POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Posted November 1, 1998


Librarian I - Special Collections Librarian: Growing, urban academic library
seeks creative, energetic, flexible individual with strong public services
commitment to supervise, provide reference, collection development, instruction,
and other service delivery in Special Collections.  Reports to Assistant
Director for Collection Development.  Supervises Sound Recording Specialist,
Library Assistant I, Clerk III, student assistants, volunteers.  Provides
faculty liaison, collection development, library instruction for History
Department.  Some evenings, weekends required.  Participates on team developing
public service plans, policies, procedures that support the Libraries' service
mission.  Professional development encouraged, required for promotion.
Extensive library automation.

Minimum requirements: ALA accredited MLS; graduate degree in history;
exceptional interpersonal, communication skills; successful supervisory
experience; current, relevant information technology experience; ability to work
positively, productively with diverse constituencies in environment of rapid
change; understanding of scholarly research environment; evidence of
professional initiative, mature judgement; potential to meet promotion
requirements in non-tenure track appointment; legal right to work in U.S.

Preferred: Successful, current academic library reference, instruction,
collection development, government documents, archives management, preservation,
special collections experience; familiarity with Western European language.

Salary: $33,000 minimum.  Benefits include health/dental plans, 75% tuition
discount, no employee contribution required for retirement, life/disability
insurance.  (Compare low cost of living in exciting city to other locations to
understand real worth of salary/benefits!)  Equal opportunity employer.

Send letter of application, résumé, names of three references to: Helen H.
Spalding, Associate Director of Libraries, University of Missouri-Kansas City,
5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO  64110; 816-235-1531;   Application review
continues until position filled.  See additional openings at
www.umkc.edu/lib/onsite/joboppor.htm.
Helen H. Spalding
Associate Director of Libraries
University of Missouri-Kansas City		816-235-1558
5100 Rockhill Road				FAX: 816-333-5584
Kansas City, MO  64110			spaldingh@umkc.edu