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MLA Job Description Project

Project Objectives

Develop summary descriptions

Develop summary descriptions of responsibilities for existing jobs in medical libraries or information centers for comparison with other industries, including the nature of duties and expertise required to perform these jobs.

Rewrite these descriptions

Rewrite these descriptions using language devoid of library jargon and adhering to human resource or business literature directives for the development of job descriptions, including

  1. limiting job responsibilities to between six and ten;
  2. not including tasks or other supportive duties as responsibilities; and
  3. obtaining an objective assessment from a business or human resource professional to ensure language and descriptions are appropriate in terms of the nature and number of responsibilities and in terms of being generic and comparable in the information industry.
Provide the descriptions
Provide the descriptions to the MLA membership through access from MLANET and through a session at MLA '98.

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