Job Posting

["Christina M Foster" <cfoster@xxxxxxxxxx>]

CATALOGER, USM Library  
The University of Southern Maine Library seeks a Cataloger. This 
professional librarian conducts original and complex copy cataloging for 
materials in various assigned formats and languages acquired for USM's 
general collections located in library facilities on three separate campuses.  
Assigns and supervises the editing of copy cataloging and oversees control 
of quality in the production of bibliographic records.  Maintains USMARC 
bibliographic and authority control using OCLC in a multi-campus 
Innovative Interfaces Inc. integrated library system. Assists in evaluating, 
planning, and implementing strategies to meet the library's future cataloging 
needs, and in developing and recommending procedures for evolving 
formats, especially electronic/cyber/digital. 

Required qualifications include: ALA-accredited MLS or equivalent; 2 
years of recent successful cataloging experience using OCLC and an 
integrated online library system, preferably Innovative Interfaces, Inc.; 
understanding and experience with AACR2R, USMARC formats and 
Library of Congress rule interpretations, practices, and standards in 
creating bibliographic records, including LC subject headings and 
classification schemes; experience with library database maintenance and 
authority control; strong computer skills, including experience with 
personal computers and standard office productivity software programs, in 
a networked environment. 
Preferred: cataloging experience in a networked academic environment; 
knowledge of one or more European languages; successful supervisory 
experience; experience organizing electronic or digitized information 
resources for retrieval, including SGML or other text-encoding systems; 
knowledge and/or interest in emerging metadata standards and services; 
familiarity with music cataloging.
Please refer to the full position description and qualifications at:
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.usm.maine.edu/hrs/empserve/jd/ulindx.htm" }www.usm.maine.edu/hrs/empserve/jd/ulindx.htm
USM hopes to attract staff who share a commitment to diversity, tolerance 
and an active examination of ideas than can provide our students with a 
greater understanding of the richness and complexity of our society.

Send application letter which must include Search #1651-105, resume, and 
names, addresses and telephone numbers of three references to: Stephen 
Bloom, Director, RE: #1651-105, University of Southern Maine Library, 
314 Forest Ave., P.O. Box 9301, Portland, ME 04104.  Review of 
applications will begin on March 27, 2002.
Administrative Assistant
Library Director's Office
Glickman Family Library - USM
314 Forest Avenue, PO Box 9301
Portland, ME  04104-9301
(207)780-4276