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Job: Historical Collections Assistant (Flood Recovery of Manuscript Collections, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library) 

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Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 15:42:53 -0600
From: Pam Cornell  [pcornell@LIBRARY.TMC.EDU]
Subject: Fw: Historical Collections Assistant -- Job Opening
Sender: Archives & Archivists  [ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU]


Historical Collections Assistant
(One-year Position for Flood Recovery of Manuscript Collections)

The Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library has an 
opening for a full-time assistant in the John P. McGovern Historical 
Collections & Research Center.  The McGovern Center has unique 
collections of manuscripts, serials, books, and photographs documenting 
the history of healthcare. The person in this position will provide 
clerical and technical support for the manuscript collections that are 
being returned from the freeze-drying process.  This will include 
filing the archive's serial collections, labeling folders, typing box 
labels, scanning documents, and searching the online catalog to assist 
in processing the historical book collections. Some limited client 
assistance will include pulling and shelving books or boxes of records, 
photocopying rare materials, and monitoring use of the rare 
collections, as needed.

This position requires two to three years of college (or equivalent 
technical school/job experience) and excellent typing skills. Many of 
the tasks require work at the keyboard of a computer or typewriter.  The
shelving and filing tasks require accurate use of the English language 
alphabet.  Preference will be given to individuals with experience in 
library work and with a bachelor's degree.  The successful candidate 
must be familiar with or learn to successfully use word processing 
software, the scanning software, and the Library's online catalog 
system.  Training will be provided on scanning images.   This position 
requires careful attention to detail, ability to lift boxes (30-40 
pounds) shoulder high for shelving archival boxes, moving materials on 
carts between various sections of the McGovern Center, and a pleasant 
manner when interacting with the clients.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Project Archivist 
for the Flood Recovery Project and must be able to handle a variety of 
complex tasks.  Current McGovern Center projects include the 
enhancement of its web page, scanning images of Texas hospitals, 
development of a digital library on Texas medical history, processing 
manuscript collections, and reference services to a varied clientele.  
The HAM-TMC Library is one of the largest health sciences libraries in 
the United States. (Web address -- http://www.library.tmc.edu and 
http://mcgovern.library.tmc.edu )  Located in the Texas Medical Center, 
it serves two medical schools, three nursing schools, and six major 
hospitals.

This is a one-year position.  Starting salary is $25,000 and  is 
commensurate with experience.  Fringe benefits include medical, dental 
and life insurance.   TIAA/CREF retirement plan is available.  
Interviewing for the position will begin November 1, 2001 and continue 
until the position is filled.  Send letter of application, resume and 
contact information for references to: Zina Hayes, Director of Human 
Resources, HAM-TMC Library, 1133 M.D. Anderson Blvd., Houston, Texas 
77030.
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