EXTERNAL JOB ADVERTISEMENT
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position of Assistant Librarian at the Women’s University in Africa Harare campus:
ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN – LIBRARY SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION (HARARE CAMPUS)
RESPONSIBILITIES/JOB DESCRIPTION/KEY TASKS
- Day to day management of Institutional Repository services;
- Implementing and improving workflows to capture, describe, store and disseminate a range of research outputs of various formats;
- Ensuring responsible and timely support for WUA faculties, staff and students submitting research and scholarship to the IR;
- Providing oral and written instructions to IR contributors and users; troubleshooting IR Software issues and remote problems timely;
- Contributing to IR user needs analysis, product evaluation and selection.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Library and Information Sciences.
Experience
- At least two (2) years of experience working with institutional or digital repositories;
- Knowledge of MARC records and basic familiarity with library cataloguing standards such as RDA rules