The Archdiocese of
New York
Corrigan Memorial
Library at St. Joseph’s Seminary
Director – Corrigan Memorial Library at St. Joseph’s
Seminary in Yonkers, NY
Qualifications: M.L.S.,
M.A. in Theology or Religious Education, and 3-5 year’s experience as an academic
library administrator. Experience working with an integrated library system and
EBSCO/EDS system, as well as working knowledge of OCLC cataloging. Applicant
should be comfortable working in cooperation and collaboration with the other
seminary libraries of the St. Charles Borromeo Inter-Diocesan Partnership, in
Huntington, Long Island and Douglaston Queens. Applicant should also have
excellent communications skills, management skills, and desire to serve a wide
constituency of patrons.
Job Description:
The Director of the Corrigan Library is responsible to the
Rector, and is expected to work closely with the Academic Dean. The Director
enjoys faculty status at the Seminary.
Responsibilities:
- Oversees the daily operations of the library, such as cataloging, reference service, interlibrary loans, instruction, etc.
- Responsible for hiring and supervising library staff, allocating duties and setting work schedules
- Plans and administers the library budget
- Responsible for all aspects of the library’s cataloging operations
- Responsible for the selection and acquisition of library materials
- Works closely with the faculty of St. Joseph’s to ensure that individual collections remain viable academic resources
- Acts as a liaison to OCLC and other library vendors
- Insures that all shared electronic resources are to be made available to St. Joseph’s students both on and off of each of St. Joseph’s campuses
- Responsible for overseeing the compliance with the requirements of accreditation for St. Joseph’s Seminary Library
- Oversees appropriate cooperation in information literacy instruction for both staff and students of St. Joseph’s Seminary
- Participate in professional organizations that will both raise the profile of seminary & lay education in the New York area and benefit the seminary library through contact with other theological libraries
- Works with library committee to develop policies and projects
- Insures that services are being delivered at the library
Interested candidates should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and three (3) reference letters to:
Or
Rev. Kevin O’Reilly, Academic Dean at
kevin.o’reilly@archny.org.