Qualifications: Master's degree from an ALA-accredited program in library or
information science; three or more years experience in budgeting, collection
development, or acquisitions in an academic or public library; experience with
issues and practices involved in the acquisition and maintenance of electronic
collections; excellent oral, written communication and interpersonal skills;
supervisory experience; demonstrated aptitude in detail-oriented work,
including strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills;
demonstrated understanding of collection assessment methodologies and their
applications in academic libraries; demonstrated ability to effectively manage
multiple projects and priorities; proficiency with a link resolver, the
acquisitions module of a library management system, and spreadsheet programs.
A second master's degree in business administration is preferred.
Responsibilities: a tenure-track faculty position that reports to the Dean of
University Libraries and is responsible for ensuring the best possible access
and discovery experience for students, faculty, staff, and other members of
the university community. The successful candidate will: maintain a customer-
service orientation in the leadership of Technical Services activities and
initiatives; directly or indirectly supervise one library faculty member (with
oversight of Cataloging), two departmental staff coordinators, 8-10 library
staff members, and student workers; create and maintain the acquisitions
budget with transparency, facilitating all reports required by university
auditors, external accreditation teams, and other accountability bodies;
oversee staff activities and/or pilot projects related to the purchase of
print and online books, serials, videos, electronic collections, packages,
databases, etc.; negotiate product pricing and assist with the negotiation of
license terms; conduct, in conjunction with other library faculty/staff,
collection analysis and evaluation of all general library collections,
including electronic collections; oversee a liaison program to determine
collection needs for faculty and students; participate in consortia
opportunities, evaluate consortia purchases, and work collaboratively with
other universities on resource sharing; participate in state-wide, regional
and university level professional groups; maintain currency of knowledge in
library materials acquisition, cataloging, licensing, processing, mending, and
maintenance.
Please submit with online application: a letter of application; vita; names,
addresses, email and telephone numbers of three references.
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