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Location: Newton Park, Bath Line Manager: Deputy Director (Electronic Services) Salary: £24,520 - £29,249 per annum Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week Ref: 12/12/1791 Closing date: 12 noon GMT, 2 January 2013 Interview date: 24 January 2013 **About us** Bath Spa University's vision is to be a leading educational institution in creativity, culture and enterprise. With innovative teaching and learning, focussed research excellence and state-of-the-art facilities, we put our students at the very centre of all we do. We offer you the best of everything. We're a modern, forward-thinking university based in a city steeped in heritage. We offer a tranquil working environment that's full of people with energy. And we combine a focus on transforming the lives of our students with a commitment to developing the careers of our staff. The Library team support teaching, learning and research throughout the University, in collaboration with staff and students. We provide information resources in a range of formats, environments that facilitate study and learning in a variety of ways, and support for the development of information literacy to enable students make the best use of learning resources. **About the role** Responsible for the day-to-day administration and maintenance of the University's electronic resources and management systems including the LMS, Symphony from SirsiDynix, you will be expected to manage EZproxy, OpenAthens and other authentication matters. You'll also assist in the development of the discovery service and the University's institutional repository, and improve access to all electronic resources. Contributing to strategic planning, policy development and objective setting for the Library Service, you'll establish and maintain effective working relationships across the University. A key function will be to contribute to promoting the Library's services through developing the LIS webpages, managing the Library's social media presence, and analysing statistics on usage of the electronic resources. **About you** We are ideally looking for a Chartered Librarian with a first degree or above in a Library and Information Science related discipline. You should have a minimum of two years' professional experience in a library and/or information environment, and have good technical knowledge of LMS functions, electronic information services and web-based technologies. With excellent customer service and ICT skills, you will be a strong communicator and have the ability to work on your own initiative or as part of team. A committed professional with an analytical approach to problem solving, you will also have a positive approach to change and development. For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Alison Baud, Director of Library and Information Services, on 01225 875634 or [log in to unmask] **How to apply** Further details and application forms are available the university website. Our jobs are like our courses: open to all Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/5083/