Serials & Electronic Resources Manager/Librarian III

Responsibilities

• Manage Electronic Resources Access, Licensing, and Vendor Relations.
  • Provides assessment, title selection, purchasing, and licensing of digital and print resources to support learning, teaching, and research.
  • Communicates with vendors, including but not limited to price and license negotiation, renewals, cancellations, and troubleshooting regarding the library's print and electronic subscriptions.
  • Evaluate and select electronic resources based on user needs, usage statistics, and cost-effectiveness.
  • Analyze data and generate reports as needed.
  • Work with librarians and faculty to improve support of academic curricula and programs.
  • Maintain knowledge of current and emerging trends in acquisitions and electronic resources/tools for assessing periodical services and recommends policy and procedure changes as they relate to the library and its functions.
• Oversees all operations of the Serials and E-Resources Department, both print and electronic.
  • Maintains electronic Resources metadata in the library catalog, Open URL link resolver, A-Z resources list, and the online electronic management system (ERM).
  • Organizes the remote storage of periodicals, including integrating gifts and older periodicals as needed, including the bindery process.
  • Oversees off-site circulation and maintenance.
  • Supervises, trains, and evaluates the work of all library staff assigned to the department.
• Professional Librarian: Serve the community using expertise in reference, instruction, liaison, and professional duties.
  • Reference:
    • Provide reference services through various communication methods to on-campus and off-campus students and faculty and keep accurate counts.
    • Develops and delivers necessary training for traditional and new reference services.
    • Staff Reference services as assigned.
    • Provide point-of-use instruction and assistance to individuals or groups as needed.
  • Instruction:
    • Actively solicit, create and teach library instruction to support the university’s curriculum and students in both traditional and online formats.
    • Prepare instructional materials for classes and other groups as needed including but not limited to videos, LibGuides, pathfinders, and programming.
  • Liaison:
    • Serve as liaison to one or more academic departments, working with faculty to meet their information needs and the needs of their students.
    • Work with assigned departments and co-workers to enhance the library’s collections and act as a point of contact for services.
  • Professional:
    • Recommends policy and procedure changes as it deals with the library, instruction, reference, liaising, and services.
    • Actively develop and implement ideas for the promotion of the library to the university community including but not limited to programs, activities, and services.
    • Work within teams and departments to recommend and assess new programs, policies, procedures, and services.
    • Affords assistance in covering library service points as needed.
    • Attends professional meetings and remains abreast of relevant current developments in the field.

Qualifications

• ALA-accredited Master’s degree in library or information science or international equivalent required.
• Four years of related experience in an academic library setting.