Follett School Solutions - MCHENRY, IL (Greater Chicago Area)
The Senior Librarian manages and administers a state library program through planning, implementation, and coordination with other library programs and public or school libraries, agencies, or states; and provides consultative services to other libraries in the areas of development and operations to ensure the effective delivery of library services and the accomplishment of the goals and objectives of the program.
This position serves as the federally mandated State Data Coordinator to ensure collection and submission of required annual statistical data from all public and school libraries in the state. Duties include:
APPLICANTS MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENT TO BE CONSIDERED.
Requirement: Applicants must include curriculum vitae, transcripts, and cover letter.
Master's or bachelor's degree in Library and Information Management or Library Science. At least two years experience as a practicing librarian is preferred.
Knowledge of:
Skill to:
Ability to:
VETERANS' PREFERENCE ELIGIBLE
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Digital Librarian for E-Commerce Publishing Company
Note: Cognella is also seeking to build a small pool of Reference Librarians for special consulting projects working with university faculty. Please apply and mention whether you have any interest in a part-time, project-based consulting role.
We are immediately seeking an exceptional individual to fill a critical Digital Librarian role on our team.
The ideal candidate possesses a natural talent for organizing information, the tenacity required for academic reference, and the ability and enthusiasm to independently improve the experience in our digital library. This is an amazing opportunity for someone who is looking to grow in their career and make a role their own. In this position, you will own all aspects of the our company’s Digital Library (http://www.universityreaders.com/library), including content import and metadata management, virtual reference services, project management and publisher communication, improvements to the professor experience, and collaborating closely with technology, sales, and marketing teams to promote and enhance the use of the library by our professor clients.
We’re working on some exciting, transformative projects this year that will both revolutionize the academic publishing space and save students money. So, if you have a “fire-in-your-belly” to innovate and have always wanted to be part of a tight entrepreneurial team, this might be your chance. There’s room to grow and blossom in this position.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Growing the Digital Library: prepare and coordinate the import of book chapters, journal articles, and business cases into the Digital Library, including metadata preparation, selection extraction, and digital inventory management
• Reference Service: recommend high quality, relevant readings to professors who require librarian expertise; provide one-on-one instructional assistance to users
• Project Management: coordinate multiple ongoing collection projects across several teams; accurately plan and communicate milestones to technology, marketing, and acquisitions
• User Experience Management: collaborate with the technology group to identify improvements to various library features and functions, including search and navigation, discoverability, previewing materials, and reading lists
QUALIFICATIONS
• MLS/MLIS from an ALA-accredited program; expertise in digital libraries, information architecture, or library systems preferred
• 3+ years experience in a library or information management role
• Experience delivering reference services to a wide variety of patrons
• Incredible organizational habits; highly-polished writing and speaking skills; marketing savvy; ability to use and manipulate data to glean insights into content use and information trends
• Thorough understanding of metadata standards such as Dublin Core, EAD, MODS, METS or ONIX
• Extremely strong Excel and Acrobat skills--you live and breathe for new macros and automation tricks to increase efficiency
• Comfortable using tools like text editors and command line interfaces to manipulate files, and occasionally edit scripts and XML records
• Experience with digital library systems (ContentDM, Greenstone, DSpace, etc.), and/or enterprise document management systems (Nuxeo, Alfresco, Sharepoint, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to calculate costs and time investment on a variety of short to medium-term projects
Cognella offers all of our team members a stimulating and entrepreneurial work environment in Sorrento Valley, great colleagues, and the opportunity to shape their position. If you've ever wanted to be part of a growing entrepreneurial business, this is your chance to really make a difference.
Reports to: Senior Marketing Manager
Status: Full-Time, Exempt
Start Date: Immediate
Location: This position is based out of our corporate office located in the Sorrento Valley area of San Diego, California. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
Compensation: Competitive salary and stock options. Cognella also provides a comprehensive and competitive benefits package (health, vision, dental, generous vacation, holiday, and sick time, and 401K matching plan).
For consideration, please e-mail cover letter, resume, and recent compensation history to [log in to unmask]. All submissions will be held in confidence. Cognella, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
Cognella, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer
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Cognella, Inc. is a leading provider of personalized higher-education publishing solutions, operating Web properties and services under two brands: Cognella Academic Publishing (www.cognella.com) and University Readers (www.universityreaders.com). We enable professors to control their choice of content, allowing them to design and tailor course materials to specific courses and learning objectives. Our unique approach has enabled us to become a trusted source for more than 4,000 instructors and 125,000 students annually at over 600 colleges and universities nationwide. Cognella has approximately 70 employees and is headquartered in San Diego.
Follett School Solutions - MCHENRY, IL (Greater Chicago Area)
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Follett Library Resources
We help K-12 school libraries stay current, focused and empowered to bring maximum value to the learning experience.
As the nation's largest supplier of books, eBooks and audiovisual materials to school libraries, Follett Library Resources offers much more than a phenomenal selection. Our industry-leading expertise and passion for exceeding customer expectations free school librarians, administrators and teachers to pursue their passion: educating our children and young adults. To meet the needs of today's educators, we listen first to understand the varied needs of their students. Then the Follett team, from account managers and special customer care managers to the associates who fill each order, leverage the full breadth of our resources to deliver the best products and services available anywhere.
To learn more, please visit the Follett Library Resources website at www.flr.follett.com
Responsibilities:
The Marketing Manager, Library Products is responsible for developing and implementing product marketing and communication plans for flagship and new library products and solutions. Responsibilties also include product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including: gathering market and customer insights, defining the Follett library positioning, and working closely with product marketing, sales, creative services, strategy and other key Follett stakeholders.
The Marketing Manager will support the development of strategy and executing tactical plans to protect core library business and identify opportunities for incremental revenue. Under supervision of Content Marketing Director, the role will execute go-to-market materials, messaging, competitive analysis, and identification of new revenue generating programs for the library portfolio. This position will also be highly collaborative with the sales team to support sales initiates, as well as the Technology marketing team focused on Destiny.
Accountabilities include:
Qualifications: