UCLA hiring Japanese Studies Librarian
(7 January 2014) UCLA is recruiting a Japanese Studies Librarian for the Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library. The application deadline is 20 February 2014. The description of the post is here.
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Are you feeling frazzled yet?
(7 January 2014) Think you’ve got a stressful job? You might have says The Wall Street Journal especially if you’re a soldier, public-relations executive, newspaper reporter, or airline pilot. Those are among the most stressful careers for 2014, according to a new ranking from job-search website CareerCast.com. Librarians are on the list too. But which one…
Dean of Library Services & University Librarian, Simon Fraser University
(12 December 2013) SFU is a leading Canadian comprehensive university with vibrant campuses in British Columbia’s largest municipalities (Vancouver, Burnaby, and Surrey), and deep roots in partner communities throughout the province and around the world. Its vision is to be Canada’s leading engaged university. The university is hiring a research-oriented and student-centred librarian to join…
UBC seeks Chinese Rare Books Cataloguer
(2 December 2013) The University of British Columbia invites applicants for the position of Chinese Rare Books Cataloguer. Deadline is 3 January 2014. More here.
ARL Annual Salary Survey 2012–2013 reports data on 13,900 staff in ARL libraries
(19 November 2013) The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Annual Salary Survey 2012–2013, which analyzes salary data for all professional staff working in the 125 ARL member libraries during 2012–2013. Data are reported for 10,072 professional staff in the 115 university ARL libraries and for 3,823 professional staff in the 10…
Search on for Learning Coordinator INELI-Oceania
INELI-Oceania is looking for a Learning Coordinator for a new and exciting program to pilot a regional adaptation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s (BMGF) Global Libraries’ International Network of Emerging Library Innovators (INELI) Program model. Funded by BMGF, this program is designed to develop emerging library leaders in Australia, New Zealand and the…
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funds regional leadership program
(8 November 2013) It is announced today that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund a regional leadership program for emerging library leaders in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands. The program called INELI-Oceania is based on the highly successful foundation’s Global Libraries’ initiative INELI (International Network of Library Innovators) established in 2011.…
University of Chicago Library recruiting Japanese Studies Librarian
(8 November 2013) The University of Chicago Library invites applicants for the position of Japanese Studies Librarian. The East Asian Collection supports teaching and research needs of the faculty and students at the University of Chicago. It holds a collection of more than 800,000 volumes in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages of various formats. It…
NLA hiring Manager, Asian Collections
This position is responsible for managing teams of staff involved in the selection, acquisition, cataloguing and processing of Asian language library materials as well as the delivery of library services to onsite and offsite users of the Library’s Asian collections. Staff development and liaison with internal and external stakeholders are important components of the job. …
Business Librarian (SolBridge International School of Business, South Korea)
(18 October 2013) SolBridge International School of Business (http://www.solbridge.ac.kr/) located in Daejeon, Korea’s Silicon Valley is hiring a Business Librarian. The School has nearly 700 students from more than 32 nations. BBA and MBA programing is offered. The job description is here.