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Position Description: This 12 month, tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Instructor or Assistant Professor is responsible for ensuring that print, audiovisual, and digital resources are properly inventoried, organized, and cataloged; works with the University’s IT Department to coordinate the Library’s integrated library system (ILS) and institutional repository; and serves on the Library’s Information Management Team. The Catalog Librarian provides reference services (including some nights and weekends), acts as liaison to various academic departments, teaches library instruction classes, and serves on university boards and committees. Responsibilities: The Catalog Librarian will perform the following duties. Administration • Hire, train, supervise, and evaluate classified and/or contract staff in technical services department • Develop and communicate departmental goals and objectives to staff • Create and maintain job descriptions, policies, and procedures for department • Provide backup for staff when needed • Set goals and create plans for department Cataloging/Metadata • Perform original cataloging and/or create metadata for unique materials such as theses, archival materials or digital collections using MARC, DC, or other appropriate metadata schema • Supervise copy cataloging and holdings record creation for all print, digital, archival and multimedia content according to nationally accepted standards • Provide authority control and database maintenance of the online catalog and institutional repository • Collaborate with CSU - Fort Collins to implement and maintain shared institutional repository • Provide leadership in the development of new processes and tools for the organization and description of library content as needed • Maintain statistics describing the collections and their usage • Assist with inventorying of collection at regular intervals Coordinate integrated library system (ILS) • Maintain staff accounts and oversee other administrative parameters for ILS (currently Dynix Horizon) • Collaborate with other library departments to improve usability of ILS • Collaborate with University IT Department and ILS vendor to customize ILS as necessary • Coordinate ILS upgrades with vendor, ITS, and appropriate library departments • Provide ILS training for all library staff as needed • Provide reports for library administrative needs • Coordinate import and export of library patron data with campus administrative systems • Troubleshoot and solve problems with systems as necessary • Provide support for and coordinate training for Pueblo City Schools in the use and implementation of the shared integrated library system Reference and instruction, including some nights and weekends. • Provide one-on-one assistance at reference desk. • Provide virtual reference services as scheduled. • Perform specialized database searching as needed. • Teach courses for library instruction program including, but not limited to, classes in the liaison area. Serve as liaison to one or more academic departments, helping to coordinate collection management and instruction for the assigned subject areas. Perform sustained inquiry into discipline leading to practical application within the library as well as research resulting in published or presented scholarly or creative output. Serve the Library, the University, and the profession through active membership on boards, committees, panels, etc. About the Department: The Colorado State University - Pueblo Library supports the university’s mission of fostering academic excellence, student success, and diversity by preparing students to be information literate; by providing access for CSU-Pueblo to quality information resources and academic services that facilitate teaching, learning and research; and by promoting and enabling scholarship through the development of resources that support new paradigms in scholarly communication. About the University: Colorado State University-Pueblo is a regional, comprehensive university. The 275-acre campus, which overlooks the Front Range of south-central Colorado, is located in Pueblo, approximately 100 miles south of Denver in one of the more culturally dynamic regions of the country. Pueblo is proud of its ethnically and culturally diverse population of over 100,000 people. The University is dedicated to having a multi-cultural campus and is designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution. The University enrolls more than 4,000 students in twenty-seven undergraduate programs with approximately 510 full-time faculty and staff. The University is committed to diversity, and has made educational equity for students one of its highest priorities. With the endorsement of campus, community, system and government constituencies, the University has enthusiastically embarked on a strategic plan to enhance admissions standards, increase program offerings, and improve academic services, including the teaching/learning process. The Pueblo community offers a major arts center, several golf courses, Lake Pueblo—a large reservoir for sailing and boating—and a 20.5 mile long nature trail for hikers and cyclists. The city is within a short drive of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range, allowing for hiking, mountain climbing, fishing, camping and skiing.

See complete instructions and job description at http://www.colostate-pueblo.edu/hr/Employment/Faculty.asp Review of Applications: Applications received by April 15, 2008 are ensured full consideration; position is open until filled. Application Procedures: Applications must include a letter addressing candidate interest and qualifications; a resume; an unofficial transcript; three professional references including names, addresses and phone numbers; and the attached voluntary Applicant Demographic Sheet. Official transcripts are required prior to appointment. The University reserves the right to check additional references, with prior notification given to the candidate. Review of printed applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Electronic applications will not be accepted. Send application materials to: Chair, Search Committee for the Catalog Librarian/Instructor Human Resources Office; Administration Building Colorado State University-Pueblo 2200 Bonforte Blvd. Pueblo, CO 81001 - 4901 Note: The successful candidate must provide official transcripts of academic work completed and, under U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services regulations be able to submit evidence of the ability to accept work in the U.S. by the day employment begins. No one will be placed on the University’s payroll until all employment procedures are fully satisfied. Colorado State University-Pueblo is an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with all Federal and Colorado State laws, regulations, and executive orders regarding affirmative action requirements in all programs. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.