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FOR SALE

LC CARD NUMBER Indexes to the National Union Catalog. Cut your NUC searching time. LISCO, 34 Smith Street, Marblehead, Mass. 01945.

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS mailed to you within 3 days. SuDocs price plus postage. Capital Documents Service, Box 4922, Washington 20008.

BOOK LANDERO, THE PERIPLUTIC BIBLIODICIST, 11501 Sherman Way, North Hollywood, Ca. 91605, specializing in OP tomes in Literature, Social Sciences, Humanities, especially as listed in BCL, Lamont, Essay Index, Granger, etc. Catalogs Issued. Wants searched through personal peregrinations and PANANABASES.

ALL the remaining stocks of the five cumulative volumes of “The English Catalogue of Books” fully covering 1948-65 plus the single yearly volumes for 1966 and 1967 having been taken over by us we invite librarians’ and booksellers’ enquiries; other cumulative and single yearly volumes previous to 1948 (also single yearly volumes for 1948-1969) being available, both new and second-hand right back to 1801. As are “Whitaker’s Cumulative Booklist”—both cumulative and yearly volumes; “Reference Catalogue of Current Literature,” “Cumulative Book Index,” “Book Prices Current,” “A Subject Index of Books Published up to and Including 1880,” “The British Museum Subject Index” 1881-1960, except for 1951-55; “The Illustrated London News,” “Picture Post,” “The Times,” “Palmer’s Index to The Times” original quarterly volumes as well as “Palmer’s Index to The Times 1790-1941 (June) on Microfilm.” “The Official Index to The Times” —original volumes; “The Annual Register,” “The Quarterly Review,” “The Economist,” “The Times Literary Supplement,” “Chemical Abstracts,” “Studio,” “Parliamentary Debates— Lords and/or Commons,” all series, etc. Some books on Librarianship—list available. H. Pordes, Bookseller, 529b Finchley Road, London, N.W.3. Phone: 01-435 9878.

SHELVING, 269 tiers of 36 inch double-faced shelves, 91/2 feet high, with mounted fluorescent lighting. Six years old. Holds 100,000 volumes. Address: Librarian, Bellarmine School of Theology, 230 S. Lincoln Way, North Aurora, Illinois 60542.

POSITIONS WANTED

CATALOGER, M.S.L.S., long university experience with LC, as dept. head, desires position as dept. head in small or medium-sized college, preferably with 10 months a year appointment. Box 785, CRL, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago 60611.

LIBRARIAN, 32, M.A. in L.S., seeks position in African Studies Library or other academic library developing Africana collection. Worked 3 years in Ethiopia, traveled in East, South and West Africa. Five years experience. Now studying Swahili. Available summer/fall 1970. Box 786, CRL, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago 60611.

POSITIONS OPEN

Administration

HEAD CATALOGER. Position open July 1970. MLS degree and experience with L.C. Classification required. Salary for 12 month contract depending on qualifications. Georgia Retirement System benefits, academic status, one month vacation. Submit resume, transcripts, and letters from three professional references to Mrs. Regina M. Yoast, Director, Armstrong State College Library, 11935 Abercom St., Savannah, Georgia 31406.

REFERENCE ADMINISTRATOR. University of Alberta Library requires an experienced librarian to take charge of a Humanities and Social Sciences Reference Department with a staff of sixteen, nine of whom are professional librarians. Responsibility includes inter-library loans, documents, and micromaterials. Salary according to experience and qualifications. 1969/70 salary range: $ll,800-$13,750; increment $500. Upward adjustment of scale expected for 1970/71. Academic status, excellent fringe benefits, removal grant. Applicants should send curriculum vitae, transcript of academic record, and the names of three references to the Librarian, University of Alberta, Edmonton 7, Alberta, Canada.

TECHNICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR. With present Cataloguing Department facing a possible major reorganization, the University of Alberta Library requires a Senior Department Head to coordinate all activities involved in cataloguing and processing at least 120,000 volumes per year. The vacancy has resulted from the promotion of the previous incumbent. Present staff numbers eightysix, including twenty-one professional librarians. This is a challenging position with one of Canada’s outstanding and fastest growing academic libraries, and calls for a high degree of administrative ability and initiative. Salary open to negotiation, but will not be less than $12,500. Academic status, excellent fringe benefits, removal grant. Applicants should send curriculum vitae, transcript of academic record, and the names of three references to the Librarian, University of Alberta, Edmonton 7, Alberta, Canada.

HEAD LIBRARIAN position open Sept. 1, 1970. Graduate library degree required. College experience preferred. Faculty rank; retirement, health benefits. Write: Lydia Lee, Christian Brothers College Library, 650 E. Parkway South, Memphis, Tenn. 38104.

CHIEF REFERENCE LIBRARIAN. Need energetic, imaginative, reference librarian with administrative ability. May interview applicants at ALA in Detroit. Send resumes to Director of Libraries, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19711.

IOWA. Assistant Director for Administrative Services: Iowa State University Library, Ames. Responsible for personnel, building and space planning; assists Director in budget preparation. A new position. M.L.S., minimum 5 years appropriate professional experience. Flexibility, creative imagination are key qualities being sought. $15,000 minimum, depending upon qualifications. Faculty rank. TIAA-CREF; hospital-surgical, major medical, life insurance.

Library collection, 750,000 volumes; budget, two-million-dollar level; faculty-student body, 21,000. Full-time staff, 140. Strong emphasis on growth. New $2.3 million Addition H occupied Fall 1969; Addition III in preliminary planning stage. Position open September 1, 1970. Write: Warren B. Kuhn, Director, Iowa State University Library, Ames, Iowa 50010.

CATALOGUING ADMINISTRATOR. Univer sity of Alberta Library requires an experienced cataloguer to take charge of the cataloguing and classification division of the Cataloguing Department. Position requires good knowledge of cataloguing rules and procedures and administrative ability. Staff of thirty-nine of whom nineteen are professional librarians. Salary according to experience and qualifications, minimum $11,000. Academic status, excellent fringe benefits, removal grant. Applicants should send curriculum vitae, transcript of academic record, and the names of three references to the Librarian, University of Alberta. Edmonton 7, Alberta, Canada.

WE ARE LOOKING for a bright, energetic, innovative librarian for the position of head of technical services—cataloger. Imagination and ambition readily accepted as substitutes for experience. Projects on the horizons: conversion and partial reclassification, some automation, planning of expanded facilities. Lawrence is a small liberal arts institution with an active, aggressive library. We are offering faculty rank, fringe benefits and salary from $10,000, depending on qualifications. Contact Walter F. Peterson, Librarian, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI 54911.

COUNTY LIBRARIAN administer new county service. Position requires 5th year degree, L.S., some professional experience. Salary range: $8,544 to $10,404. Send resume and references to: Mrs. Sidney Griffin, Personnel Committee, Darlington County Library, Drawer 517, Darlington, S.C. 29532.

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA invites applications for the position of Assistant Head for Circulation and Processes in the Sedgewick Undergraduate Library. The chief duty will be the administration and overall supervision of supporting staff of 23 engaged in circulation, shelving, reserving, filing in the card catalogues, etc. The Sedgewick Undergraduate Library has an annual circulation of one-half million to 12,000 undergraduates mainly in the Humanities and Social Sciences. There is a total full-time staff of 29 including 7 professionals. A new Undergraduate Library Building will be ready in 1972. A library degree is required; supervisory experience and experience in public services is desirable. Minimum beginning salary will be $10,000. The University of British Columbia is in Vancouver, a beautiful west coast city of 685,000 population. Current enrollment of tbe University is 22,000. The Library’s book collections total more than 1,200,000 and the book budget is more than one million annually. The Library staff numbers 375 and 90 of these are professional librarians. There are excellent medical, disability, group insurance and superannuation benefits, and four weeks’ vacation. Librarians are eligible to join the Faculty Club and Faculty Association. Apply to Mr. I. F. Bell, Associate Librarian, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 8, B.C., Canada,

DIRECTOR OF AUTOMATION SERVICES. Responsible for maintenance and further development of the automated system now in operation for control of materials in a multicampus community college learning resource center. MLS and experience in automation required. Salary range; $10,500 to $12,600. Open September 1, 1970. Write to J. Paul Vagt, Dean of Learning Resources, Tarrant County Junior College, Fort Worth, Texas 76119.

