CUL search committees should review the following information:
PROCESS SUMMARY: CUL Recruitment Info for Hiring Managers, Search Committees and Chairs
Checklist for supervisors and search committee chairs.
BEFORE POSTING
- CUL Policy on Filling Vacancies (policy 6.6.1)
- CUL Position Justification Form
- CUL Procedure 13 - academic appointment of Librarians
- CUL Procedure 39 - search procedures for academic appointments
- CUL Search Committee Training - All search committee members should view the Unconscious Bias video on Lynda.com early in the search process - preferably before reviewing applications. It is approximately 24 minutes long. Log in with your Cornell netid and password.
- Identify search committee members
- Search committee meets with Library HR recruiter to review SPD and position announcement, as well as reviewing information about how to conduct a search.
SCREENING/INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES
- Generic Candidate Evaluation Tool - modify with required and preferred qualifications to fit each search
- Skills for Success Interview Questions (recommended)
- Leadership Skills for Success Interview Questions (recommended)
- Interview Tips
- Lawful and Unlawful Employment Inquiries
CHECKING REFERENCES
- Sample reference checking questions - 1
- Sample reference checking questions - 2
- Employment verification (Background check if applicable)
MAKING THE OFFER
- Selection and Non-Selection Report - This completed form must be provided to Library HR PRIOR to a verbal offer being made.
ACTIVE CUL SEARCHES
Status = Accepting applications → Reviewing applications → Interviewing → Offer Accepted (start date: <<DATE>>)
Department | Position Title / Band | Search Chair | Requisition | Posting Date | Status |
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Associate University Librarian - Academic | Gerald Beasley | WDR-00020910 | 10/07/2019 | Accepting applications | |
Law Library | Circulation & Repository Associate / PSA III, Band C | Daniel Blackaby | WDR-00020679 | 09/18/2019 | Accepting applications |
Mann Library | Mann Library Administrative Coordinator / Administrative Asst. V, Band E (INTERNAL POSTING) | Mary Ochs | WDR-00020597 | 09/10/2019 | Reviewing applications |
LTS | Metadata Operations Librarian - Academic | Jenn Colt | WDR-00020377 | 08/21/2019 | Reviewing applications & continuing to accept applications |
CUL-IT | User Experience Developer / User interface/Exp Spec III, Band F, 1-year term | Mary Beth Martini-Lyons | WDR-00020159 | 08/02/2019 | Accepting applications |
LTS | Jewish Institutional Ledgers Descriptive Project Cataloger - Academic, 11-month appointment | Patrick Stevens | WDR-00020002 | 08/01/2019 | Interviewing |
Research and Learning Services | Reference Assistant / Public Services Assistant IV, Band D | Rob Kotaska | WDR-00020090 | 07/29/2019 | Interviewing |
Cornell University Press Director / Dir Univ Press, Band I | Gerald Beasley | WDR-00019901 | 07/15/2019 | Interviewing | |
RMC | Archivist for Arrangement and Description - Academic | Katerina Dimitriadou-Shuster | WDR-00019252 | 06/04/2019 | Search closed without hire |
Research and Learning Services | Research Services Lead, Olin & Uris Libraries - Academic | Susette Newberry | WDR-00018547 | 04/11/2019 | Offer Accepted (start date 1/7/2020) |
RMC | Project Archivist, Dr. Joyce Brothers Papers - Academic, 18-month appointment | Anne Sauer | WDR-00019251 | 06/04/2019 | Offer Accepted (start date: 11/16/2019) |
LTS | Electronic Resources Librarian - Academic | Peter McCracken | WDR-00019438 | 06/13/2019 | Offer Accepted (start date: 11/04/2019) |
ILR Catherwood Library | ILR Research and Data Librarian - Academic | Aliqae Geraci | WDR-00019064 | 05/17/2019 | Offer Accepted (start date 10/16/2019) |
University Press | Publicity Manager / Communication Spec II, Band E | Martyn Beeny | WDR-00018903 | 05/09/2019 | No Hire |