Welcome to the all online environment! The Library has many ways to provide research assistance and other help during the emergency and there are some things you should know:
THE BAD NEWS
The library building is closed, no one allowed in or out, including the atrium and RLC. This means no books, reserves, media, laptops, or DML equipment is available for check-out, and USMAI borrowing and Interlibrary Loan are not operating.
THE GOOD NEWS
For information about library services currently available please see https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/91400.
We request that you hold on to all Library materials for the time being. Fines and fees for currently checked-out material are suspended for the duration. Automatic messages may still go out, so if you are worried about an item being overdue, email the Circulation Department at circlib-group@umbc.edu.
Reference staff are available in chat from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Look for the “Ask a Librarian” box at the edges of the library homepage. Questions asked before or after chat hours will be answered by email.
Online research appointments are available and can be scheduled on the Library webpage: Research Help > Make an Online Appointment.
NOTE: New information is available about Library & Gallery services for the fall. See the latest post: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/94348
In accordance with the campus holiday closure, the Library's virtual services will be closed on Friday, July 3.
For the health and safety of the UMBC community, the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery building, including the atrium and Retriever Learning Center, will be closed until further notice. For updates on reopening, please consult UMBC’s website: https://covid19.umbc.edu/ or the Library website, https://library.umbc.edu/.
Overdue fines WILL NOT accrue during this period while the physical campus is closed.
Curbside Returns: You may drop off materials on campus without physical contact. Click here for a campus map with drop off locations. To avoid damage, please DO NOT put equipment or laptops in these bins. Do not leave items outside of the library.
We are available to assist you with your research during this time! You may schedule an online appointment with a reference librarian on our website: https://library.umbc.edu/makearesearchappt.
Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., click “Ask a Librarian” to chat with a reference librarian online at https://library.umbc.edu/researchhelp.
If a librarian is not available to chat, send us a message and we will respond by email as soon as we can. You may email a reference librarian directly by visiting https://library.umbc.edu/email.php.
Special Collections staff are available to assist researchers by email at speccoll@umbc.edu.
Our electronic resources are always available at https://library.umbc.edu/finddatabases.
Looking for media? Check out this guide to help you locate streaming versions for your class: https//lib.guides,umbc.edu/streaming.
Many library vendors are making select online licensed content available for free or modified terms during the COVID-19 outbreak: https://tinyurl.com/vendorsupportedaccess and https://bit.ly/vendor_access.
The Internet Archive has also made available the National Emergency Library, "a collection of books that supports emergency remote teaching, research activities, independent scholarship, and intellectual stimulation while universities, schools, training centers, and libraries are closed."
Interlibrary Loan is operating at a reduced level, but may be able to provide article or chapter scans from our databases and e-journals, as well as from databases and e-journals from our resource sharing partners. Although we are not able to scan items from UMBC's print collections, we may be able to locate them for you online or from a vendor. Complete a request form on our website, https://umbc.illiad.oclc.org/illiad/logon.html, or contact us at illcm@umbc.edu.
At this time, we are not able to provide access to physical course reserve items or book or media items on hold. Please monitor the Library's web page for updates on these services.
If you have other questions, please contact us at aok@umbc.edu.
]]>For requests to digitize course readings, please obtain the name and number of the course and share the digital copy with the Reserves staff (reserves-group@umbc.edu).
For inquiries regarding due dates and fines, nothing will become due from Sunday March 15th through Sunday March 22nd. All USM libraries will be lenient with fines if campuses close post March 22nd. Note that some short-term loan items may become due whenever the owning library is open. Patrons do need to be mindful of honoring such due dates – i.e. course reserves, and media items and equipment.
Under general supervision, the incumbent performs moderately complex accounting clerical or bookkeeping tasks to support accounts payable/receivable and auditing function. Post journal entries, process payments, and verifies accuracy of data.
Specific duties include: inputting data, records and verifies details of financial transactions in ledgers and automated systems; review and process financial documents such as invoices and receipts; purchase of all supply request and receiving of Goods and Services for the Library; inputting and retrieving financial transactions into a shadow system (QuickBooks) for monthly reconciliation and other reports; retrieve and process order from the Accounting and Receiving RT system; back up to the Accounting Associate with picking up paychecks and writing receipts for departments with the Library; and perform other duties as assigned, including serving as back for other staff in the department.
