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Empresa:

CERN Library

Lugar:

Ginebra, Suiza

Oferta de trabajo - empleo:

[Ginebra] Scientific Information Officer

Número de vacantes:

Descripción:

The CERN Library [http://library.cern.ch] serves 2'500 scientific, technical and administrative CERN staff, 10'000 CERN users from 85 countries, and the worldwide High-Energy Physics (HEP) community. The Library supports their work with its highly specialised holdings: books, scientific journals and standards. These collections are available as physical media and increasingly in electronic form. In addition, with our 25 permanent and temporary staff, students and interns we are responsible for the content of CDS [http://cds.cern.ch], the CERN Institutional Repository including scientific manuscripts, an archive of CERN documents, educational multimedia content and much more; we collaborate with other HEP laboratories to launch INSPIRE [http://www.projecthepinspire.net], a next-generation digital library for HEP; we play a leading role in promoting Open Access publishing through the SCOAP3 project [http://scoap3.org].

Funciones:

The successful candidate will be fully integrated in our activities, report to the Head of Library Services, and will primarily: take responsibility for acquisition processes and their innovations in particular for the book and e-book collections; oversee quality assurance of library services, participating to the supervision of staff and students/interns; manage quality assurance of the library catalogue metadata, as well as selected collections within CDS and INSPIRE; coordinate and innovate the maintenance of the library catalogue, providing guidance and direction to cataloguers; research and propose solutions for the continued optimisation of metadata ingestion and catalogue display.

Estudios:

University Degree, preferably in a scientific discipline and a formal librarian qualification is required.

Requisitos:

We require: university education, preferably in a scientific discipline, and formal library qualifications; in-depth knowledge of library services in a research or university library; demonstrated ability to handle complex library cataloguing issues; sound knowledge of relevant information resources, preferably within the field of physics; proven ability for creative, innovative and analytical thinking, leading to the implementation of practical solutions; flexibility and willingness to adapt to the new challenges of the evolving information environment; ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team; willingness to take on responsibilities and ability to take initiative, supervise staff and work independently; excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate in both written and oral forms.

Tipo de contrato:

Five years, with one year probation. Subject to certain conditions, an indefinite contract may be granted during this period.

Contacto:

Further details on the job can be obtained from Jens.Vigen[arroba]cern.ch, CERN Head Librarian.

Fuente:

[Ginebra] Scientific Information Officer

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