From View message header detailChuck Malone <[log in to unmask]> Sent Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:32 am To maps-l Cc Bcc Subject Position announcement - Data Services Librarian Please post. Thanks, Chuck Charles E. Malone Government Information Librarian University Libraries Western Illinois University 1 University Circle Macomb, IL 61455 (309) 298-2719 (309) 298-2791 (FAX) [log in to unmask] ___________________________________________________________________ http://www.wiu.edu/employment/emp.sphp?id=456 Leslie F. Malpass Library - Western Illinois University Assistant Professor - Data Services Librarian Position Announcement STARTING DATE: Negotiable. QUALIFICATIONS: ALA-accredited master?s degree. A sixth-year specialist degree in librarianship or an advanced/professional degree must be completed within one year of initial appointment. Public service experience. Excellent oral and written communication skills. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Demonstrated experience with using spatial and numeric data sets and with analytical data and software packages, such as GIS, SAS and/or SPSS. Demonstrated experience providing reference and bibliographic instruction in an academic library and with appropriate technologies to provide interdisciplinary data information support. RESPONSIBILITIES: As part of WIU Libraries? transformation into a digital information commons the Data Services Librarian plans, develops, and delivers spatial and numeric data resources and services across the university. The Data Services Librarian is responsible for the continued development of the Library GIS/map services. Working closely with library colleagues the Data Services Librarian participates in the selection, organization, and delivery of data collections and supports the development of undergraduate and graduate statistical literacy skills through reference and instruction. Other responsibilities include: serves as liaison to academic departments and extension services such as the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs and Kibbe Life Science Station; works collaboratively with the Government Documents Librarian to assure access to state, federal, and international government information data resources; participates in departmental and library planning; and serves on library-wide and University committees, task forces, and teams. RANK & SALARY: 12 month, tenure-track position, with a minimum annual salary of $62,338 as an assistant professor. Western Illinois University offers a competitive benefits package that includes domestic partner benefits. For full benefit information visit http://www.wiu.edu/hr/benefits.shtml WIU Faculty are members of an AFT-affiliated collective bargaining campus. THE DEPARTMENT:WIU Libraries is undergoing a transformation of its services and facilities with its migration toward digital resources and services. WIU Libraries employs 16 faculty and 42 civil service staff in the Leslie F. Malpass Library, 3 on-campus branch libraries and one at the WIU-Quad Cities campus. The Libraries collection includes over 1,000,000 catalogued volumes, approximately 2,000 periodical print subscriptions, access to over 25,000 full-text journals, 300,000 maps and substantial government documents, microforms, and non-book materials. The annual budget is 4.5 million. THE UNIVERSITY: Recognized as one of the "Best in the Midwest Colleges" by The Princeton Review and selected as one of just 24 public universities ranked a Tier 1 Midwestern Masters Institution by U.S. News and World Report, Western Illinois University serves 13,400 students in the heart of the Midwest through its traditional, residential, four-year campus in Macomb, IL and its upper division, urban, commuter location in the Quad Cities/Moline. WIU's friendly, accessible, nurturing campus communities are dedicated to higher values in higher education and are comprised of strong faculty, state of the art technology and facilities, and a wide range of academic and extracurricular opportunities for students and staff. The four core values at the heart of WIU are academic excellence, educational opportunity, personal growth, and social responsibility. WIU's GradTrac and Cost Guarantee programs ensure that students can achieve their degrees within four years while paying a fixed rate for tuition, fees, plus room and board. WIU remains the only university in Illinois to guarantee the cost for tuition plus fees and room and board over a four-year period at both the undergraduate and graduate level. WIU is a comprehensive, public university offering 55 undergraduate degree programs, 35 graduate degree programs and a doctorate degree. With a student to faculty ratio of 17:1, WIU's 615 full-time faculty teach 95 percent of all undergraduate as well as graduate courses in addition to 13 pre-professional degree programs and 10 certificate programs. WIU is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association. Western Illinois University is a member of the NCAA and competes at the Division I level. The Leslie F. Malpass Library ranks among the finest at comprehensive universities in the United States. WIU is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association. APPLICATION: Applicants should send letter of application, current curriculum vita, copies of transcripts (official transcripts will be required of interviewees), and contact information (including email addresses) of three professional references. Reply to: Mary Day, Western Illinois University Libraries, Western Illinois University; 1 University Circle; Macomb, IL 61455-1390. Screening of applicants will begin on April 2, 2007 and continue until the position is filled. Western Illinois University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and has a strong institutional commitment to diversity. In that spirit, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of people, including, but not limited to, minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities. Western Illinois University has a non-discrimination policy that includes sex, race, color, sexual orientation, religion, age, marital status, national origin, disability, or veteran status.