COORDINATOR OF TECHNICAL SERVICES
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT
Full-time, tenure-track library faculty
position available August 2007. Nine-month contract and highly competitive
salary (with possible summer employment). Instructor/Assistant Professor rank
depending on qualifications. Coordinate the Library’s technical services
operations and staffing including acquisitions, serials management, cataloging,
and metadata services. Collaborate in the management of the technical services
aspects of Government Documents and Special
Collections. Establish policies, procedures, and priorities for operations
within the technical services unit in consultation with unit faculty and
staff. Oversee the operation of technical services systems, services, and data
management activities crucial to the support of the library’s
programmatic goals. Serve as the technical services unit’s expert with
regard to integrated library system and ancillary system operations. Set goals
and develop procedures designed to facilitate the prompt and cost-effective
procurement of online and print resources for all Library collections. Monitor
day-to-day expenditure of the acquisition budget and develop mechanisms for
reporting budget information to relevant individuals within and beyond the
library. Monitor the performance of external content providers. Coordinate
support for the acquisition, processing and maintenance of subscriptions to
online and print materials. Monitor trends in library services, technologies,
and operations and analyze resource management workflows and technologies in light
of these trends, implementing those designed to streamline processes and
improve service outcomes for the University community. Supervise personnel and
processes involved in resource acquisition and in serials and online resource
management. Work collaboratively with the Catalog Librarian to supervise
personnel and processes involved in cataloging activities and metadata
services. Provide reference service at the main reference desk during assigned
evenings and weekends and participate in collection development and departmental
liaison activities. Serve as an academic advisor to University students. Share
in University/Library Department governance through participation and/or
service on University-wide or Library Department committees. To be granted
tenure the incumbent must be enrolled in and have made significant progress
towards a second graduate degree, which must be at minimum a masters degree
program, though a doctoral program is preferred.
Required: American Library Association
accredited master’s degree. Minimum of four years professional
experience managing a library unit responsible for acquisitions, serials and/or
electronic resources management. Substantial experience with electronic
information resources, technologies, and services. Strong commitment to, and
knowledge of, current trends and issues in technical services management.
Minimum of four years experience supervising library staff. Excellent
analytical, interpersonal and communication skills. Minimum of four years
professional experience in an academic library. Demonstrated experience in
identifying and implementing new software programs, practices, and procedures.
Evidence of commitment to scholarly growth. Successful campus interview and
teaching demonstration.
Preferred: Second
master’s degree or doctorate in a relevant field. Professional
experience as a team member in a unit responsible for managing technical
services functions beyond acquisitions and serials. Detailed knowledge of the
Voyager integrated library system or a database/budgeting system of equivalent
scope, complexity, and functionality. Experience in fund allocation and
management. Experience in providing reference service. Knowledge of, and
experience in, cataloging library materials.
Full consideration will be given to
applications received by
Coordinator
of Technical Services/LS1106
Ganser
Library
An
EO/AA Institution