Assistant Librarian - Montréal, Canada - McGill University

McGill University

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Montréal, Canada

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Description

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Cataloguing Librarian

Collection Services

Deadline to apply:
April 15, 2023, 11:59pm

Full-time, tenure-track librarian position (three years, with possibility of renewal)

Salary minimum:
salary commensurate with experience

THE McGILL LIBRARY

Located in Montréal, one of the world's great multicultural and multilingual cities, McGill University is internationally recognized for its excellence as a leading institution of higher education and research.

For nearly 200 years, through the work of dedicated people, McGill has been breaking ground in diverse fields and contributing solutions to some of the world's most significant issues.

McGill is also the most internationally diverse research-intensive university in Canada, with over 32% of its students coming to McGill from more than 150 countries.

The University systematically appears on the annual list of the best employers in Montreal.

The McGill Library is committed to delivering high-quality, innovative information products, services and programs that focus on client needs and support the University's strategic mission and directions.

The Library proactively supports the teaching, learning and research needs of faculty and students to fulfill McGill's strategic mission of excellence as a research-intensive, student-centred university.

The McGill Library has the largest collection in Quebec and is one of Canada's largest academic libraries with over six million monograph titles and 150,000 e-journals and databases.

The Library is a member of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire (BCI), the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), and the HathiTrust Digital Library.

INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE STAFF
Information about the

University

and the

McGill Library

Regulations Relating to the Employment of Librarian Staff_

DUTY STATEMENT
Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Ensure effective and appropriate intellectual access is provided to the collections.
Balance activities related to cataloguing in various formats with other cataloguing responsibilities and duties.
Maintain an in
depth knowledge of various in
house and external library systems related to cataloguing and authorities.
Work in partnership with other Library staff and sections, as well as external groups, on specific projects, leading such projects when necessary.

Reporting relationship

The Cataloguing Librarian reports to the Coordinator Cataloguing and Metadata, Collection Services.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Required:

ALAaccredited master's degree in library or information science or equivalent.
Ability to work effectively autonomously and collaboratively in a team environment.
Ability to understand and respond to priorities and trends in the Library and University environments.
Customerfocused; ability to turn user needs into recommendations for improved workflows and processes.
Evidence of commitment to meeting the needs of diverse populations of users and staff.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including abilities in both English and French. McGill University is an Englishlanguage university where day to day duties may require English communication both verbally and in writing.
Demonstrated creative and analytical thinking skills, good problem solving ability and attention to detail.

Preferred:

Knowledge of tools to assist in the largescale creation and processing of eresources metadata, such as MARCEdit and OpenRefine.
Experience cataloguing a variety of formats of materials, in a variety of languages.
Project management experience.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applications should address the above selection criteria, be accompanied by a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names and addresses of three referees and should be submitted by as one document.

McGill implements an employment equity program and encourages members of designated equity groups to selfidentify. It further seeks to ensure the equitable treatment and full inclusion of persons with disabilities by striving for the implementation of universal design principles transversally, across all facets of the University community, and through _

- accommodation policies and procedures_
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All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority._