Are you a new library school graduate? or mid-career and looking for a change? Are you wondering how to improve your career skills or ready to try a certificate program?? Looking to refresh your resume?? Alliance Library System and TAP Information Services invite you to join us for the first annual LIS Online Career Fair. Join us online in OPAL on Tuesday January 12, 2010 for an exciting day of learning how to start or to rejuvenate your library career in tough times!? The day will kick off at 10 am central time/11 am Eastern/8 am Pacific and run through 4:30 pm central/5:30 pm Eastern. You will have your choice of a variety of informational and interactive programs which will assist you with your career no matter where you are.

The conference keynote speaker is Rachel Singer Gordon, webmaster of LISjobs.com, the largest library career site? and job database, and consulting editor at Information Today Inc., Books Division.? Rachel?s talk, ?Career Building in a Down Economy,? will help librarians focus on what they can do to keep themselves moving forward professionally in a down economy.? While professional literature discusses what librarians can do to help their communities and patrons, it does not give much information as to what librarians can do to help themselves.? Rachel will address the ways in which the economy affects librarians professionally, how to control reactions and frustration, how to deal proactively with current events, and how to move forward effectively in tough economic times.

Other speakers include:? Christi Confetti Higgins, Sun Microsystems; Cindy Hill, Hill Information Consulting; Morgan Cadwalader, Alliance Library System; Kitty Pope, Alliance Library System; Barbara McFadden Allen, Career on Institutional Cooperation; Meredith Farkas, Norwich University; Rose Chenoweth, Alliance Library System; Jim Rettig, University of Richmond; Marianne Steadley, University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science and more!

For more information on this conference, check out http://liscareerfair.org .?? Thecost of the one day online event is $29 for graduate library students;? $39 for librarians, and for a group, the price is $79.

For more information, please contact Lori Bell at ALS at lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com or Tom Peters at TAP Information Services at tapinformation@yahoo.com.

The Information and Instruction Services Department includes the Reference unit, the Government Documents and Maps unit, the library instruction program, and the library liaison program. Supervising 8 faculty librarians and 5 staff members, the Director reports to the Dean of Libraries and Learning Resources and participates in planning and policy-making for the Libraries as a member of the Dean’s Council. He or she will work collaboratively with the other units in the libraries: Resource Description & Analysis; Acquisitions, Preservation/End Processing, and Collection Development; Research Collectio ns; Technology and Access Services; and the Dana Medical Library.

Responsibilities include developing, articulating, and implementing vision and strategic goals for the Department; participating in library-wide strategic planning; facilitating participatory decision-making processes; initiating and overseeing innovative, user-centered programs and services in reference and information literacy to meet the information needs of the library’s users; mentoring faculty and staff; overseeing development and management of extensive reference, government documents, and maps collections; participating in providing reference service (including some evenings and weekends), library instruction, and other department services; and building effective partnerships and outreach with appropriate on- and off-campus units, programs, and faculty.

The Bailey/Howe Library is the main library at the University of Vermont (UVM), the largest institution of higher education in the state. Located in Burlington on scenic Lake Champlain, the University of Vermont was chartered in 1791 and is the fifth-oldest university in New England. UVM’s undergraduate, graduate, and medical students are enrolled in nine schools and colleges offering 97 bachelor’s, 53 master’s, and 22 doctoral programs.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: MLS degree from ALA-accredited program; minimum 7 years’ professional experience with progressive responsibilities; demonstrated leadership skills and management experience; excellent facilitation, interpersonal relations, and communication skills; demonstrated success in supervision, mentoring, and planning; reference and library instruction experience; broad knowledge of trends in reference and information services and issues in higher education; demonstrated knowledge of the range of technologies used to effectively deliver information resources and services; scholarly and creative accomplishments and service commitment commensurate with appointment to at least the level of Library Associate Professor; commitment to diversity and inclusion, to be demonstrated in writing in the cover letter. For more information regarding the University of Vermont’s diversity initiatives, please visit the President’s web site at:
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DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Management and supervisory experience as head of a unit or department; significant experience in an academic or research library; experience with government information; experience with maps and geographic information systems; second master’s degree; experience working in a collective bargaining environment.

APPOINTMENT, SALARY, AND BENEFITS: Appointment will be made at the faculty rank of Library Associate Professor or Library Professor (non-tenure track). Salary is commensurate with experience, not less than $75,000. Benefit package includes TIAA/CREF or alternate plan, managed health care plan, and 22 days of annual vacation leave.

Apply online at Frameset.jsp?time=1245243057509with letter of application, vita, and names and contact information for three professional references. Requisition number for the position is 032644. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Questions about the position may be directed to Jeffrey D. Marshall, chair of the search committee, at jeffrey.marshall@uvm.edu