Librarian

The Augustan Society, Inc., has as one of it's mission objectives the creation and maintenance of a library. This library is under the direction of a Librarian, who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the President.

Duties include:

• Planning and implementing the physical arrangement of the library within the Headquarters;
• Appointing such members as he sees fit to subsidiary roles within the library;
• Creating a Library Committee of these members, to include the President and Headquarters Staff as ex officio members;
• Establishing and maintaining cataloging software suitable to the needs of library staff and patrons;
• Establishing and maintaining a classification system suitable to the collection and the needs of the patrons;
• Cataloging the collection, to the extent practicable;
• Budgeting for library operations;
• Selecting items to add or remove from the collection, giving deference to recommendations of committees, study groups, and patrons;
• Soliciting donations of members' collections;
• Naming an Assistant Librarian (Library Committee Vice-Chairman) within his first year in office; and
• Such other activities as seem necessary to improve and maintain the library and its collection.

While it is desirable that the Librarian have a degree in either Library Science or Information Science, this is not a requirement. Those without a relevant degree may choose to style themselves "Library Director" or "Library Chairman" instead.

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