Staff Member for Acquisitions, Cataloguing and Metadata (1,0 full-time equivalent)
to start on 1 September 2016.
DutiesThe Staff Member for Acquisitions, Cataloguing and Metadata is responsible for the administrative handling and cataloguing of the publications acquired by the NMAR from Morocco, North Africa and the Middle East for Leiden University Libraries (UBL).
Other tasks include:
- The administrative handling and cataloguing of materials (print and electronic) selected by the Subject Librarian;
- Following up and if necessary claiming orders, and processing incoming invoices in the library system;
- Processing incoming journal issues in the journals administration;
- Maintaining close contact with NIMAR's Subject Librarian and with the Metadata Services and Acquisition department at UBL.
- Allocating metadata to make publications accessible;
- Supplying management information such as spreadsheets and reports;
- Supervising the NIMAR's reading room and answering users' questions.
Your profileYou are a reliable, representative, independent and flexible colleague who can work as part of a team and with great accuracy. In addition, you are service-oriented and you make an active contribution to a good working atmosphere.
You possess:
- A library, information and/or media qualification at a minimum of MBO level;
- Demonstrable affinity with the Humanities or Social Sciences;
- A good command of the Arabic (modern standard Arabic), Moroccan and French languages and of English and/or Dutch, both orally and written. Knowledge of the Berber languages is desirable;
- Employment experience in the library and information sector in the field of allocating metadata in standard formats (Marc21) and systems (ALMA, Worldcat);
- Knowledge and experience of Arabic transliteration is desirable;
- Good computer skills (including Outlook, Word and Excel) and excellent input skills and speed;
- A result-focused attitude, accuracy and initiative;
- Good communication and social skills.
Description of the organisationThe Netherlands Institute Morocco is an institute of Leiden University with national duties. It is financed by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and works closely with the Dutch embassy in Morocco. Under the umbrella of Leiden University's Faculty of Humanities, the NIMAR offers BA and MA courses in the language, culture, religion and society in Morocco, North Africa and the region. It will also organise high-value education to contribute to the intellectual formation of Islamic frameworks in the Netherlands, of Moroccan-Dutch youth and of professionals from the Netherlands, the Arabic world and Africa. The NIMAR facilitates and stimulates scientific research and makes this knowledge accessible to Dutch society.
The NIMAR also functions as a library and contributes to the construction of a national collection about Morocco and the Arabic world. As well as in the reading room at the NIMAR, these collections will also be made available at the University Library in Leiden (UBL). The UBL is an internationally recognised research library with world-class collections and advanced services for education and research. The UBL provides these scholarly information services as a trusted partner in knowledge for researchers, teachers and students. We create trusted, sustainable and innovative services in collaboration with other leading parties both in the Netherlands and abroad. We are recognised worldwide for our special collections, which have an important social and cultural function alongside their role in education and research.
The staff of the NIMAR consists of approximately eleven colleagues and is led by the Director of the NIMAR.
We offerThe appointment is for the duration of one year. An extension is possible, based on good performance. Dependent on education and experience, the gross monthly salary amounts to a minimum of 15,099 MAD and a maximum of 18,149 MAD, based on a full 37-hour work week for a full-time appointment (scale 5 Rrlok).
This is not an expat assignment, but a local position with the associated salary and working conditions of the Dutch Embassy in Morocco.
Among other legislation, the Legal Position of Local Employees (Rrlok) established by the Minister for Foreign Affairs applies to this employment contract, together with the relevant post development. One consequence of this is that salaries are adjusted to the local conditions.
More informationFor more information about the NIMAR and the procedure, contact
prof.dr. L. P.H.M. Buskens: l.p.h.m.buskens@hum.leidenuniv.nl.
For more information about the content of this function, contact Birte Kristiansen, Subject librarian Middle East and the Islamic world, email: b.kristiansen@library.leidenuniv.nl.
Information about the employment conditions (Rrlok).
ApplyApplications may be submitted by email, attaching a letter of motivation and a CV, until May 23th, to vacaturesnimar@hum.leidenuniv.nl.
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