Digital Resources Librarian Position #219 Librarian/Information Services Professional Information Development & Management Information Services Division University of Southern California POSITION SUMMARY The University of Southern California is seeking an energetic, highly motivated Digital Resources Librarian. The successful candidate will join Information Development & Management with primary reporting relationship to the Project Manager, Collection Information Systems and secondary with the Director, Electronic Resources. Information Development & Management is the group whose responsibility it is to foster development of staff and projects related to the middle-space between the traditional library and IT organization. A key goal of this group is to develop a cadre of professionals who are comfortable working in this middle space and recognize the opportunities present when the talents of librarians, computer scientists and other information professionals are brought together to solve problems involved in information delivery and access. As part of this group, the successful candidate is responsible for building relationships with other professionals in order to create a climate in which innovative services and programs can be developed and flourish. The Digital Resources Librarian actively collaborates with other professionals at USC to develop services and programs related to its digital collections and to promote use of current and emerging technologies as applied in digital libraries within the university and profession. In order to foster a community of practice interested in digital libraries within the university, the incumbent will coordinate the activities of ISD’s Digital Library Roundtable, a group of faculty and information professionals who work with digital collections and meet monthly to discuss issues and emerging technologies. She/He will invite speakers and set the agenda for its meetings in collaboration with DIM staff and Roundtable members. Her/his core responsibilities will include serving on collection development councils as required to facilitate selection of electronic resources and other materials in digital format such as digital collections created by university faculty, staff and partner institutions; and prioritizing new digital archives for creation and/or migration to the Web. She/He will coordinate the evaluation of resource overlap among aggregators in collaboration with selectors; manage licenses and intellectual property rights of digital resources; gather and analyze usage statistics; and work with the appropriate departments to see that electronic resource information is current. A major responsibility of this position will be evaluating policies and procedures related to the selection of electronic resources and digital archives and the maintenance of the Electronic Resources Database. She/He will make recommendations on process improvements and work with the appropriate departments to implement changes and coordinate migration of the current Electronic Resources Database to the Collection Information System (CIS) currently under implementation. Another key responsibility will be serving as program manager for the CIS. In this role, she/he will coordinate the programmatic needs of the CIS with teaching faculty, ISD personnel, and external partners including outreach and investigation of new collection options and system enhancements. Working with appropriate departments, especially the library systems group which is responsible for the CIS’s technical infrastructure, the Digital Resources Librarian will prioritize collections and enhancements for their inclusion in the system; create proposals and budgets for system enhancements and collection creation; negotiate for the resources needed to complete this work; coordinate training of contributors; publicize acquisition of new collections and new system features. THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Founded in 1879, USC is an international center of learning, enrolling more than 30,000 FTE undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on the University Park and the Health Sciences campuses and offering degrees through its College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Graduate School and 16 professional schools. It ranks in the top 10 among private research universities in the United States in federally funded research and in voluntary support. USC is one of only four private research universities in the western United States elected to membership in the Association of American Universities, a group that represents the top one percent of the nation’s accredited universities and which accounts for nearly two-thirds of all federally sponsored research. INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION The University Libraries are an integral part of USC’s Information Services Division (ISD), a unified organization with the explicit goal of providing highest quality and fully integrated computer, telephone, and research services. To accomplish its goal, the ISD is structured into three primary components: Resources and Services (which includes Information Development & Management), Infrastructure Core, and the Center for Scholarly Technology, with central support units in Administrative Services, Operations, and Advancement. USC’s libraries house, in Doheny Memorial Library, Leavey Library, and twelve specialized subject libraries, collections of more than three million volumes, over 5,000,000 microforms, 3,000,000 photographs, nearly 44,000 linear feet of manuscripts and archives, and subscribe to over 120 electronic databases and more than 14,000 journals in print and electronic formats. Annually, reference transactions number close to 50,000 and approximately 1,100 instructional presentations are made to 16,000 participants. USC is a member of the Association of Research Libraries, the Center for Research Libraries, the Digital Library Federation, the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium and the Greater Western Library Alliance. Additional information about the University of Southern California and the Information Services Division can be obtained at http://www.usc.edu and at http://www.usc.edu/isd. EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to meeting the needs of the University’s scholarly community; a strong customer service orientation; an ability to interact effectively with students, faculty, and staff from diverse cultural backgrounds; an ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic, changing environment; and a willingness to take risks in approaching solutions. Required: Graduate degree in library science from an ALA-accredited institution or equivalent combination of relevant advanced degree and academic research library experience; enthusiasm for working with technology; knowledge of emerging information technologies such as XML and their application in a research library environment; experience in managing digital libraries and electronic resources and developing digital collections; knowledge of intellectual property and licensing issues as related to electronic resources and digital archives; familiarity with standards applicable in digital libraries such as Dublin Core, EAD and METS; experience collaborating with librarians and a variety of information technology professionals on complex projects; ability to work effectively as part of a team; and excellent oral and written communication skills. Desirable: Knowledge of scholarly publishing environment. Experience in systems administration, analysis and/or management. Experience in leading projects in an academic environment; experience collaborating with librarians and other information technology professionals on complex projects. Experience in specialized collection development with electronic resources. APPOINTMENT RANK/SALARY Librarian II or Librarian III ($45,000-$60,000); appointment rank and salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. Librarians at USC have faculty status, with the option for appointment on either the Continuing Appointment track or the renewable Contract Status track. Appointment to the Continuing Appointment track requires the potential to meet the University’s requirements for the granting of continuing appointment, which requires demonstrated excellence in librarianship, substantive and continuing contributions to the profession, and university and community service. Appointment to the renewable Contract Status track requires the potential to demonstrate excellence in librarianship and effectiveness in meeting contract standards and provisions. BENEFITS The position is full-time on a 12-month contract. Benefits include a choice of university sponsored retirement programs, 22 paid vacation days per year, a choice of medical and dental plans, and tuition assistance. APPLICATION PROCEDURE Candidates should submit a letter of application, resume, and six (6) references including their email addresses and other contact information to: Nannette Edelman, ([log in to unmask]) Coordinator Search Committee ATTN: # 219 Information Services Division University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA90089-0182 Review of candidates will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Because this is a faculty appointment, candidates eligible for appointment to Librarian III may be asked to provide three additional references to Nannette Edelman, Coordinator, Search Committee. Review of applications will begin mid-November 2003 and continue until the position if filled. For more information about this position please contact Deborah Holmes-Wong, Chair, Digital Resources Librarian, Search Committee at [log in to unmask] USC is an EO/AA employer. Rev. 10/9/03