Electronic Resources Librarian

About the role

The Electronic Resources Librarian negotiates licensing for and acquires library materials in all formats, with an emphasis on e-journals and databases. They lead the Libraries’ license team and provide leadership on licensing practices while liaising with vendors, consortia, and Collections and Research Engagement librarians.

The position develops and documents workflows, processes, and best practices to support e-resource lifecycles within an system-driven environment, and manages discovery and administrative metadata for e-resources, including creating, loading, updating, maintaining, and withdrawing records for e-resources.

They maintain close working relationships with content providers, vendors, and consortial partners in support of e-resource acquisitions and access. They are responsible for triaging and troubleshooting serials e-resource access problems. As part of the department’s management team, they participate in establishing and defining projects, priorities, and goals, and manage e-resource projects including developing workflows and training staff.

The position deeply considers how their approach to their daily work reflects and advances the Libraries’ Strategic Plan, creating an environment and community that is welcoming for both patrons and colleagues alike. They participate in library planning and serve on library-wide committees, task forces, and teams.

Librarians are expected to be active professionally and to contribute to developments in the field.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Libraries’ license team and provide leadership on licensing practices while liaising with vendors, consortia, and Collections and Research Engagement librarians.
• Develop and document workflows, processes, and best practices to support e-resource lifecycles within an system-driven environment, and manage discovery and administrative metadata for e-resources.
• Maintain close working relationships with content providers, vendors, and consortial partners in support of e-resource acquisitions and access.
• Triage and troubleshoot serials e-resource access problems.
• Participate in establishing and defining projects, priorities, and goals, and manage e-resource projects including developing workflows and training staff.
• Collaborate and work with colleagues across the Libraries to support acquisition, licensing, discovery, and use of e-resources.
• Contribute to departmental projects and teams.
• Participate in library planning and serve on library-wide committees, task forces, and teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education and Experience: ALA-accredited MLS, MIS, or equivalent advanced degree
• Other Required Qualifications: Knowledge of trends and practices in electronic resource management, understanding of current and emerging models, practices, and tools as they relate to library acquisitions, licensing, and metadata management, familiarity with library management systems supporting acquisitions and discovery functions, strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, ability to foster an environment of belonging and well-being, ability to communicate clearly and knowledgeably, ability to work independently, creatively, and collaboratively in a team environment, evidence of ability for ongoing professional development and contribution
• Preferred Qualifications: Familiarity with trends and practices in descriptive and administrative metadata for library resources, relevant library acquisitions and licensing experience, experience with or interest in tools and scripting languages to support data extraction, migration, manipulation, analysis, and reporting, project management experience, familiarity or experience with Alma