Eresources Advisor

Edinburgh Napier University; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

41 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Flexible working

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Edinburgh Napier University’s library seeks a curious and collaborative professional to enhance access to electronic resources and the user experience. The role covers operational duties and opportunities to influence service development across systems like Alma, Primo, EZproxy and SSO technologies.

The position is hybrid with 3 days on Merchiston Campus, offering remote collaboration options, strong cross-team partnerships and opportunities to shape digital library services across teaching,

Qualifications

• Experience working with library systems or electronic resources.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively with colleagues, suppliers and users.
• A self-motivated and proactive approach, with the ability to manage personal and service priorities.
• Curiosity and a genuine interest in improving systems and user experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the Library's electronic resources are discoverable, accessible and easy to use.
• Supporting users by investigating and resolving access and authentication issues.
• Working with suppliers and publishers to troubleshoot issues.
• Identifying opportunities to develop systems and platforms, including the library catalogue.
• Testing and implementing system improvements and enhancements to the user experience.

Skills

Library systems experience

Problem solving

Communication

Collaboration

Proactivity

Curiosity

Tools

Alma

Primo

EZproxy

Shibboleth

MARC

Job description

Help shape how library users discover and access electronic resources.

We’re looking for a curious and collaborative library professional, with a passion for enhancing the user experience of accessing electronic resources. You’ll have the opportunity to work across a range of library systems and platforms, helping to ensure our electronic collections are easy to find and access.

This role combines operational responsibility with opportunities to identify enhancements, influence service development, and bring colleagues together around shared expertise.

Hybrid working: 3 days a week on Merchiston Campus

What you'll be doing

• Ensuring the Library's electronic resources are discoverable, accessible and easy to use.
• Supporting users by investigating and resolving access and authentication issues.
• Working with suppliers and publishers to troubleshoot issues.
• Identifying opportunities to develop systems and platforms, including the library catalogue.
• Testing and implementing system improvements and enhancements to the user experience.

What we're looking for

• Experience working with library systems or electronic resources.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively with colleagues, suppliers and users.
• A self-motivated and proactive approach, with the ability to manage personal and service priorities.
• Curiosity and a genuine interest in improving systems and user experience.

Technical interests we'd love to see

We would particularly like to hear from candidates with knowledge of, interest in, understanding of, or exposure to some of the following areas:

• Library Management Systems, such as Alma.
• Discovery services, such as Primo.
• Other library systems, such as Leganto, BrowZine and LibKey.
• Authentication technologies, such as EZproxy, Shibboleth and Single Sign-On.
• Cataloguing standards, such as MARC.
• Testing, implementing and supporting library system enhancements.

What you'll gain

• The opportunity to develop expertise in library systems and electronic resource management.
• The opportunity to shape and improve the digital library experience.
• Collaboration with library professionals, IT specialists and suppliers.
• Experience working on services that directly support teaching, research and innovation.
• A collaborative, inclusive and supportive team environment.
• The opportunity to make a real impact across a leading university.

We offer 41 days annual leave (includes bank holidays), a generous pension scheme (17.6%), flexible working and professional development opportunities.

Additional Information:

Closing date for this role is 24th November. Interviews scheduled to take place, on campus, on Tuesday 8th December.

On this occasion, the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship or visa support for this role. International applicants will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.