Is there a way to advertise with the ARL Diversity Scholars (http://www.arl.org/diversity/)? You might try contacting Mark Puente to see if he can broadcast it to students in his programs. -cp -- Catherine H. Phan Digital Services and Metadata Librarian UW Digital Collections Center 431 Memorial Library 728 State St. Madison, WI 53706 608-262-2738 http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/ On 2013-04-03 5:26 PM, MAURER, MARGARET wrote: > I have the potential opportunity to create a resident librarian position in technical services. This would be a 2 year residency for a newly-minted MLS or MLIS interested in learning how to catalog maps. We can start with someone who has had a course in cataloging, and can even take someone who has no experience. (Imagine that - an opportunity to get that mythical 2 years of experience!) > > This a diversity position. To have this position approved we will agree to attract and hire an African-American, a Latino or a Native American cataloger. I am excited to be provided with an opportunity to diversify our profession. > > I'm stumped because I don't know how to go about attracting diversity students who will be graduating shortly (by the fall?). Is there a national distribution list for diversity library jobs? Do library schools communicate with each other regarding diversity positions? I am familiar with how technical services positions are communicated and will use those methods but I don't know how connected diversity library school students are to these discussion lists. > > This is all still in the nebulous planning stage - and of course I'm a cataloger so I'm all about the process of HOW I will do this. ;-) > > Thanks for any input. > > > Margaret Maurer > > > Editor, TechKNOW | Head, Catalog & Metadata | Associate Professor > Kent State University Libraries | 370 Library, P.O. Box 5190 | Kent, Ohio 44242-0001 > 330.672.1702 | [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> >