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Date: Fri, 4 May 2007
From: Rebecca Green (UC Berkeley) <rgreen_at_library.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Position Announcement
University of California, Berkeley
Head, Acquisitions
Technical Services
Associate Librarian I / Librarian II (hiring range)
$44,736 - $73,356 per annum, depending upon qualifications
plus administrative stipend
The University of California, Berkeley, seeks a dynamic, experienced,
innovative librarian to lead the acquisitions functions of the
Technical Services Department through the multifaceted, rapidly
changing environment of acquisitions librarianship. The Acquisitions
Librarian will position the Technical Services Department's team of
knowledgeable and dedicated staff to meet the challenges of new
systems, new technologies, and new ways of envisioning traditional
acquisitions functions.
The Environment
The UC Berkeley Library is an internationally renowned research and
teaching facility at one of the nation's premiere public universities,
serving 23,000 undergraduates, 9,000 graduate students, and 1,500
faculty. Current collections include approximately 10 million volumes
and 56,000 current serial titles. Library facilities on the Berkeley
campus include the Doe/Moffitt Libraries, The Bancroft Library, the
East Asian Library and more than 20 additional libraries that serve
specific subject areas and the professional schools. The Library is
a member of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), the Association
of Research Libraries (ARL), Online Computer Library Center (OCLC),
and the Research Libraries Group (RLG), and is an active participant
in the California Digital Library. The Library has a current
operations budget of $58 million and a current collections budget of
$22 million, and employs about 375 full-time staff and more than 600
part-time students.
The Technical Services Department is responsible for ordering,
receiving, and providing access to the Library's collections. The
department consists of four major Divisions: Original Cataloging,
Copy Cataloging, Collections Core Services, and Gift and Exchange.
The Acquisitions Librarian serves as the Head of the Collections Core
Services and Gift and Exchange Divisions.
The Collections Core Services Division (19.75 FTE), which provides and
maintains the Library's core acquisition functions, is subdivided into
five units. The Ordering Unit places over 20,000 orders annually for
monographs and serials via INNOPAC and various electronic vendor
interfaces. The Payments Unit processes all payments for collections
material in all formats; places orders for electronic resources,
handles electronic resource access problems; and manages The Library's
open-URL link resolver for Berkeley resources. The INNOPAC Management
Unit provides the majority of collections budgeting support to the AUL
for Collections; provides training on The Library's INNOPAC ordering
and reporting modules; and performs INNOPAC system maintenance. The
Check-In Unit receives, routes and claims The Library's serials and
standing orders arriving in tangible format. The Documents Processing
Unit receives depository material and provides cataloging for both
tangible and electronic California, federal, and international document
resources.
The Gift and Exchange Division (4 FTE) manages both the Exchange
Program,
which maintains over 2,900 active exchange agreements with institutions
in virtually every country in the world to obtain approximately 8,000
serial titles and 4,500 monographs per year, and the Library's Gifts
Program, which evaluates, receives, acknowledges, and reviews donations
of publications and withdrawn materials for possible addition to the
Library collections, discard, or sale in the Library Book Sale. The
Library's Slavic and Eastern European Ordering Program is also located
in this Division.
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Technical Services,
the Acquisitions Librarian will provide expert leadership in developing,
implementing, and creating policy and procedures for the acquisition of
collections materials in all tangible and electronic formats by
depository, gift, shared or collaborative acquisitions programs, by
purchase, by exchange, and by access to freely available electronic
resources.
With the assistance of two Division Head operations managers, supervises
the Collections Core Services and Gift and Exchange Divisions of the
Technical Services Department.
Works closely with the AUL for Collections to ensure effective
oversight,
management and monitoring of collection fund expenditures.
Serves as the technical, procedural, planning and training expert for
all
acquisitions-related functions of the automated library system software.
Provides leadership and technical skill in adapting and implementing
cutting-edge technologies within the UC Berkeley Library and as part of
a
UC system-wide consortial team.
Works closely with selectors to facilitate the acquisition of
collections
materials in tangible and electronic formats in a timely and cost-
effective manner.
