OXFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SERVICES TECHNICAL SERVICES
OULS HEAD OF CATALOGUE SUPPORT SERVICES (CSS)
ACADEMIC-RELATED STAFF GRADE 3: Salary £30,363 - £35,883 p.a
We are seeking to appoint a senior person to play a critical role in the
development of the Oxford Library and Information System (OLIS). Reporting
to the OULS Head of Technical Services, and working in close liaison with
the OULS Systems and Electronic Resources Service, the post-holder will take
responsibility for managing the CSS section of Technical Services. This unit
is charged with the maintenance of the University union catalogue and its
authority files, and oversees automated cataloguing training and
documentation. CSS also serves as the focal point for University-wide
inquiries and problems relating to local cataloguing policy and practice. In
addition, the post-holder is the key liaison with external cataloguing
agencies and utilities (e.g. CURL, OCLC, RLG, BL, and LC).
Over the coming year OULS will be replacing its current automated library
system with VTLS Virtua. The post-holder will join the team responsible for
the system implementation, with particular responsibility for set-up,
testing, fault reporting and specification of required functionality and
enhancements for the cataloguing, holdings and authorities modules.
The post-holder will be a qualified librarian or have significant academic
library experience in library technical services. Sound knowledge of AACR2,
LCSH, and the MARC 21 bibliographic, holdings and authority formats, and
familiarity with bibliographic utilities, will be assumed. We are looking
for excellent problem solving and analytical skills; the ability to work
both independently and in collaboration in a large, complex and changing
library environment; the ability to foster co-operation across boundaries,
and work successfully with a number of different constituencies both inside
and beyond the Library.
Further details and an application form are available from:
http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/fp/ or the Personnel Section, Osney One, OULS,
Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0ES, (Tel: 01865 277171; Fax: 01865 202948; E-mail:
[log in to unmask]). The closing date for applications is 12th August,
with interviews scheduled for the week beginning 22nd August. Please quote
Ref: BL5060.
Andrea Harling
Senior Personnel Administrator
Oxford University Library Services
Tel 01865 287140
Fax 01865 202948
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