[IUG] Position Announcement: Cataloging Librarian -- Washington, DC.

["Strouse, Mary" <STROUSE at law dot edu>]

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Judge Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library

Columbus School of Law, CUA

Washington, DC

http://library.law.cua.edu/

 

Cataloging Librarian

Order #06-072

 

Activities:

 

* Catalogs library materials, including serials, integrating resources
and government documents, in a variety of formats and media.  Resolves
complex cataloging problems; performs original cataloging as needed.

* Manages the cataloging unit: Hires, trains and supervises cataloging
staff (1.5 FTE plus student workers)

* Coordinates authority control, catalog enrichment and database
maintenance activities; Prioritized and assigns cataloging and database
maintenance tasks.

* Develops and documents local policies and procedures.

* Advises library staff on bibliographic issues and participates in OPAC
development (dependent on interest).

 

The Cataloging Librarian reports to the Head of Technical Services, and
supervises a preprofessional cataloger, plus a part-time professional.
The position involves roughly 70% production cataloging and authority
work and 30% management and administration. The Cataloging Librarian
works with student librarians from CUA's School of Library and
Information Science (SLIS) in the Graduate Library Pre-professional
(GLP) program and through SLIS practicums.  For more information about
the GLP program, see
http://lib.law.cua.edu/home/libinfo/employment.htm#GLP
<http://lib.law.cua.edu/home/libinfo/employment.htm%23GLP>  

 

Qualifications:

 

* Master of Library Science (MLS) from an ALA-accredited program. 

* Two years of recent experience cataloging in an online environment
(OCLC Connexion client and Millennium preferred). 

* Academic or law library experience strongly preferred. 

* Supervisory or training experience desirable.

 

A full position description is available on request. 

 

The Library supports staff professional development through continuing
education, conferences and professional memberships.  CUA's benefits are
competitive, and include matching TIAA-CREF contributions plus a tuition
waiver for staff, their spouses and children.  Tuition waiver does not
apply to the Columbus School of Law. 

 

To Apply:

 

Submit a resume, cover letter and three references, along with a
required CUA Application for Employment, to:

 

The Catholic University of America

Office of Human Resources

Attn. Employment Manager

620 Michigan Avenue, NE

Washington, DC  20064

 

Email: resumes at cua dot edu

Fax: (202) 319-5802 

 

Applications received by June 10 will be given first consideration.
Please reference Job Order No. 06-072.  Email and fax applications
welcome. All applications will be acknowledged.  

 

The CUA application for employment can be downloaded at
http://humanresources.cua.edu/forms/application.doc 

Additional information about the CUA hiring process, benefits and work
environment is available at http://humanresources.cua.edu
<http://humanresources.cua.edu/> 

 

CUA is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

 

 

I will answer general questions, but all applications must go to the
Employment Manager.

 

Mary

 

Mary M. Strouse

Head of Technical Services

Judge Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library

Catholic University of America

(202) 319-5547

(202) 319-4447 FAX

http://library.law.cua.edu

 

 



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