Associate Director for Technical Services & Systems -- Health Sciences

Center Libraries -- Temple University -- Pennsylvania



Associate Director for Technical Services & Systems, HSC Libraries

This is an exceptional opportunity to be involved in strategic planning

for policy and program development activities and be part of an

executive management team for a library program consisting of the main

Biomedical Library and the Fisher Learning Center, the South Branch

Library (dentistry, pharmacy, health information management, nursing,

occupational therapy, and physical therapy) - both located on the

Health Sciences Center campus, and the School of Podiatric Medicine

Library, located adjacent to Chinatown. In this role, you will:



. Direct the Technical Services and Systems Department of a large,

complex academic health sciences center library program (acquisitions

and technical processing, cataloging, serials, electronic content

licensing, binding, and collection evaluation).

. Serve the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Podiatric Medicine, and

Pharmacy; College of Health Professions; Temple University Hospital

and Episcopal Campus (Department of Psychiatry); and the Temple

University Children's Medical Center.

. Participate in integrated technology planning with the Temple

University Central Library System (Paley Library, plus branch and

suburban campus libraries).



Required:

. Master's degree in library or information science from an American

Library Association (ALA)-accredited graduate program.

. Working knowledge of all applicable computer software.

.Management experience (including planning, negotiation, and

communication skills) and excellent project management skills.

. Extensive knowledge of university policies and procedures, and

financial and budgeting principles.



Preferred:

. Membership in the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP)

of the Medical Library Association (MLA).

. 10 years' experience in a medical or science library highly

desirable.

. 5 years' supervisory experience and experience working with

state-of-the-art integrated library systems and library automation.

. Extensive knowledge of OCLC or RLIN bibliographic utilities.



To apply for this position and view other Temple opportunities, please

visit our Web site at: www.temple.edu and click on Jobs@temple. Please

reference TU-09132. For full consideration, please apply by December

15, 2006.



Temple University is an Equal Opportunity, Equal Access, Affirmative

Action employer committed to achieving a diverse community. AA, EOE,

M/F/D/V.



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Carole R. Bell

Head, Acquisitions Dept.

Paley Library 017-00

1210 W. Berks Street

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA 19122



voice: 215-204-3275

fax: 215-204-8550



email: crbell@temple.edu