[LIBJOBS] UC Berkeley: Head of Copy Cataloging & Monographic Receiving

Head of Copy Cataloging & Monographic Receiving 

• Job ID: 16012
• Location: Main Campus-Berkeley
• Full/Part Time: Full-Time
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• Department: Library
• Application Review Date: open until August 16, 2013.

Departmental Overview

In addition to maintaining the Library's catalog OskiCat, the Catalog Department is responsible for receiving, processing, cataloging, and physical treatment of all new monographs and serials in all formats and languages (except Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) for the UC Berkeley Main and subject specialty libraries.

Responsibilities

• Manages the operations of the Copy Cataloging and Monographic Receiving Division (CCMR).
• Ensures accurate and timely receipt, cataloging, and physical processing of materials to Library shelving locations.
• Designs, coordinates, and implements Division projects and improvements to existing workflows, procedures and documentation.
• Directly supervises staff and provides managerial support and guidance to a department with approximately 13 FTE.
• Manages and oversees aspects of human resources including scheduling, tracking and approving time sheets, preparing/updating job descriptions, hiring training, performance evaluation, supervising and developing staff.
• Conducts regular division and unit meetings. Determines staffing levels and mixture of staff and students to realize optimal efficiencies and cost effectiveness.
• Participates in developing policies, procedures, services, human resources, operational, budgetary and facilities issues to create consistency, service excellence and ongoing improvement across departments.
• Serves as leader for special initiatives and projects which are high priority for the Library.

Responsibilities are defined by overall objectives of the division and the Department within the context of Library goals and projects, and involve a high level of complexity in functional areas. This Library Manager position ensures coordination among the managed units with other units within and outside the Department. This position has a large impact on the Library as a whole, and on the faculty and students of UC Berkeley. Work is performed independently under consultative leadership of the Head of the Catalog Department.

Required Qualifications

• At least 2 years of progressively responsible management experience in a library cataloging unit/department or related library unit.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and leadership abilities to effectively motivate and influence others.
• Well-developed organizational, coordination, and problem solving skills, as well as the ability to manage a variety of tasks with multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Experience establishing employee goals and the ability to measure effectiveness of contributions
• At least 2 years of relevant cataloging and/or bibliographic maintenance experience in an academic library.
• Evidence of proficiency using automated library systems, AACR2, LCRI, LCSH, LCCS, MARC21 formats, and OCLC.
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Reading knowledge of at least one modern European language.
• Experience managing and improving complex workflows.
• Experience providing excellent customer service and working with in-house customers
• Experience training catalogers and writing documentation.
• Experience with project management

Salary & Benefits

Monthly:$4,250 - $6,308

Annual: $51,000 - $75,700

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit:http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/forms_pubs/misc/benefits_of_belonging.pdf

How to Apply

Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying. Apply through jobs.berkeley.edu.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer