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Get your cataloger pronto! The Library Schools are dropping the courses (in Michigan anyway)! Sincerely, Rebecca D. Steel, Librarian Kalamazoo Inst. of Arts Library 314 S. Park St. 97-98 temp. address: KIAnnex, 458 W. South St. Kalamazoo, MI 49007-5102 (616) 349-7775 FAX: 349-9313 email: [log in to unmask] http://www.kia.iserv.net ---------- > From: Ann Abid <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Job opening > Date: Friday, July 17, 1998 9:58 AM > > HEAD CATALOGER > > The Cleveland Museum of Art's Ingalls Library seeks an experienced Head > Cataloger to supervise and perform original and copy cataloging of art > historical monographic and serial materials in all formats. Interested > applicants should be committed to the function and importance of a > state-of-the-art cataloging operation in the context of an automated, > independent research library that serves a curatorial and academic > community. The Cataloging Department environment includes individual, > networked workstations. In addition to traditional cataloging procedures, > the Head Cataloger is expected to oversee the Library's ArtNACO > participation, accommodate the duties and procedures of the Cataloging > Department to periodic software and network upgrades. The position > reports to the Head Librarian, supervises 1.5 FTE professionals and 2 FTE > paraprofessionals, and provides the opportunity to interact with other > librarians who specialize in acquisitions, systems, public services, > serials, archives and visual materials. > > Qualifications: Candidate must have an accredited MLS; an undergraduate or > graduate major in art history is desired but significant cataloging > experience in the humanities will be considered; a minimum of 5 years of > experience in a research library with at least 3 years of recent cataloging > experience including staff supervision and evaluation; departmental budget > preparation; thorough knowledge of cataloging principles and procedures > including AACR2, USMARC, LCSH; and experience with automated library > systems. Experience with online bibliographic utilities (RLIN preferred); > integrated library systems (Ameritech Library Services preferred); and the > Windows environment is desired, as are the working knowledge of 2 or more > Western European languages and familiarity with the literature of art history. > > Salary: From $33,000, commensurate with experience; 35 hour work week; > excellent benefits. > > Applications will be considered until position filled. Send letter of > application, resume, transcripts, salary history, and 3 references to: > Nancy Foster, Manager of Human Resources, The Cleveland Museum of Art, > 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44106. EOE, M/F/D/V. > > Environment: Cleveland is located on the southern shore of Lake Erie. The > area offers a quality and depth of culture and entertainment that few > cities can match. The Cleveland Museum of Art houses distinguished > collections of more than 30,000 objects from a wide range of cultures and > art historical periods. It is located in University Circle, home to other > renowned institutions such as the Cleveland Orchestra, Case Western Reserve > University, the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Cleveland Clinic. The > museum's 230,000 volume Ingalls Library is among the 5 largest art museum > libraries in the country and is nationally and internationally acknowledged > as a major research collection. In addition to supporting research and > publication on the museum's collections, the library serves the art history > graduate students and faculty at Case Western Reserve University as well as > other students, scholars, and museum members.