Coordinates and cooperates closely with the Technical Services
Department's cataloging team, with acquisitions staff outside of the
Technical Services Department, with the AUL for Collections, with the
Electronic Resources Librarian, with Library Systems Office staff, and
with a wide range of Public Services staff.
Represents the UC Berkeley Library on the Acquisitions Common Interest
Group (ACIG), an advisory group to the UC Heads of Technical Services.
Participates on behalf of the UC Berkeley Library in strategic planning
and implementation of California Digital Library shared resource and
technology initiatives.
Represents the UC Berkeley Library nationally by participating in
acquisition-focused conferences, committees, and research efforts.
Gathers and maintains acquisitions statistics in a broad range of areas
and actively explores statistical and metrical advances such as Project
Counter and SUSHI.
Serves on the UC Library Collections Council, Digital Acquisitions Group
and other bodies as appropriate.
UCB librarians are expected to participate in library-wide planning and
governance, to be able to work comfortably in a shared decision-making
environment, and to be active professionally. Professional contributions
beyond the primary responsibilities, e.g., active participation in
university and professional settings, publication or other research and
creative activity, are required for advancement in the Librarian series.
The successful candidate will show promise or evidence of such
contributions.
Qualifications
Required
MLIS from an ALA accredited institution, or equivalent degree.
Demonstrated experience and technical expertise in working with an
integrated library system, preferably Innovative Interfaces Inc.'s
Millennium. Demonstrated experience working with monograph and serial
vendors; experience with both domestic and international vendors
strongly desired. Demonstrated experience developing, implementing
and managing sizeable approval plans. Demonstrated experience in
working with a range of technological and licensing issues involved in
purchasing and enabling access to electronic resources. Experience
monitoring and managing budgets and funds within a complex funding
environment and with basic accounting principles. Demonstrated thorough
understanding of the interrelationship of acquisitions functions with
related areas of technical services including the incorporation of
outsourced services. Demonstrated thorough experience with and knowledge
of the national and international publishing and vending marketplace for
scholarly research materials, and with procuring resources in a
consortial as well as an individual environment. Demonstrated
understanding of how new technologies are changing methods of resource
delivery and scholarly communication. Ability to gather and analyze
statistical and bibliographic data using desktop applications including
spreadsheets and databases.
Excellent communication, interpersonal and supervisorial skills. Must
demonstrate ability to communicate in a highly effective manner both
verbally and in writing. Must have demonstrated ability to thrive on
the challenges of working both independently and collaboratively in a
highly diverse, complex, and changing environment. Ability to serve as
an effective trainer in a variety of acquisitions-related areas.
Experience developing priorities and achieving consensus among multiple
stakeholders. Demonstrated ability to carry out strategic planning and
the implementation of new programs or initiatives.
Desirable
Experience migrating data from one Integrated Library System to another.
Experience with populating and/or using an Electronic Resource
Management
System.
In conformance with University of California policy, continued
employment
will be contingent upon completion of satisfactory background
investigation.
Deadline: Consideration will be given to applications received by July
31, 2007.
Professional librarians at UC are academic appointees and are
represented
by an exclusive bargaining agent, University Council - American
Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT). This position is not in the bargaining
unit and is eligible for an administrative stipend.
Librarians are entitled to appropriate professional leave, two days per
month of vacation leave, one day per month of sick leave, and all other
benefits granted to non-faculty academic personnel. UC has an excellent
retirement system and sponsors a variety of group health, dental, vision
and life insurance plans in addition to other benefits. Relocation
assistance is provided.
The Library at the University of California, Berkeley is committed to
the support and encouragement of a multicultural environment and seeks
candidates who can make positive and imaginative contributions in a
context of ethnic and cultural diversity.
Applicants should apply in writing, including with their letter a
complete statement of qualifications, a full resume of their education
and relevant experience, and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of
three references who are knowledgeable about their qualifications for
this position. Send applications to:
Barbara Kornstein
Academic Personnel Specialist
Library Human Resources Department
110 The Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Or FAX to: 510-642-8675
Or EMAIL: librec_at_library.berkeley.edu
Applications received via email preferred.
This job listing can be accessed online at
http://lib.berkeley.edu/LHRD/hdacquisitions.html
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action
Employer
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