Required Minimum Qualifications:
For best consideration, along with your application please submit a cover letter, resume and contact name and information for three professional references.
Closing Date:
January 1, 2020
Type:
Regular
FLSA Status:
Nonexempt
Salary:
Pay Range 6 (starting at $32,200) based on the University System of Maryland Pay Program
Hours:
This is a Full Time position. Work schedule is Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm
Benefits:
UMBC offers a benefits package for regular and grant-funded regular employees including generous leave, excellent health, life, and disability insurance, retirement plans, tuition remission, on-site preschool, and numerous professional development and wellness opportunities. Contingent II positions may include some benefits. To learn more about our benefits click here.
UMBC is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications from women, minority
group members, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged
to apply.
If you require a reasonable
accommodation for a disability for any part of the employment process,
please contact the Human Resources Department at 410-455-2337 or MD TTY
Relay Service 1-800-735-2258 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
As required by the 1986
Immigration Act, be prepared to present acceptable documentation upon
hire showing your identity and that you are a U.S. citizen or an alien
who is authorized to work.
Working in the Library Technical Services Bibliographic and Metadata Services Unit, perform database maintenance for Library collections in several databases for materials including but not limited to serials, monographs, and nonprint materials.
Specific duties include: weeding and transferring materials; creation/editing of holdings statements; working with system reports which entails problem solving, reviewing of regular reports, responding to requests for assistance, and coordinating work with other departments; performing copy cataloging in several databases including Aleph, ContentDM, and OCLC for a variety of materials; creating non-MARC metadata descriptions of a variety of materials and; performing other duties as assigned.
Required Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree and one year of library experience directly related to the primary duties of the position.
Preferred Qualifications:
When submitting your application, please upload a cover letter, a resume or curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information for three professional references.
Salary:
Pay Range 10 (starting at $39,732) based on the University System of Maryland Pay Program
Hours: Full-time, Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Closing Date:
January 1, 2020
Type:
Regular
FLSA Status:
Nonexempt
UMBC is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications from women, minority
group members, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged
to apply.
If you require a reasonable
accommodation for a disability for any part of the employment process,
please contact the Human Resources Department at 410-455-2337 or MD TTY
Relay Service 1-800-735-2258 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
As required by the 1986
Immigration Act, be prepared to present acceptable documentation upon
hire showing your identity and that you are a U.S. citizen or an alien
who is authorized to work.
Position is a 12-month library faculty appointment at anticipated rank of Librarian II. Minimum salary: $65,000, comprehensive benefits.
The successful candidate will be expected to meet library and university requirements for reappointment, promotion, and permanent status, as outlined in part 6.6 of the Faculty Handbook - http://provost.umbc.edu/faculty-handbook/.
Hours:
This is a full time (40 hrs/wk) position, Monday to Friday.
UMBC is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications from women, minority
group members, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged
to apply.
As required by the 1986
Immigration Act, be prepared to present acceptable documentation upon
hire showing your identity and that you are a U.S. citizen or an alien
who is authorized to work.
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This online exhibit accompanies an exhibition presented at UMBC’s Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery from August 28–December 18, 2019. The exhibition represents the first retrospective of the artist’s career in over thirty years.
Created between 1962 and 2006, the works reproduced online are drawn entirely from the Robert W. Fichter Archive at UMBC. The selection highlights the artist’s experimental approach to examining the human condition. Employing shifting moods and mediums as well as wit, humor, and satire, Fichter delivers trenchant critiques of war, nuclear proliferation, and environmental disaster. Firmly rooting his expressive compositions in a strong sense of place—the surreal landscapes of his native Florida—he presents a singular vision of humanity on the brink.
The exhibition Experimentalist: The Art of Robert Fichter was curated by Tom Beck, Curator Emeritus. The presentation at the Library Gallery was organized by Beth Saunders, Curator and Head of Special Collections.
Online exhibit by Grace Ferguson.
Texts by Tom Beck and Beth Saunders with Grace Ferguson.
To view the exhibition in person, visit the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery, on the first floor of the Library. Open 10-4:30 M-W; 10-8 Th, and 12-5 Saturday & Sunday. Please join us on Tuesday, September 24, at 5:00 p.m. for the public program, The Art of Robert W. Fichter: Talks by Eileen Cowin, Adam Straus, and Tom Beck. Reception to follow presentations. Robert W. Fichter books available for sale during reception.
See more online exhibits here
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