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Briarcliffe College – Library Associate

November 26, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Briarcliffe College, a small career-focused college with bachelor’s degrees in business and graphic design and has campuses in Bethpage and Patchogue, NY is currently seeking to fill the position of ‘Library Associate.’ This is a full time position with full benefits.

Description of duties:

- Serve as librarian at both the Patchogue and Bethpage campus on a rotating schedule.

- Perform reference with students, faculty, and staff in all areas but focusing on Criminal Justice, Art, Graphic Design, Photography, Business.

- Peform bibliographic instruction and information literacy seminars for a variety of classes.

- Make recommendations for collection development to the Director of Libraries in multiple subject fields.

- Manage team of work studies and small staff of Library Assistants

- Manage the library in absence of the Library Director

Requirements:

- Candidate MUST have a MLS or MLIS from an ALA accredited program.

- Candidate must have a minimum of 1 year librarian experience

- Candidate must be flexible, able to work alone and customer-service focused

- Some supervisory experience

Prefered but not required:

- Knowledge of business, law, or criminal justice reference.

- Familiarity with online resources including Ebsco, Proquest, ReferenceUSA, etc

- Teaching experience at the secondary or post-secondary level

- Knowledge of LOC classification system

This position will begin in January, 2008. Review of resumes will begin immediately and ongoing until position is filled.

Send all resumes as a WORD or RTF attachment to Joseph Williams – jwilliams <at> bcl.edu

Joseph Williams, MA, MLS

Briarcliffe College Library

Bethpage, NY 11714

516-918-3628

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