HEAD CATALOGER. A cataloger with academic library experience is needed to take charge of a staff of 15 in a rapidly growing library. Materials budget $400,000. Minimum salary $11,000. Usual fringes including TIAA. Send curriculum vitae and three references to Dr. Robert Lawyer, Director of the Library, Western Washington State College, Bellingham, Wash. 98225. Interviews can be arranged at ALA Conference.

HEAD, FISHERIES-OCEANOGRAPHY branch of large university library system. Staff includes two librarians and three clerks plus student assistants. Responsible for administration of branch in all its aspects under general direction of Assistant Director of Libraries for Public Services. Accredited library degree required. Strong background in biological sciences, some experience in science librarianship and foreign languages desired. Contact Mr. Merwin M. Moores, Assistant Director of Libraries for Personnel and Budget, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105. “The University of Washington is an equal opportunity employer.”

CHIEF LIBRARIAN. Salary Range—$14,580 to $25,400. Wanted; Imaginative, forwardlooking chief librarian to help plan our future library. Professional staff of 11, new air-conditioned building, exceptional fringe benefits. Faculty rank dependent on qualifications. Required; MS in LS, Desired; Ph.D. or 2d Masters, plus administrative experience plus knowledge of AV. Salary will rise about $2,000 on Oct. 1; position open July 1. Send letters with full resumes to; Appointments Committee, Staten Island Community College Library, Staten Island, N.Y. 10301.

HEAD LIBRARIAN, Kenyon College. Liberalarts college; enrollment approximately 1,000 men and women, increasing to 1,400 within three years. Degree in Library Science required and at least three years’ administrative experience, preferably in academic libraries. Faculty rank of associate professor or professor. Salary range, $12,000 to $15,000 plus usual fringe benefits. Equal-opportunity employer. Address inquiries to Dr, Bruce Haywood, Provost, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022.

Cataloging

CATALOGUERS. University of Alberta Library requires; (1) science cataloguer; (2) Romance languages cataloguer; (3) Germanic languages cataloguer; (4) Classical languages cataloguer. Salary according to experience and qualifications. 1969/70 salary range; Grade I, $7,650-$10,250; Grade II, $10,300-$ll,750. Increments $425 and $500 respectively. Upward adjustment of scale expected for 1970/ 71. Academic status, excellent fringe benefits, removal grant. Applicants should send curriculum vitae, transcript of academic record, and the names of three references to the Librarian, University of Alberta, Edmonton 7, Alberta, Canada.

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN-Cataloger, for small academic library. LC system. Faculty rank, TIAA, hospitalization. Fifth year degree required. Minimum salary $11,000 for 12 months, with 1 month vacation. Apply by letter to Elizabeth Carroll, Librarian, Alaska Methodist University, Anchorage, Alaska 99504.

CATALOGER for original cataloging of rare books in Catholic theology. Reading knowledge of Latin, German, and one Romance language and two years experience with L.C. classification required. Faculty rank, 35 hour week, 22 days vacation, TIAA. Salary up to $10,300 upon qualifications. Send resume and references to Rev. Theodore Koehler, S.M., Marian Library, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio 45409.

