> University of Cambridge
>
> Faculty of Oriental Studies
>
> Faculty Librarian
>
> Applications are invited for the post of Librarian in the Faculty of Oriental
> Studies, a busy undergraduate/research library serving over 1,000 readers with
> a collection of over 70,000 volumes, covering the language and culture of the
> Middle East, Far East and Indian sub-continent from ancient times to the
> present. The Librarian is responsible for all reader services, book selection
> and collection development, administration and forward planning, the
> appointment of library staff and the management of the Library?s budget.
>
> Candidates should have a good honours degree and a postgraduate qualification
> in Librarianship and Information Studies, together with experience of academic
> librarianship. The successful candidate will be expected to have substantial
> experience of integrated library management systems. Knowledge of at least one
> of the main languages in the collection is desirable.
>
> The appointment will be to the retiring age, subject to satisfactory
> completion of a probationary period of nine months. The pensionable scale of
> stipends for a Grade B Librarian is £20,311 a year, rising by seven annual
> increments to £27,339.
>
> Further information may be obtained from the Secretary of the Appointments
> Committee for Faculty and Departmental Librarians, Education Section, 4
> Parson?s Court, Cambridge, CB2 3QE, Tel: 01223 332354, Fax: 01223 330128,
> e-mail: [log in to unmask] to whom applications (two copies), including a
> curriculum vitae and the names of three referees, should be sent so as to
> reach him by 26 September 2003. The CV must be accompanied by a Cover Sheet
> sheet for Employment which can be downloaded from
> http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/personnel/forms/pd18, or may be obtained in
> hard copy from the Secretary of the Appointments Committee.
>
> The University is committed to equality of opportunity.
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