----------------------------Original message---------------------------- ------------------ Position Opening Data Services Coordinator Public Documents and Maps Department Perkins Library Duke University General Description The Public Documents and Maps Department is a unit the Perkins Library System with responsibilities for collection development, public services, technical services, computer equipment and support, and physical maintenance of the collection of state, federal and international documents and maps. The Data Services Coordinator is a member of the Public Documents and Maps team, and as resource specialist for data resources (primarily in the social sciences), is responsible for acquisition and processing of, and providing access to these materials=3B administering the department's Web pages and online services and representing the department on related committees=3B providing high quality reference assistance=3B conducting bibliographic instruction and staff training related to the department's collections and services=3B and serving as the department's liaison to relevant committees and groups. The position supervises one staff member and reports to the Head, Public Documents and Maps Department. Responsibilities 1. Serves as resource specialist for data resources primarily in electronic form. Develops, implements and reviews collection policies for data resources in consultation with department head and team members, other resource specialists, the library administration, and the University community. Identifies and cooperates with other data providers within Duke University, TRLN, the Research Triangle and nationally. Provides individual assistance to library users in locating and extracting data and has primary responsibility for remote dissemination of data via the World Wide Web. Provides instruction and training in data location and retrieval to Duke faculty, students and staff. Supervises one staff member (computer technician). 2. Provides reference service at the department's public service desk, including evening and weekend hours as well as on-call duty for selected weekends. Serves as primary resource person for data materials. Trains and assists staff in providing reference assistance for data materials in all formats. Serves as back-up during time of peak demand for reference service. Works with team members to ensure the provision of quality reference assistance to users and to continually evaluate the department's reference collection, with particular emphasis on data resources in all formats, to ensure that holdings meet user needs. 3. Coordinates design and development of Public Documents and Maps Department Web pages. Works with team members to provide an attractive and useful Web presence. Represents the department on the Web Interface Team. 4. Responsible for coordinating the selection and purchase of online services unique to the department in consultation with department's other librarians. Serves as department's representative to the Electronic Access Committee and to the Library Information Systems Department. 5. Collaborates with Duke librarians, faculty, and students to encourage full use of the department's resources. This includes staff training programs, library instruction, and classroom presentations for faculty and students as well as preparation of bibliographies, guides, displays, homepages, and other user aids. 6. Participates in professional activities at the state and national levels that enhance the development and use of data resources and the documents and maps collections at Duke. 7. Other duties as appropriate and mutually agreed upon. Qualifications Required: master's degree from an ALA-accredited program=3B minimum of two years experience with government documents or data services=3B demonstrated knowledge of and experience with electronic information resources=3B demonstrated commitment to public service=3B working knowledge of DOS and Windows computer environments and of HTML. Must be flexible and a self-starter, possess excellent teaching and oral and written communication skills, and have the ability to be an enthusiastic participant in a team-oriented environment. Desirable: experience with SAS or SPSS and Extract data retrieval systems=3B supervisory experience. Salary and Benefits Salary dependent upon qualifications and experience, =2432,000 minimum. Comprehensive benefits package includes 20 days vacation, 3 personal days, 11 holidays, 12 days sick leave=3B health, disability and life insurance=3B retirement plan options=3B educational assistance and tuition grants. Environment Duke University was created in 1924 by James Buchanan Duke through the provisions establishing the family philanthropic foundation, The Duke Endowment, of which Trinity College was the principal beneficiary. The Dukes had long supported Trinity College which traced its origins to a school founded in 1838 and renamed in 1859 when it affiliated with the Methodist Church. As a result of the Duke gift, Trinity underwent physical and academic expansion into Duke University. Recent decades have seen Duke realize its founder's aspirations to become a major center of learning. The Duke University Medical Center has achieved international prominence, and many Duke schools and departments are consistently ranked among the nation's best. The university frequently wins attention for its research achievements and academic innovations, and its faculty is often called upon to provide leaders for national and international academic and professional organizations. Duke continues to work to honor its founder's charge to attain =22a place of real leadership in the educational world.=22 The University community includes 11,535 students, 2,073 faculty and 18,500 employees. The libraries of Duke University consist of the William R. Perkins Library and its seven branches on campus: Biological and Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, Lilly, Engineering, Music, Math-Physics, and Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections=3B the Pearse Memorial Library at the Duke Marine Laboratory in Beaufort=3B and the independently administered libraries of Divinity, Law, Medicine and Business (Fuqua). Duke's library holdings of 4.6 million volumes, eleven million manuscripts and over two million public documents are the eighth largest among private universities in the United States. Duke is a member of the Triangle Research Libraries Network which promotes collaboration regarding information resources, information technology and human resources with the libraries of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, North Carolina Central University and North Carolina State University. Duke University and Durham are located in the Research Triangle, a region which encompasses one of the nation's premier concentrations of academic, corporate and public research. The Triangle region is rated among the most desirable areas in North America to live and work, and Durham was recently identified by the Utne Reader as one of the ten most enlightened towns in America. Deadline Review of applications will begin in early April and continue until the position is filled. Application Send cover letter, detailed resum=E9 and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of three references to: Sharon A. Sullivan, Director, Personnel Services, Perkins Library, Box 90194, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708. Duke University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. The Perkins Library System has a strong commitment to Affirmative Action and is actively seeking to increase the racial and ethnic diversity of our staff. 2/2/98