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Original Cataloging Position



I was told that one did not have to subscribe to post on your listserv, so I
am sending this job announcement for an NEH 2 year grant position which
might be of interest to some of your members.

Thank you.

Tatiana G. Barr
Special Coll./Humanities Cataloging Unit
George A. Smathers Library
U. of Florida

ANNOUNCEMENT

George A. Smathers Libraries
370 Library West
Library Personnel Office
P.O. Box 117001
Gainesville, Florida 32611-7001
 (352) 392-9809; FAX: (352) 392-4538

VACANCY ANNOUNCMENT


POSITION:               Project Cataloger,  (NEH Project- time limited two
years)

RANK:           Assistant University Librarian

REPORTS TO:     Curator, Baldwin Library

SALARY:         $34,000


JOB SUMMARY

Under the supervision of a director of a grant project funded by NEH, the
Project Cataloger is a time-limited position (2000-2002) and is primarily
responsible for original cataloging of titles in the area of American and
British children's literature (in English) for the period 1850-1869 for the
Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature.  The Project Cataloger
will review the enhanced copy of the project's paraprofessional staff.  The
Project Cataloger will be responsible for the final quality of all
bibliographic and authority records created for this project.


RESPONSIBILITIES

1.      Organizes and performs descriptive and subject cataloging of
children's literature in accord with the following standards: Anglo-American
Cataloging Rules Two Revised (AACR2R) and Library of Congress Subject
Headings (LCSH).  Supervises the project archivist, a grant-funded
paraprofessional staff member, in doing the same.
2.      Enhances subject access through genre and format terms using the
ALA/ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts thesauri.
3.      Contributes original cataloging records to OCLC and authority
records to NACO.  Supervises the project archivist in doing the same.
4.      Uses RLIN to supplement OCLC database for authorities and
bibliographic searching.
5.      Updates and maintains information in LUIS, the Libraries' OPAC, for
original records contributed to OCLC.
6.      Coordinates workflow with project managers.
7.      Reports monthly statistics to project managers.



QUALIFICATIONS

Required

1.      A MLS or MLIS from an ALA-credited library school.
2.      Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
3.      Demonstrated capacity to work effectively and productively in a team
environment.
4.      Demonstrated success in working within a project schedule.

        Preferred

5.      Two years of experience cataloging materials in special collections.
6.      Two years of original cataloging experience in an academic or
research library.
7.      Demonstrated experience in working with OCLC or RLIN databases,
including MARC book formats.





The University of Florida

The University of Florida is a large, land grant, public educational
research institution with a faculty of approximately 4,000 and a student
body of nearly 42,000.  It ranks tenth nationally in size of student body
and eighth nationally in the number of merit scholars enrolled in the
freshmen class.  The University is a member of the Association of American
Universities and offers the Ph.D. in 86 fields and the Master's degree in
105 fields.  For more information please consult the UF homepage at
http://www.ufl.edu.

The University of Florida Libraries are members of the Association of
Research Libraries, the Center for Research Libraries, the Research
Libraries Group, and SOLINET.  The library staff consists of more than 400
FTE librarians, technical/clerical staff and student assistants.  For more
information about the Libraries, please visit http://www.uflib.ufl.edu.

The George A. Smathers Libraries' Department of Special and Area Studies
Collections includes two area studies collections, the Isser and Rae Price
Library of Judaica, and the Special Collections of the University of
Florida. The Area Studies Collections are the Latin American Collection and
the African Studies Collection. The Special Collections include the Baldwin
Library of Historical Children's Literature, the Belknap Collection for the
Performing Arts, the P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History, Manuscripts,
Rare Books, and University Archives. For more information about the Baldwin
Library, please visit <http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/baldwin/baldwin.html>

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