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Greetings friends and colleagues, Especially my colleagues who are entering the job market for the first time or are early in their careers. I will gladly entertain questions regarding qualifications, duties, life in the Bay area, my favorite local wineries, etc., from those interested in the following position. Alex Ross, who has so ably served as Head Librarian since 1975, will retire this April 30. My tenure as Head begins May 1. Within the general overview of the posting, which accurately reflects the broad array of responsibilities that this position entails, the successful candidate and I will configure the day-to-day work flow. As Head Librarian and Assistant Librarian we will both engage in the multitude of tasks that are required of an academic art library serving artists, art historians, and museum staff. For example, collection development and bibliographic instruction activities will be shared. In what manner will depend to a certain degree on the skills and interests of the successful candidate, and the demands placed upon us. I very much view this position as a spring board which will help launch early careers, much in the same way it helped establish mine some years ago when I served as Assistant Librarian under Alex's excellent tutelage. Regards to all, Peter Blank At 09:44 AM 2/13/2007, you wrote: >Requisition # 24042 > >The Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources >(SULAIR) seeks an early-career art librarian with great enthusiasm for the >accumulation and dissemination of art information, with excellent >interpersonal skills, within an extremely pro-active and service-oriented >environment. > >Overview >The Stanford Art and Architecture Library, which occupies 14,000 square >feet in the Nathan Cummings Art Building, contains a collection of >approximately 160,000 volumes of monographs and journals. Its mission is >to support the art/architecture informational needs of the Stanford >community. An important part of the Library is the Visual Resources >Center, which came under SULAIR management in Sept. 2006. VRC has more >than 300,000 35mm slides and 24,000 digital images and is supervised by a >full-time MLS Curator. The Library's book and image collections are >rapidly growing in response both to user demands and to a carefully >developed collection development program. The Library has a staff of >seven FTE and is one of eleven research branches in the SULAIR system. > >In addition to collection building, the Library maintains a full and >proactive program of reference services, bibliographic and research >instruction, and outreach to students and faculty across the entire >university. An exhibition program is under development, and will feature >the Library's Locked Stacks collection, which includes a full complement >of rare, antiquarian materials, artist's books and multiples, early >Modernist periodicals, illuminated manuscript facsimiles, and so on. > >Responsibilities: >- Assist Head Librarian with selection of materials, using vendor >databases, approval plans, dealers' catalogs and quotes, reviews, etc. >- Assume partial responsibility for the Locked Stack collection of unique >and rare materials, including selection, conservation assessment, and >processing. >- Oversee exhibition program of Library's Locked Stack collections. Design >exhibitions in consultation with head librarian, faculty, and students. >- Relegate outdated and peripheral materials to off-campus storage, and >participate in other aspects of collection management, such as donor >stewardship, book dealer relations, and faculty contact work. >- Handle in-person and telephone reference requests during designated >on-duty periods and on-demand as necessary. >- Conduct instructional and orientation sessions with the Library's core >clientele; carry on outreach activities to the broader Stanford community. >- Share teaching responsibility for course in art database searching and >art bibliography with the Head Librarian; train staff as necessary to use >art reference sources. >- Assist in content planning and take on primary responsibility for >maintenance of the Library's web site. >- Participate in the supervision of the Art and Architecture Library >staff; manage Library in the absence of the Head Librarian; assist in >development and maintenance of internship program. > >Qualifications: >Required: >- Outstanding communicator with excellent verbal and written skills; >excellent project management skills; able to work collaboratively, >independently, or under supervision, as projects require. >- Committed to building excellent collections and delivering those >collections to the Stanford community. >- Reading knowledge of at least two foreign languages (preferably from >among French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese). Must be >able to work with approval slips in European languages. >- Ability to work comfortably and effectively with a wide range of >faculty, students and other professionals in a research library setting. >- ALA/MLS preferred, or the demonstrated equivalent in training and/or >experience. >- B.A. in art or art history; knowledge of historiography of art history >and familiarity with current modes of cultural analysis. Graduate degree >in art history highly preferred. >- Experience with current information technologies and systems; >familiarity with use of a variety of software (word processing, database, >web design, etc.) in a research environment. > >Application process: > >Applicants should supply as part of their cover letter a complete >statement of their qualifications; a full resume of their education and >relevant experience; and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of >three references who are familiar with their qualifications for this >position. Preference given to applications received by March 31, 2007. > >To see full description, assure your application information is captured >in our official files, and give the hiring department immediate access to >your resume, you must apply to ><http://jobs.stanford.edu/>http://jobs.stanford.edu/ and in the keyword >search box, indicate 24042. AA/EOE Peter P. Blank [log in to unmask] Deputy Librarian (650) 725-1038 Art & Architecture Library FAX (650) 725-0140 102 Cummings Art Bldg. Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2018 __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]