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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2004
From: Betty Rozum (Uah State Univ.) <betroz_at_cc.usu.edu>
Subject: Position Announcement
Collection Development and Management Librarian
Utah State University Libraries seeks an innovative and resourceful
individual to fill the recently restructured position of Collection
Development and Management Librarian. This position will be responsible
for providing leadership, vision, and coordination for all collection
development activities, including policy development, collection analysis,
and participating in budgeting. The Collection Development and Management
Librarian works collaboratively with the Libraries' subject selectors and
the Materials Acquisitions Department, and is responsible for providing
training, mentoring, and leadership in the professional development of
subject selectors, and for evaluating selectors' collection development
and faculty liaison activities.
USU Libraries actively participates in several consortia, including the
Utah Academic Library Consortia and the Greater Western Library Alliance.
The Collection Development and Management Librarian will cultivate and
sustain these and other relationships to promote inter-institutional
collection building and resource sharing. The Library, which is
currently in the process of constructing a $40M facility, has a materials
budget of approximately $3.5 million, with approximately $700,000 for
monographs, $2.3M for serials, and $500,000 for electronic products. The
Collection Development and Management Librarian will be responsible for
evaluating outcomes to direct and enhance collection development
activities.
This is a 12-month, full-time, tenure-track faculty position with
attendant expectations for continuing professional development, service,
and scholarship. The Collection Development and Management Librarian
reports to the Associate Director for Technical Services.
Required Qualifications: MLS from an ALA accredited program; 5 years
collection development experience in an academic or large public library;
record of successful budget management; experience with collection
assessment; writing collection development policies, and managing book
approval plans; fluency with word processing, spreadsheets, and other
office applications.
The successful candidate will demonstrate leadership, management, teamwork,
and outreach skills; the ability to meet the criteria for promotion and
tenure; familiarity with current issues in scholarly communication; and
excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications: Successful grant writing experience; experience
writing accreditation and statistical reports; experience with project
management; experience with automated library systems, preferably Dynix-
Horizon.
Salary range: Commensurate with experience.
Benefits: The position includes an excellent benefits package, including
TIAA/CREF retirement, insurance, 22 days vacation and 12 days of sick
leave per year.
Utah State University is a land-grant institution and Carnegie Research-
Extensive institution serving a student population of 20,000. It is
situated in a valley 80 miles north of Salt Lake City and offers a variety
of cultural and outdoor recreational opportunities. USU is an AA/EO
employer and is sensitive to dual career accommodations.
To Apply: Please send a letter of application, resume, and three
professional references with names, e-mail/mail addresses, and phone
numbers to:
Collection Development and Management Librarian Search Committee,
c/o Trina Shelton
Utah State University Libraries
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-3000
435-797-2631; fax 435-797-2880
Review of applications will begin January 30, 2004 and will continue until
the position is filled.
Betty Rozum
Associate Director, Technical Services
University Libraries
3000 Old Main Hill
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-3000
Phone: (435) 797-2632
FAX: (435) 797-2880
betroz_at_cc.usu.edu
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