At present the Missouri State University Libraries has several vacant positions. Work is underway to fill these positions. Recently the Provost gave us permission to undertake several searches. Here is a progress report:

• The search for a Library Information Technology (LIT) Coordinator is open and ongoing. Holly Kouns is serving as the chair of that search committee. Derek Moser and Grace Jackson Brown also are serving as members of this search committee. 
   
• A position description for a new Digitization Lab Coordinator has been drafted and sent over to Human Resources for review, revision if needed, classification, and coding. The current draft position reads, in part, “The director of the digitization lab of the Missouri State University Libraries leads and manages all facets of the digitization lab, including but not limited to budgets, personnel, equipment, software, processes, metadata, archiving, inter-organizational collaboration, promotion, and donor relations. This is a high-level, exempt staff position.”  The five members of the search committee are:
  
  • Jeffrey Lawson 
  • Derek Moser (Chair)
  • Tom Peters 
  • Chansouk Ragsdale
  • Tracy Stout 
    
• A search for a new Library Administrative Assistant II will be undertaken soon. A slightly modified version of the standard campus position 3325 has been sent over to Human Resources for review, revision if needed, and eventual approval. The five members of the search committee are:
  • Holly Kouns
  • Derek Moser
  • Nathan Neuschwander
  • Tracy Patton
  • Tom Peters (Chair)
    
    
• We also are working to launch searches for a new Budget Officer and a LIT Systems Administrator.