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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES SOCIAL SCIENCES/HUMANITIES LIBRARIANS WANTED JULY 1997 2 LIBRARIANS (Reference) Kansas State University seeks applicants for two new 12-month tenure-track faculty positions. Each position reports to the Chair of Social Sciences/Humanities Libraries. 1) HUMANITIES REFERENCE LIBRARIAN with emphasis in the fine arts. RESPONSIBILITIES include: 1) providing reference services in the humanities and social sciences, with emphasis in the fine arts (includes some evenings and weekends); 2) developing and presenting library user instruction; 3) working in partnership with faculty in assigned academic departments; 4) collection management in the fine arts; 5) demonstrating initiative, flexibility, cooperation in a team environment; 6) developing professionally. QUALIFICATIONS: Required; ALA-accredited MLS; knowledge of subject literature in music and/or other fine/performance art fields; excellent verbal and written communication skills. Preferred: Second masters degree in related subject; instructional education or experience; media education or experience; library automation knowledge; knowledge of book trade and acquisitions processes; reading knowledge of romance or other European language(s); ability to participate in a team environment. 2) SOCIAL SCIENCES REFERENCE LIBRARIAN with emphasis in the behavioral sciences/economics. RESPONSIBILITIES include: 1) providing reference services in the social sciences and humanities, with emphasis in the behavioral sciences and/or economics (includes some evenings and weekends); 2) developing and presenting library user instruction; 3)working in partnership with faculty in assigned academic departments; 4) collection management in the behavioral sciences/economics; 5) demonstrating initiative, flexibility, cooperation in a team environment; 6) developing professionally. QUALIFICATIONS: Required; ALA-accredited MLS; knowledge of subject literature in the behavioral sciences and/or economics; excellent verbal and written communication skills. Preferred: Second masters degree in related subject; instructional education or experience; library automation knowledge; knowledge of book trade and acquisitions processes; reading knowledge of romance or other European language(s); ability to participate in a team environment. Salaries and benefits: mid to upper $20's; 22 days of annual leave and excellent benefits. Screening begins August 4, 1997, and will continue until positions are filled. On-campus interviews anticipated in early September. Kansas State University, an original land-grant institution, is a comprehensive university with an enrollment of about 20,000. It is located in Manhattan, in the scenic Flint Hills of northeast Kansas. The main library recently completed a $30 million expansion and renovation. A new client/server library system, Voyager by Endeavor, was installed in January 1996. Send cover letter (indicating source of advertisement); resume; and names, addresses and phone numbers of three work-related references to M. Jean McDonald, Director of Administrative Services, Kansas State University Libraries, Manhattan, KS 66506-1200. Phone: (913) 532-7465; e-mail: [log in to unmask]; fax: (913) 532-7415. K.S.U. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. This ad and position descriptions may be found on the K.S.U. Libraries' homepage at http://www.ksu.lib.edu .