Collection Development & Acquisitions Librarian

About the role

Working collaboratively with colleagues across all library departments, manages the assessment, selection and deselection, and licensing of digital and print resources by formulating, articulating, and managing policies and procedures to develop, shape, and balance the Library's collections to support learning, teaching, and research.

Responsibilities

• Manage collections assessment and development
  • Analyze institutional data, bibliographic data, usage statistics, interlibrary loan data, and other metrics
  • Utilize collection development and assessment tools, such as Greenglass, Gold Rush, etc.
  • Establish and monitor title selection plans, such as PDA (Patron Driven Acquisitions), DDA (Demand-Driven Acquisitions), etc.
  • Monitor pricing and usage of ejournal packages and databases
  • Respond to requests for information resources made by faculty, students, and staff
• Oversee collection management and acquisitions procedures and activities
  • Implement and utilize title selection and acquisition tools and software
  • Select and deselect information resources for the general collection, based on current and proposed academic curricula and discipline needs and practices
  • Manage and participate in the library's resource acquisitions workflow, including ordering and receiving items and processing invoices
  • Document and train others as needed in use of vendor and library systems to acquire or deselect information resources
  • Participate in shared print initiatives (e.g. EAST)
• Collaborate with library Research and Instruction team and other library colleagues regularly to ensure the WPI community is receiving an appropriate level of support for their academic work
  • Meet regularly to discuss the library resource needs of faculty, students, and other library users
  • Participate in gathering and analyzing community feedback from surveys, interviews, and focus groups
• Develop planning and budgetary recommendations for the library's collections
  • Allocate and expend the budget in the library management system
  • Monitor and ensure efficient expenditure of the budget in consultation with the University Librarian, Associate Library Director, and others
  • Negotiate pricing and licensing terms for library e-resources
  • In collaboration with the Associate Director, maintain working relationships with library vendors, publishers, and consortia to obtain the best possible pricing and terms of use
  • Administer digital licensing procedures and renewals in the library management system
  • Coordinate electronic resource trials
  • Monitor trends in the broader library resources community and scholarly publishing sphere
• Administer the Library's gift in kind program for materials
  • Identify and pursue potential gift opportunities
  • Select donations for the collection and send unwanted donations to appropriate vendors or organizations for resale, archiving, or recycling
  • Refer archival and special collections gift and donation offers to the University Archivist