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Dear ARLIS/NA friends,

I need your help!  After months of looking for a new Readers Services
Librarian, I have gotten the salary raised to $36,000 and I'm re-posting
it.  Our library is dynamic and growing; we are open to the public and
have between 5,000 - 7,000 users per year.  Our book budget is a healthy
$130,000 and periodicals budget is $45,000 per year.  Houston is a
dynamic city with a very strong contemporary arts scene.  Please call me
if you have questions about it at 713-639-7326.

Jeannette Dixon
Hirsch Library
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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Reader Services Librarian                                       11/22/99
JD

The Hirsch Library of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is seeking
candidates for the position of Reader Services Librarian.  This position
manages all reader services, including reference and research services,
bibliographic instruction, circulation, stacks supervision, and
Interlibrary Loan service to the museum professional staff.  In
conjunction with the Librarian, sets reader services policies and
priorities; assists in preparing the annual budget; assists in planning
for the expanded library facility; and assists with collection
development.  The Reader Services Librarian manages the production of
necessary reader information resources including content for signage,
web pages, brochures, etc.; trains, supervises and schedules the reader
services staff and volunteers; and provides reference service at the
desk on a regularly scheduled basis.  The Reader Services librarian
reports to the Librarian and Electronic Communications Director,
supervises the Library Assistant for Serials, and co-supervises the
Assistant Librarian for Cataloging and Reference.

Qualifications:  A Master's in Library Science from an American Library
Association accredited program;  3 - 5 years of public service in a
museum or university library preferred; some supervisory experience;
knowledge of art history and research methodology (advanced degree
preferred); good computer skills for the set up of on-line resources;
experience using the RLIN database for reference and Interlibrary Loan
preferred; knowledge of at least one foreign language; excellent
interpersonal and written communication skills; ability to teach
bibliographic instruction to both individuals and groups.

Salary:  Starting salary is $36,000.  Benefits include TIAA-CREF,
comprehensive health plan, 11 paid holidays and 20 vacation days per
year.

The Hirsch Library collection consists of 100,000+ items.  The library
is open to the public 44 hours per week, and to the museum staff 49
hours per week.  The on-line system installed last November is
Endeavor's Voyager.  The library is funded by a generous endowment
established in 1981 by General Maurice and Winifred Hirsch.
Approximately 6,000 items are added to the collection each year.  Within
the next year and a half, the library will be undergoing a major
expansion that will double its current size.  In March of 2000, the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is opening a new building designed by the
Spanish architect, Raphael Moneo.  The library's primary users are the
museum's professional staff, which includes 13 curators and the
education department.    The library reflects the institution's
encyclopedic art collections that range from antiquities to twentieth
century decorative arts.

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