Director of Collection Strategies & Analytics

UCLA Library; Los Angeles (CA); Vor Ort; USD 79.000 - 154.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The UCLA Library seeks a collaborative and highly analytical librarian with extensive experience in collection development and management to lead our Collection Strategies department.

Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Digital Strategies and Collections Services, the incumbent will lead a team of librarians (3.5 FTE) in the development of a holistic collecting philosophy and strategies for carrying it out.

Aufgaben

• Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Digital Strategies and Collections Services, the incumbent is responsible for:
• Strategic and Collaborative Collections Analysis, Development, Management
• 1. Collaborate with multiple departments to develop and carry out policies and procedures that foster a culture of habitual assessment and improvement and ensure decisions about collections are documented, measurable, and rigorously data-informed.
• 2. Implement strategies for collections development that align with the University's teaching and research objectives.
• 3. Collaborate with multiple collecting units to develop a holistic collecting philosophy that encompasses materials in all formats (e.g. print, electronic, audio/visual), all acquisition types (e.g. purchased, licensed, open access) and all access methods (e.g. circulating, online, restricted (i.e. rare and archival)).
• 4. Advises the Licensing & E-Resources Acquisitions unit in their evaluations and negotiations of the terms within publishers' licensing agreements.
• 5. Collaborates with multiple departments to assess the needs and constraints of collections in all formats and locations and develop strategic solutions for effective collection management (including relocation, retention, and deduplication).
• 6. Advise Library leadership engaged in space planning to ensure proper stewardship of physical collections.
• 7. Communicate consistently and effectively with Library and campus stakeholders regarding changes to the Library's collections.
• 8. Lead and coordinate formal and informal collections-related working groups, committees, and projects.
• 9. Lead the Library's participation in shared collection development activities within the UC system and other consortia.
• 10. Maintain in-depth knowledge of trends in academic publishing and scholarly communication and emerging solutions in collection development and management.

Jobbeschreibung

The UCLA Library seeks a collaborative and highly analytical librarian with extensive experience in collection development and management to lead our Collection Strategies department.

Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Digital Strategies and Collections Services, the incumbent will lead a team of librarians (3.5 FTE) in the development of a holistic collecting philosophy and strategies for carrying it out.