MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION -- PLACEMENT SERVICE JOB LIST 1995-96, No. 6: February 1996 ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, Fort Wayne, Indiana is looking for a Manager, Art, Music and Audio- Visual Services. Description: Manage the staff, resources, operations, and outreach activities of the Art, Music and Audio- Visual Services department. Plan, recommend, and carry out a program of services and activities for patrons of all ages. Direct and encourage the development of a staff of ten. Develop the collection in the area of the arts for the immediate use of the department and as a resource collection for all agencies in the system. Plan and hang displays in three galleries. Represent the Library and the community in a leadership role as an advocate for the arts. Provide a superlative standard of professional librarianship as a model for other librarians. Participate in the planning, organization, development, presentation, and evaluation of library services to the community. Qualifications: Minimum qualifications: ALA- accredited Masters degree in Library Science and three (3) to five (5) years of library experience are required; three of those years must show increasing responsibility in the areas of management and services pertaining to the arts. Undergraduate background in music or art. Excellent analytical ability sufficient for an effective work flow. Demonstrated leadership ability and excellent interpersonal skills are necessary. Tact, good judgment, resourcefulness, energy, and a sense of humor are essential. Salary & Benefits: 1996 range minimum $33,779 (full- time). Library-paid single membership in HMO health program, dental insurance, and term life insurance and long term disability plan. Cumulative sick leave. Public Employees' Retirement Fund. Four weeks vacation. Relocation allowance. Deferred compensation plan. Federal credit union. Employee assistance plan. Optional term life plan. Flexible spending plan. Optional accident/sickness/disability plans. Free parking. Application Deadline: Open until filled. Application: Send letter of interest and qualifications, resume, and the names of three professional references to Charlene Holly, Personnel Manager, Allen County Public Library, 900 Webster Street, PO Box 2270, Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270. Interviewing will proceed with the receipt of applications. An equal opportunity employer. THE HARID CONSERVATORY, Boca Raton, Florida is looking for a Music Librarian. Description: Responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Conservatory's Music Library operations including acquisitions, cataloging, technological issues, and personnel. The successful candidate should possess the creativity and motivation to develop plans for the library. Qualifications: MLS degree from ALA-accredited library school; undergraduate degree in music; demonstrated ability to work well with a diverse group of people; knowledge of music reference / research tools. Salary & Benefits: Competitive salary plus benefits (medical, dental, life, pension, "cafeteria" plan.) Application Deadline: March 15, 1996 or until filled. To start July 1, 1996. Application: Send resume with cover letter to: Chair, Library Search Committee, The Harid Conservatory, 2285 Potomac Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431. OBERLIN COLLEGE, CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC LIBRARY, Oberlin, Ohio is seeking applicants for a 1996 Summer Reference Internship. Description: Duties: Share responsibility for summer reference service, research assistance, and scheduled library instruction with the Conservatory Public Services Librarian and one student Reference Assistant. Job Description: This position is funded by the Summer Programs Office of the Conservatory of Music specifically to provide reference and research assistance in the Conservatory of Music Library for participants in Oberlin's summer music programs. In 1996 these will include: the Baroque Performance Institute, the Oberlin Flute Institute, the Percussion Institute, the Institute of Vocal Performance Pedagogy, the Oberlin Piano Festival and Competition, the Vocal Academy for High School Students, and Workshops in Electronic and Computer Music. Participants in summer programs range from musically talented high school students, through accomplished adult students, to practicing professional performers and teachers, totaling some 400 musicians each summer. Reference and research service in such a broad scope of music activities and scholarly interests is a challenging opportunity for the developing music librarian. Oberlin's music library collections, well known for their size (121,000 volumes of books and scores and 45,000 volumes of recordings) and quality, are housed in an air-conditioned facility, within the Conservatory complex on the Oberlin College campus. The music library staff includes four professional music librarians, seven support staff, and 6-8 summer student assistants. Other libraries on the Oberlin campus offer equally excellent support for academic pursuits and a full range of library facilities and services. Qualifications: One year of graduate work in Library Science (preferably near end of degree program), academic background in music history and music bibliography, familiarity with music library materials and systems of access, some experience in music performance. Stipend & Benefits: Stipend: $1600; Hours: 25 hrs. per week for 5 weeks; Dates: June 12 - July 19, 1996. Status: This position provides full staff privileges in use of campus facilities, including the libraries, computing center, athletic facilities, and staff discounts on concert and theater events. Private study space in the Main Library is available for the intern involved in his/her own research. Housing: Library staff members in Oberlin will assist the intern to identify suitable local housing. Application Deadline: March 15, 1996. Application: Send letter of application and resume with