Library Technician II - Acquisitions & E-Resources

Oberlin College Development; Oberlin, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Oberlin College Libraries invites applications for Library Technician II in the Terrell Library. This is a full time, 12-month, continuing Administrative Assistant role reporting to the Head of Acquisitions, Gifts, E-resources & Serials.

Responsibilities include renewing resources, verifying invoices, and maintaining e-resource access and usage data. The position emphasizes accuracy, workflow documentation, and collaboration with liaison librarians.

Qualifications

• College degree or equivalent library experience; typically gained with 1–2 years in library tasks under some supervision.
• Experience with electronic resources management and MARC bibliographic records is desirable.
• Ability to identify key information on both domestic and international invoices for payments.

Responsibilities

• Renews all existing continuing resources and verifies invoice payments; communicates with providers about adjustments.
• Ensures renewals occur on time and maintains access for on-campus and proxy users.
• Maintains e-resource knowledge base and discovery layer accuracy; analyzes usage data with liaisons.

Education

College degree or equivalent library experience

Job description

Library Technician II - Acquisitions & E-Resources

Please see Special Instructions for more details.

Note: Applicants chosen for interview will be contacted to take the following tests in the Human Resources Office: Keyboarding, Basic Word, Basic Excel and Proofreading testing. Candidates must pass all tests in order to be considered for an interview. This position is available to both internal Ocope members and external candidates, however, current members will have preference during the first 10-days.

Announcement Information

Job Summary

The Oberlin College Libraries invite applications for the position of Library Technician II in the Terrell Library. This is a full time, 12-month, continuing, Administrative Assistant position, reporting to the Head of Acquisitions, Gifts, E-resources & Serials.

Responsibilities

Incumbents independently perform limited and routine paraprofessional duties related to library acquisitions, electronic resources, and continuing resources.

Essential Job Functions

• Renews all existing continuing resources.
• Verifies payment of invoices and corresponds with providers related to invoice adjustments.
• Ensures that continuing resources renew on time.
• Regularly reviews missing print issues or volumes. Communicates with serials technician about claimed issues.
• Prepares cancellations for current subscriptions and communicates with providers regarding these transactions.
• Corresponds with vendors or publishers with questions or problems.
• Troubleshoots access problems and directs vendor questions to the appropriate staff for answers.
• Ensures that IP addresses are correctly listed with the providers and notifies them of changes. This enables on-campus access as well as access via the proxy server. It also ensures that usage statistics are retrieved.
• Assists with maintaining the e-resources knowledge base to ensure the timely activation and discoverability of newly renewals or added electronic resources, including Open Access resources.
• Assists with developing and documenting workflows, processes, and best practices to support the life cycle of e-resources.
• Maintains access points for e-resources in the library’s discovery layer and catalog to ensure accuracy and reliable access for the library’s users.
• Performs regular maintenance of electronic resources, including impacts from updated subscription packages.
• Collects e-resource usage reports from vendors and makes them available to liaisons.
• Assists liaison librarians with analyzing and evaluating usage of e-resources.

Required Qualifications

College degree or equivalent library experience. This knowledge and ability is typically gained through one to two years of experience in performing relevant responsibilities at the Library Technician I level with various degrees of supervision. This level requires the qualifications described at the Library Technician I level. A high degree of accuracy is required.

Desired Qualifications

Library experience, preferably with an integrated library system and/or electronic resources management platform; experience communicating with library vendors; experience working with MARC bibliographic records; ability to identify key information on both domestic and international invoices for payments.

The Pay Grade 5 Administrative Assistant position is to be filled at an hourly rate of $24.92 or at the appropriate transfer rate for internal candidates and includes an excellent benefits package.

Special Instructions to Applicants

Note: Applicants chosen for interview will be contacted to take the following tests in the Human Resources Office: Keyboarding, Basic Word, Basic Excel and Proofreading testing. Candidates must pass all tests in order to be considered for an interview. This position is available to both internal Ocope members and external candidates, however, current members will have preference during the first 10-days.

Documents Needed to Apply

Required Documents

• Cover Letter
• Resume
• List of References

Optional Documents

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Office of Human Resources

Oberlin College

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Oberlin OH 44074

http://new.oberlin.edu/office/human-resources/

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