Assistant Library Director for Collection Services

Association of Research Libraries; Job; Sur place; EUR 82 000 - 112 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The University of Miami invites applications for the Assistant Library Director for Collection Services. This leader will supervise Cataloging, Metadata, Serials, and Electronic Resources management to support teaching and research.

Responsibilities include optimizing collection development, overseeing acquisitions and budgets, and guiding special collections while collaborating with staff and other libraries.

Qualifications

• Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Responsabilités

• Supervises Collection Services librarians and staff to ensure the effective organization of departmental workflows.
• Quality control of bibliographic databases, including Ex Libris/ALMA, the repository, and OCLC databases.
• Manages day-to-day acquisition activities: planning, ordering, licensing, invoicing, receiving, and budgeting for electronic, print, and other resources.
• Provides leadership and coordination for developing a holistic collection development strategy to support teaching and research interests.
• Performs collection assessments, reports, and other metrics on the collections.
• Works to cultivate Special Collections and maintains current records.
• Keeps current with collection services trends via professional development and relationships with peers; advises on information resources.
• Participates in reference and instructional services

Description du poste

Assistant Library Director for Collection Services

University of Miami

The Librarian Assistant Professor; Assistant Library Director for Collection Services plans, organizes, and supervises the services and activities in the department, including cataloging, metadata, serials, database and electronic resource management, preservation, processing, acquisitions, and collection development. This person also supervises the related staff and manages the successful operation of the department.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervises Collection Services librarians and staff to ensure the effective organization of departmental workflows.


• Is responsible for quality control of bibliographic databases, including the integrated library system (Ex Libris/ALMA), the institutional repository, and OCLC databases.


• Manages and supervises the day-to-day activities of the acquisition department which include planning, ordering, licensing, invoicing, receiving, record maintenance, and budgeting for electronic, print, and other resources


• Provides leadership and coordination for developing a holistic collection development strategy to support the school’s teaching and research interests


• Performs collection assessments, reports, and other metrics on the collections


• Works to cultivate collections of special interest and engages inplanning, and record maintenance of current Special Collections


• Maintains a current awareness of issues and trends related to all aspects of collection services by participating in professional development activities; develops professional relationships with counterparts in other institutions, both on and off the law school campus. The person in this position also stays current with developments and provides expert advice to the library on information resources.


• Qualified individuals may also participate in reference and instructional services

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