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FOR SALE
CHINESE (Mainly), JAPANESE, KOREAN Collection of books in Western Lang. All Topics. Over 500 vols. Write M. Frazin, 570 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11226.
BEILSTEIN’S HANDBUCHder Organischen Chemie, 4.Aufl., Berlin Springer, 1918-1940, 31 V. IN. 33/Also Supps. 1-3, 65 V., IN. 74, 1928, 1969 completely bound. Price on request. Write: Gifts and Exchange Librarian, Purdue University Libraries, Lafayette, Indiana 47907.
GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONSmailed to you within 3 days. SuDocs price plus postage. Capital Documents Service, Box 4922, Washington 20008.
POSITIONS WANTED
A.B. HARVARD,MLS Simmons, MA Berkeley, Ed. D. Buffalo; 19 years library research, editorial teaching, administrative experience; position as Director, college or university library, possibly combined with teaching English or Education. Box 793, CRL, 50 East Huron St., Chicago, Illinois 60611.
LIBRARIAN,38, accredited MLS, MA in Religion. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE (3 yrs): UN/US Documents, Social Science/Humanities,Genealogy. Seeks academic/special challenge in Documents, Reference, Serials, Genealogy, Rocky/Appalachian Mtns, preferred. Present salary $9,200. Box 792, GRL, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago 60611.
POSITIONS OPEN
Administration
HEAD, FISHERIES-OCEANOGRAPHYbranch 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. The University of Washington is an equal opportunity employer.
ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN FOR AUDIOVISUAL SERVICES.Faculty position, open September 1971. Appropriate master’s degree required; experience desired. Contact F. W. Cropp, Dean, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio 44691.
HEAD OF CATALOGING DEPARTMENTin College Library beginning before January 1971. Supervision of four professionals and six typists plus student help. Proposed book budget $250,000. Complete faculty status with nine months contract and optional nine weeks in summer. M.L.S. and second masters in a subject area and at least four years of experience required. Salary range with summers $12,000 and up depending on qualifications. New building. Write to: Head Librarian, Ezra Lehman Memorial Library, Shippensburg State College, Shippensburg, PA 17257.
Cataloging
HEAD CATALOGER. UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA LIBRARIES.Applications are invited for the above position to supervise and control the work of seven professional librarians and eleven clerical assistants. Degree from an accredited library school and cataloguing experience with L.C. classification. Normal benefits. Minimum salary $10,000. Moving allowance. Apply to; Mr. J. J. Skynner, Associate Librarian (Bibliographical Processing), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg 19, Manitoba.
Public Services
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY.Application is invited for the position of Assistant Business Librarian. This is primarily a public service position, involving reference and other public service duties in the Business Library. This library contains approximately 23,000 volumes and is growing rapidly. Staff consists of two librarians, four nonprofessional assistants and student help. MLS required, plus some business library of general reference experience. Business and/or economic background preferred. Faculty status. Excellent fringe benefit program. Salary range begins at $9,000. Actual salary and rank commensurate with experience and qualifications. Position available now. Apply to; Hans Engelke, Acting Director of Libraries, Western Michigan University Libraries, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001.
Reference Services
REFERENCE LIBRARIANwith subject background in history and political science. Faculty status and rank, four weeks vacation, generous fringe benefits. Salary in $8,500-$12,000 range. M.A. and experience preferred. Library has just moved into a new 12-story, ten million dollar, air-conditioned building. Please address resumes to Hyman W. Kritzer, Director of Libraries, Kent State University Libraries, Kent, Ohio 44240.
Subject Specialists
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY.Application is invited for the position of Education Librarian. This position is in the Educational Resources Center, a joint venture between the University Libraries and the College of Education, combining the best of library and audiovisual facilities and practices into a single center for the improvement of instruction and learning in the College of Education. There are approximately 67,000 volumes in the Center. The staff consists of the Director of the Center, three Education Librarians, five audiovisual specialists, several nonprofessional assistants, and student help. MLS required, plus a background in education. Experience in the public schools preferred. Faculty status. Excellent fringe benefit program. Salary range begins at $9,000. Actual salary and rank commensurate with experience and qualifications. Position available now. Apply to: Hans Engelke, Acting Director of Libraries, Western Michigan University Libraries, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001.
Technical Services
WE ARE LOOKINGfor 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.
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