[Asis-l] Positions: Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources Librarian and Life Sciences Librarian

[vacancy at aztec.lib.utk.edu]

Announcement of Professional Vacancies (2 Positions)

June 1, 2003


POSITIONS:			Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Librarian
				Life Sciences Librarian

APPOINTMENT RANK:       	Assistant or Associate Professor

SALARY:                 		Minimum $40,000

AVAILABLE:              		January 1, 2004

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The University of Tennessee (UT) Libraries seeks two energetic individuals
to serve as science librarians with reference and collection development
responsibilities.  The Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Librarian serves in the Pendergrass Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine
Library.  The Life Sciences Librarian is a member of the Reference and
Instructional Services Department in the Hodges Library.  Both positions
contribute to a range of traditional and innovative library services. 
Responsibilities emphasize outreach to students and faculty through
consultation and instruction.

The Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Librarian provides
services to the Institute of Agriculture
(http://www.agriculture.utk.edu/index.html), which includes UT's College
of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, the College of Veterinary
Medicine, the Extension Service, and the Experiment Station, with a
special emphasis on the departments of Animal Science, Agricultural
Extension Education, Biosystems Engineering & Environmental Sciences,
Entomology & Plant Pathology,  Plant Sciences, Food Science & Technology,
Agricultural Economics, and Forestry, Fisheries & Wildlife.  The
Institute's units comprise a collaborative, multidisciplinary research
environment in which the library plays an integral part through outreach,
instruction, and liaison.  The librarian participates in the work of the
branch library and in the library-wide science/technology subject group
and reports to the head of the Pendergrass Library.

The Life Sciences Librarian is a member of the central reference
department and the Science/Technology subject group and serves as liaison
to selected departments in the life sciences to be assigned upon
appointment. The Life Sciences Librarian reports to the Science and
Technology Coordinator and provides general and subject-specific reference
assistance, including night and weekend rotation.  UT's Biology Division
(http://web.bio.utk.edu/division/) has 82 faculty members teaching General
Biology, Biochemistry & Molecular and Cellular Biology, Botany,
Microbiology, and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology.  The Division is one
component of a collaborative, multidisciplinary research environment. 
Cooperative efforts in teaching and research involve personnel from
departments on UT's main campus, the College of Agricultural Sciences and
Natural Resources, the Genome Science and Technology graduate program,
jointly run by UT and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Center for
Environmental Biotechnology, and the Center of Excellence for Structural
Biology.

The librarians provide general and subject-specific reference assistance
in the libraries' highly automated reference environment, which includes
government documents in both the main library and branch locations. 
Instruction may take the form of classroom presentations, research
consultations, on-site assistance in labs and offices, and may include
interaction with students enrolled in distance education programs. 
Collection development and management responsibilities include selecting,
organizing, and assessing materials in all formats; this work is done in
cooperation with other subject librarians and with input from faculty in
the liaison areas.  The librarians promote library services, facilitate
communication with the campus community about library and information
issues, work with library colleagues to coordinate services and implement
programs and projects, and serve on library and university committees.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: ALA-accredited master's.  Knowledge of major
scientific bibliographic databases and science reference sources in all
formats. Evidence of excellent communication and presentation skills and
ability to work collegially with all levels of users and staff. 
Demonstrable service orientation and understanding of library services in
a research university.  Knowledge of scientific literature and publishing
trends.  Commitment to information literacy.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:  Academic background in science.  Professional
experience in science reference, preferably in an academic library. 
Experience with collection development. Experience creating and
maintaining Web resources.  Evidence of research or creative achievement.

Qualified summer or fall semester 2003 graduates are encouraged to apply. 
Candidates may apply for either or both positions.

BENEFITS: Librarians at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville have
faculty rank and status and are appointed for twelve months. This is a
tenure track appointment. Library faculty must meet University
requirements for promotion and tenure. Annual leave is accrued at the rate
of two days per month and sick leave at the rate of one day per month.
Faculty have their choice of a state retirement plan or TIAA/CREF.
Non-refundable contributions to either retirement plan are paid for the
employee by the University. Group health and life insurance plans are
available. Tuition remission is available for all university employees;
partial undergraduate tuition remission is available to dependent children
and spouses of UT employees.

ENVIRONMENT: The University of Tennessee, a Carnegie Research Level One
institution, enrolls approximately 26,000 students from every state in the
United States and approximately 100 other countries.  As Tennessee's
comprehensive campus, UT offers more doctoral programs than any other
institution in the state, and its faculty attract nearly $80 million
annually for sponsored research programs.  UT is one of 27 higher
education institutions holding the distinction of being both a land-grant
institution and state university.

The UTK Libraries, with an annual budget of $11 million, holds 2 million
volumes and receives approximately 10,000 current serials.  The Libraries
system includes the John C. Hodges Library and four branches on the
Knoxville campus: Agriculture-Veterinary Medicine, Map, Music, and
University Archives and Special Collections.  A fifth branch, the Social
Work Library, is located in Nashville.  Over three hundred persons are
employed, including 49 librarians, 8 exempt, 123 non-exempt, and 150
students.  UTK Libraries is a member of the Association of Research
Libraries, SOLINET, and the Center for Research Libraries.  The UT
Libraries offers a Web-based information system and access to a variety of
electronic information sources.

The Agriculture-Veterinary Medicine Library is located in the Veterinary
Teaching Hospital and serves 15 departments, the Extension Service and the
Experiment Station of the Institute of Agriculture.  The collection is
comprised of 130,000 volumes, and the library is a depository for U.S.
government documents from the Departments of Agriculture.  Four staff and
three librarians offer instruction and research assistance to the campus
and community.

Additional information about this position and the UTK community is
available at http://toltec.lib.utk.edu/~lss/search/lifescilib.html

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Send letter of application, a current resume, and
the names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of three
recent references to: Jill Keally, Head, Library Support Services, 1015
Volunteer Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37996-1000, fax 423/974-4696, email
jkeally at utk.edu. In your cover letter, please indicate whether you would
like to be considered for both or only one of these positions.

Review of applications will begin September 2, 2003 and continue until the
positions are filled.

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, does not discriminate on the basis
of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability or veteran
status in provision of educational programs and services or employment
opportunities and benefits. This policy extends to both employment by and
admission to the University.

The University does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or
disability in the education programs and activities pursuant to the
requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the
Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990.

Inquiries and charges of violation concerning Title VI, Title IX, Section
504, ADA or the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) or any of the
other above referenced policies should be directed to the Office of
Diversity Resources & Educational Services (DRES), 2110 Terrace Avenue,
Knoxville, TN 37996-3560, telephone (423) 974-2498 (TTY available).
Requests for accommodation of a disability should be directed to the ADA
Coordinator at the Office of Human Resources Management, 600 Henley
Street, Knoxville, TN 37996-4125.