index to Printed Music (IPM). This project indexes music published in monumental editions, including Denkmäler and composer collected editions, national editions, genre editions, etc., prepared according to principles generally accepted by scholars. Included are all the editions listed in Collected Editions, Historical Series & Sets & Monuments of Music: A Bibliography (Fallen Leaf Press, 1997) and their continuations. Content focuses on western fine art music, but also includes popular and some non-western repertories.
Responsibilities: Editors receive sheets with bibliography titles from the President. Editors who are in a position to do so are encouraged to identify indexers for those titles. Editors will also be given index entries by the President in their areas of specialty for revision.
Editors read carefully each index entry to make sure that it looks musicologically correct and conforms to the project's specifications for entries (coding, controlled vocabulary, thematic catalog numbers, etc.). Editors are responsible for insuring that records are correct, either by modifying them themselves or returning records to indexers for modification if the corrections needed are extensive. Pay is $15.00/hour.
Application: Project representatives will be available in at the annual meeting in Memphis. For a meeting, please contact Elizabeth Davis (davise@columbia.edu), Secretary, James Adrian Music.
Description: Under a grant from the Mellon Foundation, the Music Library Association is expanding the database of the Index to Printed Music (IPM). This project indexes music published in monumental editions, including Denkmäler and composer collected editions, national editions, genre editions, etc., prepared according to principles generally accepted by scholars. Included are all the editions listed in Collected Editions, Historical Series & Sets & Monuments of Music: A Bibliography (Fallen Leaf Press, 1997) and their continuations. Content focuses on western fine art music, but also includes popular and some non-western repertories.
Responsibilities: Under the supervision of a content editor and working from the actual scores, the indexer prepares entries using a template. Indexers use the project's Name Authority File for name fields and capture names not in that File, also using a template, into a separate file, also using a template. Indexers use the project Manual for procedures and for controlled vocabulary in selected fields. Indexers need to have a computer and the music in close proximity.
Qualifications: A strong knowledge of music history is required. While the indexing is related to library cataloging, no technical knowledge of AACR2 or MARC formatting is required. Every attempt is made to match an individual's particular knowledge with titles needing indexing. Pay is $1.00 for each entry approved by the content editor. Experience has shown that once indexers learn the system, they can create about 20 entries/hour. Experience also indicates that a minimum of ten hours/week of indexing is necessary to maintain indexing skills, as well as return the Project's initial investment in training. Recently retired music librarians are strongly encouraged to apply.
Application: Project representatives will be available in at the annual meeting in Memphis. For a meeting, please contact Elizabeth Davis (davise@columbia.edu), Secretary, James Adrian Music.
Description: Vanderbilt University Library is seeking a creative, service-oriented librarian to lead the Anne Potter Wilson Music Library. The Director of the Library is a team-builder working closely with two librarians and two paraprofessional staff in designing and delivering services and collections for the University community in the field of music. Areas of responsibility include collection development, and oversight for reference and information services, library instruction, circulation services, cataloging, and library operations. The Director also has primary responsibility for the administrative needs of the library including budget planning and control; staff recruitment, supervision and staff development; library public relations; facilities planning; and oversight of general administrative functions. Working with the School and the Library, the Director provides leadership in the further development of digital resources and collections. The Director works collaboratively with the other Library directors in a Library Directors Council that promotes responsive, high quality services to the entire University community. The Director reports to the Deputy University Librarian/Head of Public Services, is a key participant in the Library Management Council, and serves as a liaison with the Blair School of Music.
Qualifications: An M.L.S. from an ALA-accredited institution is required, as is an undergraduate or advanced degree in music, musicology or music-related field. The candidate should demonstrate extensive knowledge of music, music information sources, and strategies for providing effective access to these resources; experience in a music library is preferred. Applicants must have relevant experience in academic libraries; supervisory responsibility is desirable. The successful candidate will demonstrate knowledge of the educational and research needs of the academic community; commitment to the goals of scholarship; enthusiasm for developing a library for the future including the further integration of electronic resources and services; and a proven record of creative leadership, management skills, and contributions to the profession. Essential skills include the ability to develop and manage budgets and communicate and work effectively with staff, faculty and administrator.
Environment: Vanderbilt University consists of ten schools and colleges with an enrollment of over 11,000. The Jean & Alexander Heard Library system has a collection of over 3 million volumes in eight libraries and a staff of 210. Vanderbilt University is a member of the Association of Research Libraries and SOLINET. The Music Library supports research and curriculum needs in music, and provides access to music information for the wider Vanderbilt community. Resources include over 46,000 books and scores, 166 current serial subscriptions. The library houses more than 25,000 sound recordings. The Library staff consists of five people, three of whom are librarians. The Director manages a total annual operating budget of approximately $300,000; collections funds are expected to grow significantly through restricted sources. The Music Library is located within the Blair School of Music building in a facility recently doubled in size. The School has 52 faculty, 177 undergraduate majors and a substantial pre-college program. For more information about Vanderbilt, the Vanderbilt Library, and the Music Library, consult the library web pages at http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu. Vanderbilt University is located in Nashville, Tennessee, a major business and education center in the mid-South with a metropolitan area population of over one million.
Compensation: Salary is negotiable, commensurate with experience. Benefits are those that accrue to exempt staff of the University and include health care insurance, retirement plan options, a tuition discount program, and paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
Deadline: Applications received by January 31, 2006 will receive first consideration. The position will remain open until filled.
Application: Preliminary interviews may be held at MLA in Memphis. Send letter of application and resume, including the names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of three references to:
Lisa Terranova Shipman, Director of Administrative Services
Vanderbilt University Library
419 21st Avenue South
Nashville, Tennessee 37240-0007
E-mail: lisa.shipman@vanderbilt.edu
Vanderbilt University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Minorities, persons with disabilities, and women are encouraged to apply.