ALASKA

submitted by Susan Means

Job Opening at Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
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NOTE: This position is with Chugach North Technical Services (CNTS) in Fairbanks, Alaska. If interested, contact CNTS in Fairbanks at (907) 451-6393 or FAX (907) 451-6581.

Position Title: Alyeska IntrAnet (A-Net) Coordinator

Position Description: This position will work under the direction of the Information Resource Center (IRC) Librarian to manage the Alyeska IntrAnet (A-Net) system to provide an effective mechanism for company-wide knowledge management and "just-in-time" information delivery. Responsibilities include: Maintaining an A-Net configuration that reflects the corporate organizational structure, cross-functional relationships between work groups, and internal/external information needs and resources. Developing policies, standards, and procedures for A-Net content management and system use. Coordinating system enhancement and maintenance activities. Establishing and participating in an A-Net user group to obtain input and develop consensus around the A-Net mission, including short-term goals and long-range plans. Monitoring A-Net activities for trend analysis, change management, and quality assurance purposes. Serving as a technical resource for Business Unit and Functional Content Managers and as A-Net point-of-contact for the Server Operations Team. Coordinating and providing A-Net training and marketing. Conducting routine system-wide A-Net maintenance activities. Maintaining functional and technical knowledge of Intranet software and other applications, including upgrades and enhancements. Researching, evaluating, and recommending A-Net solutions to information management problems.

Minimum Qualifications:
--Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Information Management, Information Technology, or    related field; equivalent work experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
--Minimum of one year of related work experience.
--Experience with web language and authoring tools, specifically MS FrontPage.
--Proficiency with IBM-compatible computers and software such as MS Windows 95, Adobe    Acrobat, and Adobe FrameMaker.
--Knowledge of Intranet development and management standards and procedures.

Desired Qualifications:
--Strong customer service orientation.
--Excellent listening and marketing skills.
--Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
--Ability to handle multiple tasks, perform critical thinking and analysis, and work    independently to meet deadlines.
--Ability to maintain attention to detail while adapting to a rapidly changing business    environment.
--Ability to work cooperatively with clients, other support groups, and IRC personnel to    perform complex and diverse tasks.

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Feel free to contact me as well with any questions.

Susan Means, Librarian
Information Resource Center
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
(907) 762-1513

submitted by Ruth Jean Shaw

There are several elementary library openings in Anchorage School District. A valid Alaska teacher certificate with library endorsement is required. Strong background in multi-platform use with technology is desired. Submit Certified Application Form 1200 along with addendum for instructional level for which applying; valid Alaska teacher certificate; official transcripts direct from all colleges/university attended; two written references/recommendations and the EEO/AA card.

Applications are available in the Personnel Department at 4600 DeBarr Road. Office hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Or write to Anchorage School District, Personnel Dept., Box 196614, Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6614.

If you have questions or concerns I can be reached at 907-263-7194 or by e-mail.

Ruth Jean Shaw   shaw_ruth_jean@msmail.asd.k12.ak.us
Library Resources
Anchorage School District
2231 South Bragaw
Anchorage, Alaska 99508

submitted by Tracy Swaim

The following positions are listed on the AkLA Library Jobs web page:

Librarian I (Reference), Alaska State Library-Juneau
Automation Specialist, Anchorage Municipal Libraries
Alyeska IntrAnet (A-Net) Coordinator, Fairbanks
Youth Services Programming and Reference Librarian, Anchorage Municipal Libraries
Archivist I, Alaska State Archives and Records Management, Juneau

Check out the web page for more details.

OREGON

Klamath Falls -- MEDICAL LIBRARY COORDINATOR
submitted by Maryanne Blake

As an active member of the Human Resources Team, the Medical Library Coordinator works closely with Hospital Staff, Medical Staff, the Family Practice Residency, and the Community to develop and maintain the Medical Library. This includes Reference Service, Acquisition of materials, Cataloging of materials, etc. Masters Degree from an ALA-accredited program required. Education/Experience in Health Care preferred. Our 45,000 population community is located at the base of the beautiful Cascade Mountains and offers all season recreation, 280 days of sunshine a year, and affordable housing. If interested, please send resume and salary history to:

Personnel Department
Merle West Medical Center
2865 Daggett Street
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
1-800-542-1656
e-mail: mpoe@mwmc.org

National College of Naturopathic Medicine Library.
submitted by Karen Hiatt, Librarian

Portland -- Title: Librarian. Full Time. Twelve month appointment.
Position Description: The Library is a team-based organization committed to implementing the model of a convener in place of a library director. Every full time librarian on staff will be expected to fill the role of convener for one year on a rotating basis. The Librarian in the role serves as the primary liaison with the college administration and faculty, oversees the budget and scheduling, and is responsible for bringing the library staff together as a team. As a member of a team, the person filling this position will be expected to work closely and cooperatively with all other members of the library staff, to discern how best to do the job to meet the requirements and expectations of the library’s patrons, be skilled at giving and accepting feedback to solve problems, and be committed to doing more than "just doing the job" in contributing to the success of the Library and NCNM.

