The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga seeks an innovative and dynamic professional for the position of Collections Initiatives Librarian in the Library’s Collection Services Department.

Reporting to the Head of Collection Services, the Collections Initiatives Librarian will assist with day to day operations across the department, take the lead in our new scholarly communication initiatives, and lead departmental projects as needed.  As a tenure-track position, the Collection Initiatives Librarian holds responsibilities in three core areas:

• Assist Head of Collection Services in all facets of department life from daily operations to strategic planning including, project management, goal and objective setting, collection development policies, and monitoring trends in acquisitions, electronic resources, and scholarly communications.
• Works closely with the Head of Collection Services and Director of Special Collections to develop scholarly communication initiatives, including.
  • Educational programs to increase awareness in the UTC community about copyright, open access, data curation, open educational resources, and other scholarly communication issues.
  • Managing UTC’s Affordable Course Materials Initiative, working with faculty to utilize open access or library-licensed electronic resources within their courses instead of traditional costly textbooks.
  • Advising UTC faculty on publishing agreements, retention of right to deposit materials in the campus repository.
• Manage department, library, and university-wide projects and initiatives in an effective manner utilizing project management standards while adhering to project boundaries and timelines.
• Develop and implement assessment methodologies to assist in collection development in both print and electronic formats; process improvement in ordering, receiving, processing materials, and interlibrary loan; and development of new services.
• Assist with management and acquisition of e-resources throughout their life cycle.
• Develop and maintain course reserves policies, workflows, and web pages.
• Supervise and assist with the supervision of student assistants as needed.

• Work collaboratively with the members of the Collection Services team to develop and manage collection development projects.
• Analyze and report on data and trends regarding collection growth, usage, material costs, expenditures, etc. to inform decisions regarding the Library’s collections, budgetary needs, ddevelop collection strategies, and inform stakeholders of the value of collections across all collection service operations.
• Cooperate with subject librarians and other staff members to assess library collections and services in support of external reviews or accreditations of academic programs and proposals of new programs, majors, minors, and certificates.

• Participate in providing reference, liaison, and outreach services to the university community.
• Participate in library-wide planning and committee work.
• Participate in university governance, planning and service.
• Conduct scholarship consistent with a tenure-track appointment.
• Engage in continuing professional development.

1. A letter of application
2. A current curriculum vita
3. The names, addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of 3 references including the professional relationship of reference and applicant

Review of applications begins July 8, 2016.  Position is open until filled.