Multiple

CINCINNATI. Head Cataloger; solid past experience in Catalog Dept. of large academic or research library using L.C. classification; imagination and ability to direct activities of 6 catalogers and 16 assistants; minimum salary, $12,0W). Head Reference Librarian; good cultural background with academic or research library reference experience preferred; supervises staff of 5 librarians; minimum salary, $10,000. Bibliographer; oversees collection building; reading knowledge of at least two modern foreign languages; minimum salary, $10,000. Acquisitions Librarian; ability to work with foreign language materials; conduct and supervise bibliographic searching; handle business correspondence; minimum salary, $7,800. Documents Librarian; new position; one assistant available at start; responsible for acquisition and organization of all documents; minimum salary, $8,800. All positions open now; personal interview required. Reply with resume to Miss Jane Bertenshaw, Assistant to the Director, University of Cincinnati Libraries, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS Positions available Summer 1970: DOCUMENTS LIBRARIAN (Librarian III, $9,840-$ll,952). Assistant Department Head. Assignment will involve work relating to federal and international documents. CATALOGERS (Librarian II, $8,304-$10,596). Prior experience and background in physical sciences desirable. Higher classification and salary possible if education and experience warrant. (Librarian II, $8,304- $10,956). Prior experience, knowledge of music desirable.

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. Applications invited for six positions above the beginning professional level. Assistant professor rank—MLS plus minimum of six years relevant experience, with salary range from $12,000 up depending upon qualifications; Assistant Supervisor of Cataloging Services. Instructor rank— MLS plus minimum of two years relevant experience, with salary range from $9,120 to $11,520 depending upon qualifications; Documents Librarian, Interlibrary Loans Librarian, Rare Book Cataloger, General Bibliographer, Manuscript Archivist-Field Representative. Science Information/Data Processing Specialist (masters degree in science considered in place of MLS). Liberal retirement, insurance, and vacation benefits. Send resume to; Kenneth G. Peterson, Associate Librarian, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22901. Interviews can be arranged during ALA Detroit Conference. An Equal Opportunity Employer.

OKLAHOMA STATE University, Stillwater. Two key positions open. 1) Senior Cataloger, Assistant Professor. Assist Head Cataloger in administering department. Original cataloging in Dewey. Cataloging staff of 8 professionals. 2) Social Sciences Librarian, Assistant Professor. Direct services of social sciences division of library, assume responsibility for book selection. Serve on Library Administrative Council. Both positions require master’s degree in library science from ALA accredited institition, several years experience. Salary range $8,500-$10,500. Apply to Dr. Roscoe Rouse, University Librarian, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074.

Reference Services

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE has an opening for a Reference Librarian who will be responsible for the technical reports area as well as assisting with general reference service. MLS required. Experience desirable but will train recent graduate. New building. Expanding collection and curriculum. Excellent benefits. Good starting salary. Interview expenses paid. Please write or call collect (617) 753-1411, Ext. 412. A. G. Anderson, Jr., Librarian, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609.

Subject Specialists

ROMANCE LANGUAGES SPECIALIST. University of Alberta Library requires librarian to be responsible for collection development activities, in conjunction with teaching departments, in the field of Romance Languages. The Library has a collection of one million volumes and an annual book budget of over two million dollars. The University enrollment is 17,500 of whom over 2,000 are graduate students. Preference given to applicants with master’s degree in Romance Languages. Salary according to experience and qualifications. 1969/70 salary range; Grade I, $7,650-$10,250; Grade 11, $10,300-$ll,750. Increments $425 and $500 respectively. Upward adjustment of scale expected for 1970/71. Academic status, excellent fringe benefits, removal grant. Applicants should send curriculum vitae, transcript of academic record, and the names of three references to the Librarian, University of Alberta, Edmonton 7, Alberta, Canada,

A BIOLOGY LIBRARIAN is needed to coordinate the operations of a small departmental library serving faculty and students working in the biological sciences. Responsibilities include reference service, collection development, and supervision of clerical and student supporting staff. Applicants should have extensive background in the biological sciences. Inquiries should be addressed to J, Robert Adams, Assistant Director for Reader Services, Washington University Libraries, St. Louis, Missouri 63130.

McGILL UNIVERSITY. Applications are invited for the position of; Blacker-Wood Librarian—responsible for reference and bibliographic service to faculty and students of the biological sciences, and for the development of the Blacker-Wood research collection of Zoology and Ornithology. The collection is one of depth containing rare and valuable historical materials as well as a wide range of current publications, and will be housed in the newly renovated Redpath Library. Applicants should have an accredited library degree with an academic background or strong interest in the biological sciences. At least 3 years experience is required of which some should have entailed supervisory responsibilities. Four weeks vacation, and liberal benefits. Salary range starting at $8,600, with allowance for experience. Apply to Director, McGill University Libraries, 3459 McTavish Street, Montreal 110, P.Q., Canada.

PHYSICAL SCIENCES/ENGINEERING BIBLIOGRAPHER. Iowa State University Library, Ames. New position available July 1970. Works closely with faculty in evaluating and developing strong scientific/technological holdings. Coordinates the collections and activities of three subject Reading Rooms. Qualifications: Strong academic background in one of the physical sciences; 5th year library degree; library experience desirable. Salary open. Faculty status; 1-month vacation; TIAA, life, disability and major medical insurance. Apply: Warren B. Kuhn, Director, University Library.

SCIENCE LIBRARIAN—Southern California. The position of Librarian at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden is now open and applications are being accepted. Applicants should possess a graduate degree in library science and preference would be given to a person with experience or interest in the fields of botany and horticulture or the life sciences. The Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden is a privately endowed, autonomous institution devoted primarily to research and education and it is affiliated with the Claremont Graduate School, one of the six independent colleges at Claremont. The 83 acre garden is located in eastern Los Angeles County and the large metropolitan Los Angeles area, deserts, seashore and mountains are all within short driving distances. The starting salary is open and fringe benefits are excellent. For further information please write Dr. Lee W. Lenz, Director, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California 91711,

AN ART AND ARCHITECTURE LIBRARIAN is needed to head the staff of departmental library serving Department of Art History, School of Architecture, and School of Fine Arts. The Library presently has approximately 40,000 volumes and a staff of 5 or 6 assistants. Responsibilities include reference service to students and faculty, collection development, and supervision of the staff. Applicants should have library experience and strong academic background in either art or architecture. Preference will be given to a candidate with a second masters degree. Inquiries should be addressed to J, Robert Adams, Assistant Director for Reader Services,

Washington University Libraries, St. Louis, Missouri 63130.

ACADEMIC LIBRARY, Reader Services, New York, State University at Binghamton. MUSIC librarian to assume responsibility for organization and development of existing collection of monographs, scores and records in growing university program. Duties include collection development and management of Music Library. Technical processes centralized in Main Library. New position starting September 1, 1970 requiring advanced degree in musicology, fifth year library degree, and several years academic library experience. Salary $12,000+ for 12 month year; academic year option available.

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES has opening for Head of the Fine Arts Department. Includes Art, Architecture and Music with emphasis on Art and Architecture. Background in Fine Arts plus MSLS from accredited Library School, experience. Salary July I, 1970—$11,400. Excellent fringe benefits. Send resume to: Mrs. Elizabeth S, Newlove. Assistant Director, Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York 13210.

Technical Services

TECHNICAL SERVICES LIBRARIAN. Accredited MLS required. Salary competitive. New library. Apply: Librarian, Vermont Technical College, Randolph Ct., Vt. 05061. Tel: 802-728-3391.

A SYSTEMS LIBRARIAN is needed to coordinate systems development and data processing activities. Applicants should have the ability to oversee the maintenance of an IBM 357 circulation control system in operation since 1965, to design additional features for a computer based acquisitions system presently processing individual book orders and to conduct a feasibility study of a cataloging system based on MARC II. Long-range plans, which will be affected by changes in the state of the art on the national scene, include the creation of machine-readable data banks, control of serial records and on-line circulation control. Library systems development experience or relevant formal training and a familiarity with computer programming are essential prerequisites. Inquiries should be addressed to J, Robert Adams, Assistant Director for Reader Services, Washington University Libraries, St. Louis, Missouri 63130.