Responsibilities of the position: Serve as convener (in 1999-2000 academic year).
The other responsibilities of this position will depend on the applicants strengths and interests. The current librarians perform the following duties: database searches; training and scheduling student assistants; managing circulation, interlibrary loans, and materials processing; providing reference services (including one-on-one help with computers); collection development; cataloging, audiovisual support; managing special collections; writing and/or updating handouts and publications; giving tours; troubleshoot library computers, writing grants, and budgeting. With the addition of new staff, the library will teach classes in bibliographic instruction (including Internet and MEDLINE searching) and implement a new library system. All librarians are expected to engage in professional development. Some evening and weekend work.

Required Qualifications: Masters in Library Science from an ALA accredited institution. At least two years professional experience in an academic or health sciences library. Experience with reference, collection development, acquisitions, cataloging, and audiovisuals. Knowledge of and experience with user education programs. Excellent interpersonal communication skills, both oral and written. Good organizational, planning and analytical skills. Comfortable with shared decision-making. Good sense of humor. Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a complex, changing, and diverse environment. Committed to providing a high level of service to students, staff, and faculty colleagues. Supervisory experience. Knowledge of automated library systems, CD-ROM and other computer-based reference tools, and general microcomputer use and applications. Experience with Internet, WWW, and database searching. Knowledge of bibliographic networks (WLN, OCLC). Knowledge of online services.

Desired Qualifications: Experience managing serials. Professional experience with interlibrary loan. Demonstrated ability to plan and teach user education programs. Knowledge of Web development and design, including knowledge of HTML and web toolkits. Knowledge of current copyright law. Proven ability to deal with vendors. Experience with budgeting. Knowledge of grant writing. Familiarity with WLN. Additional subject master’s. Creative approach to development of new services. Understanding of alternative medicine.

Library Environment: The Library occupies a space of over 4,500 square feet on the first floor. The general collection numbers over 8000 titles and includes both classic and modern works of natural medicine as well as current books from the conventional medical sciences. The periodical collection consists of over 125 current subscriptions. Included in the collection is the library of  Dr. Benedict Lust, who founded the first U.S. school of naturopathic medicine.

The NCNM library has reciprocal loan agreements with the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, Western States Chiropractic College, and Oregon Health Sciences University. It also has informal agreements with the other naturopathic libraries. NCNM is a growing institution and the Library is an integral part of this expansion. Currently, the library serves as an ad hoc computer lab, is in the midst of an ambitious automation project, and has plans to implement a formal library instruction program.

Campus and Community Environment: NCNM is fully accredited by the Council of Naturopathic Medical Education and is in the process of pursuing regional accreditation with the Northwest Association of Colleges and Universities. In close proximity to the Ross Island campus are the Oregon Health Sciences University and Portland State University. NCNM also has branch and community clinics located throughout the metro area. Additional information at the college can be found at http://www.ncnm.edu.

Portland is only sixty to eighty minutes away from both the Pacific Ocean and the Cascades and includes the largest forested city park in the nation. Cultural activities include an active music scene (blues, classical, opera), a local world class ballet company, and the Northwest film festival. Outdoor recreation opportunities include rafting, hiking, fishing, skiing, and wind surfing. It boasts a mild climate with summer temperatures rarely over 80 degrees and winter temperatures rarely below 40 degrees. Rain keeps the area green. Portland is also the micro-brewery capital of North America.

Salary Range and Benefits: $28,000-$33,000. There is a 90 day new employee orientation period. Health/Dental/Life start the first day of the month following this orientation period. Vacation and sick days accrue at the rate of one day per month and are available for use after the 90 days. As part of the naturopathic philosophy, the college provides one paid Wellness Day a month. Nine paid holidays. TIAA-CREF.

Closing Date: 1 August 1998

Interested candidates should submit a letter of application which states why they want to work in an academic library that specializes in alternative medicine (no longer than two pages), a resume, and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of three professional references. E-mail applications will not be accepted.

National College of Naturopathic Medicine is an Equal Employment Opportunity institution and has a strong commitment to increasing the diversity of its faculty and staff.

Send applications to:
Librarian Search
Human Resources Department
National College of Naturopathic Medicine
049 SW Porter
Portland OR 97201
(503) 499-4343 x200
FAX: (503) 499-0026
e-mail: librarian@ncnm.edu

Western States Chiropractic College
submitted by Pam Bjork

Portland--Library Media Ass't

Western States Chiropractic College is seeking a full-time (37.5 hrs/week) Library Media Assistant. Duties: Handle circulation desk and assist patrons; train and supervise student library aids; maintain reserve book section; schedule, distribute, maintain, troubleshoot, and assist in the use of AV equipment; prepare computer-generated presentation slides; videotape classroom presentations. Qualifications: Two years library experience with the ability to operate and maintain AV equipment; competency in Windows and Microsoft Office; keyboarding skills. Preferred candidates will be detail-oriented, reliable, and possess a public service background with strong communication skills. Schedule: 7:00AM-3:30PM, M-F with occasional evening and weekend hours. Salary range: $20,000-$22,000 (approx. $10.47-$11.28/hr. although it is a salaried position) Starts in September.

