Technical Services Librarian

About the role

DACC, a responsive, accessible, comprehensive, learning-centered community college that provides education opportunities to a diverse community of learners, is inviting candidates to apply for the following vacant position.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and guidance over the cataloging and acquisitions for DACC Libraries.
• Work in a collaborative environment with up to 4 professional staff to obtain, process, and catalog both the physical and digital collections.
• Perform copy cataloging of library materials in accordance with established cataloging standards and procedures.
• Pull statistics from library databases for annual reports to NMSU Risk Management and national agencies.
• Provide training in technical services to staff at DACC and other NMSU branch libraries as needed.
• Assist with acquisitions, including receiving, verifying, and processing new material.
• Share oversight of the library's online catalog with other professional staff.
• Participate in collection development for assigned subject areas.
• Perform collection maintenance such as reviewing, updating, withdrawing, and replacing damaged materials.
• Manage and maintain library databases, electronic resources, and access information as assigned.
• Support online discovery of library resources via the ILS, including service configurations, integrations, migrations, upgrades, day-to-day management, maintenance, troubleshooting, and support.
• Teach 5–10% of library instruction classes per semester; create user guides, workshops, embed library content in LMS systems, and create instructional videos as needed.
• Assist with the planning, development, and establishment of digital archival collections.
• Serve on campus committees.
• Participate in continuing education and professional development activities.
• Provide research assistance in all areas at the reference desk and online; may include evening and weekend hours.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree plus 7 years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• ALA-accredited MLS/MLIS.
• Experience with SpringShare.
• Experience in reference and instruction services.
• Experience working with outside parties, such as materials vendors.
• Experience working with Alma/Primo.

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.

• No or very limited physical effort required.
• Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 10 pounds or some standing or walking.
• No or very limited exposure to physical risk.