UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST: Faculty position reporting to Director
of Rare Books and Special Collections Library.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Overall administration of all aspects of the
AUC Archives. Duties include collection development, records management
and scheduling, acquisitions, implementation of electronic records control,
reference services and supervision of all faculty and staff in the Archives
including archivists responsible for special archival collections.
Formats may include photographs, manuscripts, university and faculty correspondence
and architectural drawings.
QUALIFICATIONS: Master?s degree and/or certification in Archival
Studies required. Evidence of leadership in directing and organizing archival
department required and significant work experience in archives preferred
(JOB #LIB/3)
NOTE: Position requires excellent oral and written communication skills in English; additional skills in Arabic, French and other western languages useful.
Interested candidates are encouraged to review full description and requirements at http://lib.aucegypt.edu/screens/jobs.html
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO (AUC) is a liberal arts college of
approximately 4500 students, with almost 600 students at the master?s degree
level. All instruction is in English. AUC is chartered in the United States
and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Libraries.
The AUC Libraries have over 297,000 volumes, approximately 2000 current
periodical subscriptions, 80 databases, and 116,000 microform units. AUC
is an RLG/SHARES member.
Appointments/Salary: This is a full-time (11 month), two-year faculty appointment. The position will be available as of September 1, 2001. Renewal of an appointment depends upon institutional needs and the appointee?s performance. Salary is according to scale based on qualifications and experience. Benefits include 30 working days home leave, housing, round-trip air travel for appointee and accompanying family members, plus schooling for up to two children. In view of AUC?s protocol agreement with the Egyptian government, which requires specific proportions of Egyptian, U.S. and third-country citizen faculty, at this time preference will be given to qualified applicants who are U.S. citizens.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Applications will be accepted until a candidate
is selected. To be included in the initial review, letters of application
specifying Job Number with C.V. and names and addresses of three references
should be mailed to the following address before March 15, 2001
Dr. Earl (Tim) Sullivan
Provost
The American University in Cairo
420 Fifth Avenue, Fl. 3-CH
New York, New York 10018-2729
AUC is an Equal Opportunity Employer