Submit letter, resume, and three professional references to: Human Resources/Library Media Assistant Western States Chiropractic College 2900 NE 132nd Ave. Portland, OR 97230 Fax: (503) 251-5723 Pam Bjork, MLS Director of Learning Resources Western States Chiropractic College.

Legacy Meridian Park Hospital
submitted by Carolyn Olson

Tualatin -- Medical Librarian

Legacy Meridian Park Hospital is recruiting a half time librarian for the medical library. LMP Hospital is a growing community hospital located in Tualatin, Oregon in the suburban Portland area. The hospital is part of Legacy Health System, winner of the 1996 & 1997 Oregon Quality Award. This position is a one-person library situation but participates in the Legacy Libraries group ( a congenial and talented bunch) to plan services, share resources and expertise and improve and develop services.

Responsibilities: The librarian provides information services including reference service and document delivery to physicians, nurses and allied health professionals, hospital employees. The librarian develops and maintains the collection and is responsible for the day to day operation of the library.

Requirements: MLS, 2 years reference & online experience. Advanced computing skills. Excellent interpersonal and customer relations skills, team approach and flexibility are important. Health care experience and/or small systems automation experience preferred.

To apply, send a resume to:

Sarah Ederle, Employment Consultant
Legacy Health System Employment Services
1120 NW 20th Suite 111
Portland, OR 97209
(503) 415-5738 (503) 415-5200 (fax)
sederle@lhs.org

WASHINGTON

Harrison Hospital
submitted by Linda Milgrom (Posted on behalf of Vicki Enslow, Education Services Manager)

Bremerton -- Medical Librarian

Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Washington is looking for a librarian to continue the development of its medical library. This library is the primary source of medical information in Kitsap County, one of the fastest growing areas in the United States. In collaboration with a library technician and other library resources in the County, the medical librarian evaluates and gathers information that can improve the medical care of this community.

Position Summary
The librarian provides overall guidance of the library, which acts as a health sciences information and resource center for all hospital personnel, physicians and the community. The librarian is responsible for the library budget, planning, collection development, quality improvement, promotion, systems maintenance, and policy recommendations. The librarian also performs electronic reference searches.

Qualifications
Minimum Education--Masters in Library Science for an ALA-accredited school.
Minimum Experience--one year in a medical or hospital environment preferred; computer experience, including the eability to search and use various online systems (NLM, DIALOG, Internet).

Benefits
Half-time positon with opportunity for flexible hours. Salary range $16-24 per hour.

To apply contact Harrison Hospital Personnel Department, (360) 792-6720.
For more nformation contact Vicki Enslow, Education Services Manager, or Leslie Patheal, Director of Organizational Development, (360) 792-6765.

MARYLAND

National Library of Medicine -- Digital Manuscripts Project Manager
submitted by Stephen Greenberg

The National Library of Medicine has a new position posted for a Digital Manuscripts Project Manager. The position is with the Modern Manuscripts Collection in the History of Medicine Division. The Division is engaged in a joint program with NLM's Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications to collect, organize, digitize and make available over the World Wide Web several manuscript collections of pre-eminent scientists in medicine and to conduct research on digitizing library resources.

Specific duties of the Digital Manuscripts Project Manager include:1) coordinating the activities of NLM and contractor staff who process, arrange and describe the collections, create encoded finding aids, assign metadata, and scan and perform quality control of the digitized images; 2) preparing budget requests and monitoring expenditures; 3) evaluating staffing requirements and recommending changes as needed, training, supervising and evaluating staff, overseeing the review of completed work; 4) serving as project officer for contracts involving archival and digitizing activities; 5) participating in project planning and evaluation; 6) developing, documenting, evaluating, and modifying project procedures as needed to improve quality and productivity; 7) working with systems staff in defining evolving hardware and software needs and ensuring appropriate levels of access to project images.

Applicants who meet basic qualifications for the Librarian (GS 1410 -11/12) or Technical Information Specialist (GS 1412 - 11/12) levels and possess an understanding of digital library or archives technology will be evaluated according to the following knowledge, skills and abilities: 1) knowledge of archival practices necessary to manage archival projects, including arrangement and description of collections and creation of finding aids; 2) knowledge of library and archives automated systems and microcomputer hardware and software; 3) skill in oral and written communication.

The salary range for the Librarian/Technical Information Specialist GS 11/12 levels is $39,270-$61,190. The closing date for applications is July 21,1998. Further information about the position (Announcement # LM-98-0032) and instructions for submitting applications are available via the web or by contacting M. Page, National Library of Medicine Office of Personnel , Building 38, Room 2N05, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894. phone 301 496-4943