An Assistant Librarian is required from 1 June, or as soon as possible thereafter, to assist the Deputy Librarian in the day-to-day running of the Centre's Library. Primary duties will include administration, acquisitions, circulation, and cataloguing. Candidates should have practical experience of on-line systems in academic libraries and knowledge of AACR2 and MARC cataloguing. Essential requirements for the post are a good knowledge of Hebrew and familiarity with one or more fields of Jewish Studies.
The post will be on the University Grade 4 (£18,165 - £21,050 a year).
Further particulars may be obtained from the Librarian, Dr Piet van Boxel, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Yarnton Manor, Oxford, OX5 1PY (tel. +44 (0)1865 377946, ext. 120, email vanboxel@ochjs.ac.uk) to whom applications together with a curriculum vitae should be sent by the closing date of 1 May 2008. Applicants should also arrange for two referees to write to the Librarian by the same date.
Applications are invited for one full-time and two part-time Library Assistants to work on the cataloguing of a special collection of historical data on Dutch Jewry, to begin as soon as possible. The part-time posts are temporary, for a period of three months (negotiable).
The posts will be on the University Grade 3 (£15,743 - £18,165 a year full time). Requirements are a good knowledge of Dutch and familiarity with Jewish Studies or Dutch history. Knowledge of Hebrew would be useful but is not essential. Further particulars are available from the Librarian (tel. +44 (0)1865 377946, ext. 120, or email vanboxel@ochjs.ac.uk).
Letters of application, together with a curriculum vitae and the names and contact details of two referees, should be sent to Dr P. van Boxel, Fellow/Librarian, Leopold Muller Memorial Library, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Yarnton Manor, Oxford, OX5 1PY, by 15 May 2008.
The Centre is an equal opportunities employer.