names, addresses, and telephone numbers of three references to Daniel Zager. Interviews will be available at the 1996 MLA meeting in Seattle (with Daniel Zager, Conservatory Librarian, and Kathleen Abromeit, Conservatory Public Services Librarian). For further information contact: Daniel Zager, Conservatory Librarian, The Oberlin College Conservatory Library, Oberlin, OH 44074; (216) 775-8280; Internet: PZAGER@OBERLIN.EDU or Kathleen Abromeit, Conservatory Public Services Librarian, The Oberlin College Conservatory Library, Oberlin, OH 44074; (216) 775-8280; Internet: PABROMEIT@OBERLIN.EDU. Positions Previously Posted HARTT MUSIC LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD, West Hartford, Connecticut is looking for a Head, Music Library Cataloging Services. Description: DEPARTMENT - SECTION: LLR - Music. FUNCTION: Under the direction of the Music Librarian is responsible for Music Library cataloging. Provides professional assistance in other areas of the Music Library as needed. Takes an active/developmental role in cataloging Mortensen Library materials. TYPICAL DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, TASKS & ASSIGNMENTS: Develops, recommends, and implements policies and procedures necessary for cataloging materials, including current practices and procedures recommended by LC, OCLC, and MLA. Participates in periodic on-line cataloging policy and procedure reviews. Working with priorities given by the Music Librarian, plans, implements, and evaluates the workflow for music materials from acquisition through processing. Supervises and manages the cataloging and processing sections, including training, directing, and evaluating staff. Maintains relevant manuals. Collects and reports relevant statistics. Performs original cataloging. Creates and maintains authority records. Enters bibliographic data in OCLC and DRA system. Provides reference service in the Music Library, answering scholarly and complex inquiries. Participates in on-going user-education activities. May offer course-related bibliographic instruction. May assist at the Music Circulation Desk as necessary. Consults regularly with the Music Librarian concerning operation of the cataloging and processing sections and the bibliographic instruction program. Participates in staff meetings and other library activities as necessary. Keeps abreast of professional developments relating to bibliographic access for music materials. Participates in professional development activities. Performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications: Required: Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with staff, managers, and users at all levels, including excellent oral and written communication skills. Evidence of successful supervisory and managerial skills, including ability to provide leadership and professional guidance to library staff. Good time-management skills and demonstrated ability to work productively. Initiative. Ability to work both cooperatively and independently. Demonstrated knowledge of standards/protocols for OCLC or other automated cataloging utility; MARC formats for music, audio-visual, and book materials; and AACR2, LC classification, LC rule interpretations, LCSH. Bibliographic knowledge of European languages. Ability to solve cataloging problems and ability to enter bibliographic data in appropriate cataloging systems. Bachelors degree with a major in music or equivalent; second master's degree in music preferred. ALA-accredited MLS required. Two-to-four years of relevant professional experience preferred. Salary & Benefits: Grade 41, with a salary range from $25,61 to $38,420. Excellent benefits, including tuition remission for both employee and eligible dependents, TIAA/CREF with University contribution of 9 percent, and a variety of health insurance programs. AA/EOE. Application Deadline: Available immediately. Applications will be accepted until position is filled. Application: Send resume with three references to Linda Solow Blotner, Hartt Library, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT 06117 (fax: 203-768-5295; internet: blotner@uhavax.hartford.edu). UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, Minnesota is looking for an Assistant Music Librarian (UL #52). Description: This split reference and cataloging position reports jointly to the Heads of the Music Library (50% time) and Monographic/Original Cataloging (50% time). The primary reference responsibility is providing traditional and electronic reference services in the Music Library, including bibliographic instruction and the development of library guides and finding aids. An additional responsibility will be to work with School of Music faculty in incorporating library instruction into the undergraduate and graduate curricula. The cataloging responsibilities include original and complex copy cataloging of music format materials; serving as the liaison to other Central Technical Services units for the processing of music materials; developing, maintaining, and revising policies and procedures for music cataloging in Central Technical Services; and serving as the University of Minnesota liaison to the Music NACO program. A full position description is available upon request. Qualifications: Required: MLS from an ALA-accredited institution (or foreign equivalent) awarded by the application deadline; undergraduate degree in music; experience with music materials in an academic or research library setting; working knowledge of AACR2, LCSH, LC bibliographic utility; cataloging experience in an online environment; working knowledge of one or more European languages; effective written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills. Preferred: Master's degree in music; original cataloging experience in an academic or research library institution; experience with RLIN, OCLC, and NOTIS; experience in training and supervision; experience in providing reference services and bibliographic instruction in an academic library; knowledge of electronic information resources; familiarity with music bibliographic sources. Salary & Benefits: Salary: Minimum $26,000 annual full-time rate with generous benefit package. Type of Appointment: This is a full-time, 12-month academic/professional position, with a probationary appointment at the Assistant Librarian rank. It is expected that the appointee will fulfill requirements for continuous appointment. Application Deadline: Applications must be postmarked by February 15, 1996. Application: Applicants should send a letter of application discussing background and experience relating to the position and its requirements, a resume, and names, addresses, and telephone numbers of 3 references to Linda DeBeau-Melting, Libraries Human Resources Office, 453 Wilson Library, 309 Nineteenth Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455. Please identify applications with UL#52. The University is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, veteran status, or sexual orientation. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY, Kansas City, Missouri is looking for a Music Projects Catalog Librarian (Librarian I). Description: Has primary responsibility for providing original cataloging/conversion for sound recordings, scores, and music monographs and serials. Library automation includes LAN, integrated library system (INNOPAC) linking four University of Missouri campuses, OCLC. Reports to Special Projects Catalog Librarian. Qualifications: Required: ALA accredited MLS; music degree; 3 years relevant library experience; knowledge of AACR2, MARC, LCRIs, LC Subject Headings, national bibliographic utilities; awareness of and commitment to national, international cataloging standards; experience with integrated library system; excellent interpersonal/communication skills; service commitment; ability to work independently with detailed information, to learn and adapt quickly, to maintain high level of production, to meet changing needs of a project environment; legal right to work in U.S. Preferred: Music cataloging, retrospective conversion, INNOPAC experience; experience creating name-uniform titles authority records; knowledge of major Western European language other than English, preferably German; work experience in a scholarly research environment. Salary & Benefits: $26,000. Benefits include 75% tuition discount, low cost of living in exciting city. Project funded through 1997 with potential for extension. Application Deadline: Application review continues until position filled. Application: Send letter of application, resume, names of three references to: Helen H. Spalding, Associate Director of Libraries, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499; voice: 816-235-1531; e-mail: spaldinh@smtpgate.umkc.edu. Positions Recently Filled Paul Engle, Catalog Librarian, Berklee College of Music. Cheryl T. Taranto, Head Music Librarian, University of Las Vegas, Nevada. From the Placement Officer The purpose of the Placement Service is to "assist music librarians who seek initial or new employment and inform members of developments in the job market. To these ends the Service publishes a monthly Job List of positions currently available." Since July 1995, the Job List is also available to subscribers of MLA-L on the MLA Clearinghouse. Job listings are derived from ads from various publications, directly from institutions posting jobs. and from MLA members themselves who know of jobs that might be of interest to music librarians. I would like to encourage anyone who has heard about a possible job opening in music librarianship, whether through reading a local newspaper, through one's own institution, or through a friend or colleague, to contact me by any means - phone, mail, fax, or e-mail (the latter especially). Please send me your questions, suggestions, or thoughts concerning the MLA Placement Service. Elisabeth H. Rebman, MLA Placement Officer Music Library, 240 Morrison Hall University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 97420-6000 Tel: (510) 643-5198 Fax: (510) 642-8237 e-mail: erebman@library.berkeley.edu To list a position with the Placement Service, contact the Placement Officer. E-mail correspondence and position descriptions are highly desirable, but not required. Employers may advertise in the Job List without charge. The Job List appears monthly (soon after the first of the month), and the closing date for each issue is during the fourth week of the previous month. Deadline for next issue: February 23, 1996. To employers and job seekers: The Placement Officer can arrange a time and place for interviews at the annual Music Library Association meeting, February 7 - 10, 1996 in Seattle. Employers wishing to conduct interviews in Seattle may contact the Placement Officer in advance or in Seattle at the Placement Service desk to reserve interview times. Employers may hold open interviews for which any job seeker may sign up, or conduct pre-arranged interviews. In the latter case, it is the responsibility of the employers to make scheduling arrangements with the applicants. Whether attending the meeting or not, job seekers may send a r=E9sum=E9 for a Placement Desk folder that will be available to interested employers. For program information and registration forms for the Seattle meeting contact the MLA Business Office (address below). Meeting information can also be found on the Internet. Point your gopher to: theme.music.indiana.edu. Point your web browser to: http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/srhome/srserv/seathome. htm To join the Placement Service and subscribe to the monthly Job List, send a check for $15.00 (individual) or $20.00 (institutional and outside US) payable to the Music Library Association to the MLA Business Office, which handles all remittances, correspondence about subscriptions to the Job List, and changes of address requests: Business Office Music Library Association PO Box 487, Canton, MA 02021 Tel: (617) 828-8450 Fax: (617) 828-8915 e-mail: acadsvc@aol.com -------------- end of message/br