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Knowledge of or ability to learn all the rules and tools of cataloging including RDA, LCSH, LCCS, SCM, Classification Web, Catalogers' Desktop, RDA Toolkit, and various serials cataloging tools such as CONSER Editing Guide and the CONSER Cataloging Manual.

Ability to perform subject analysis of resources.

Ability to proofread and revise work of self and others.

Ability to assign authoritative names and titles according to international standards.

Ability to read document numbers, such as SuDoc, CaDoc, UNDdoc, etc.

Knowledge of or ability to learn the MARC computer language.

Ability to use the OCLC online bibliographic database for cataloging, authority control, and searching.

Ability to use local ILS in various modes; knowledge of Millennium codes, tags, and operating systems.

Ability to distinguish between different cataloging formats, such as serials, books, maps, etc.

Ability to read, comprehend, and translate in at least one foreign language sufficient to do original cataloging in that language.

Ability to read, comprehend, and translate in several other foreign languages sufficient to be able to search and do copy cataloging of books in those languages.

Ability to read, comprehend, and translate in one or more of the following languages: Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Russian.

In the Heart of Inland Southern California, UC Riverside is located on nearly 1,200 acres near Box Springs Mountain in Southern California; the park-like campus provides convenient access to the vibrant and growing Inland region. The campus is a living laboratory for the exploration of issues critical to growing communities' air, water, energy, transportation, politics, the arts, history, and culture. UCR gives every student, faculty and staff member the resources to explore, engage, imagine and excel.

UC Riverside is recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse research universities in the country boasting several key rankings of which we are extremely proud.

• UC Riverside was included in the (August 2018) edition of The Princeton Review's "The Best 382 Colleges."


• Shanghai Jiao Tong University (August 2017) Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked UC Riverside among the top 151 institutions. This survey bills itself as "the most trustworthy precursor of global rankings of the world's top 500 universities."


• In 2016, UCR was recognized for graduation rate success by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) for achieving near parity across racial-ethnic, socio-economic, and gender boundaries.


• UCR ranks among the Top 15 Public Research Universities in the nation, as identified by the 2017 Washington Monthly.


• In 2017, two separate reports from the Education Trust celebrated UCR as a national leader for African American and Latino student success. UCR was one of just three schools to be named top-performing institutions in both reports and the only California campus recognized among 18 top-performing colleges and universities in the nation for high black student graduation rates.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

For information about our generous employee benefits package, visit: Employee Benefits Overview

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