Advanced Library Acquisitions & Cataloging Specialist

North Carolina State University; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision

Flexible Spending Account

Retirement Programs

Disability Plans

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off and Other Leave Programs

12 Holidays Each Year

Tuition and Academic Assistance

Job summary

North Carolina State University Libraries in Raleigh, NC seek an University Library Technician-Advanced to support monographic acquisitions and management within the Acquisitions & Discovery department.

Responsibilities include cataloging, data maintenance across ILS and ERM, complex ordering, and vendor coordination. The role emphasizes accuracy, collaboration, and process improvement in a fast-paced library setting.

Qualifications

• Experience with academic-library acquisitions or cataloging practices
• Demonstrated ability to learn new tools, techniques, and skills in order to locate, analyze, and interpret data in complex online systems
• Ability to foster an environment of belonging and well-being
• Ability to work creatively and collaboratively in a team environment and establish and maintain good working relationships across the library, the university, and with vendors and other stakeholders
• Excellent organizational and time-management abilities, with strong attention to detail and the capacity to prioritize, problem-solve, and exercise sound judgment in a high-volume, fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• The University Library Technician applies technical, metadata, and data skills to support the increasingly complex responsibilities of monographic acquisitions and management for the Monographs Unit as well as the Acquisitions & Discovery department and the Libraries as a whole.
• This position creates and maintains bibliographic, item, financial (purchase order, invoice, Pcard receipts), technical, and online data in the library's integrated library system (ILS), university financial system, electronic resource management system (ERM), and related knowledge bases and vendor systems.
• This position handles complex ordering and receiving tasks and provides support for other Unit staff in these areas.
• They perform copy, complex copy and original cataloging for monographic resources in all formats and languages.
• They participate in complex electronic resource package work for the Libraries, including title list reconciliation processes, data quality control, cleaning and standardization, vendor and agent communication, knowledge base work, ERM data entry, and ILS work.
• The position participates in receiving and resolving cataloging concerns and questions across the Libraries, as well as electronic resource access troubleshooting and problem resolution utilizing a ticketing system and communicating with stakeholders.
• The position participates in creating, editing, updating and maintaining workflow documentation.
• This position provides daily monitoring and troubleshooting of all monographic ordering streams.
• They manage both manual and automated vendor invoice and order record loads, troubleshoots file load errors, and performs invoice and vendor account reconciliation.
• They participate in short and long term projects undertaken by the Monographs Unit and the Department, and they serve on cross-departmental teams.

Skills

Acquisitions or cataloging experience

Data analysis in complex systems

Belonging and well-being advocacy

Team collaboration with stakeholders

Organizational & time-management

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Integrated Library System (ILS)

Electronic Resource Management (ERM)

Job description

North Carolina State University Libraries in Raleigh, NC seek an University Library Technician-Advanced to support monographic acquisitions and management within the Acquisitions & Discovery department.

Responsibilities include cataloging, data maintenance across ILS and ERM, complex ordering, and vendor coordination. The role emphasizes accuracy, collaboration, and process improvement in a fast-paced library setting.