Assistant Librarian (Last Date : 10-05-2014)

Responsibilities
The appointee will assist the Librarian in the management of University library of Aga Khan University - Institute for Educational Development (IED) campus, located in Karimabad. S/he will handle the collection and material management operations and technical processing for the library to support its information services and to build the institutional capacity for improving quality of educational programmes and research.

Specifically, s/he will be responsible to:
assess the available collection and evolve a collection development policy
build the collection by adding print and electronic resources
audit journals and electronic resources annually
classify, catalogue and data entry of the library material in MARC/RDA environment
conduct information literacy sessions and Library Skills Development programs
manage inventory of the library material.

Candidates should have:
- Masters in Library and Information Sciences from an HEC recognized university
- 3-4 years' experience in managing modern libraries preferably academic libraries
- sound knowledge of AACR2, LCSH, MARC, RDA and Dublin Core Metadata
- good command over the Microsoft Office, Front Page, and Dreamweaver, etc.
- familiarity with research repositories
- knowledge of Integrated Library Systems
- good organization and time management skills
- excellent communications skills both oral and written
- initiative and a creative approach to problem solving.