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Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007
From: Roxanne Kerr (Queens Library) <Roxanne.Kerr_at_queenslibrary.org>
Subject: Position Announcement
Coordinator, Collection Development
The Queens Library is a non-profit corporation serving nearly 15
million visitors each year through its Central Library & 62 Community
Libraries throughout Queens, NY, with corporate headquarters based in
Jamaica, NY. Queens Library is recognized as a leader in the library
profession and is ranked in the top 10 busiest public libraries in the
world. The Queens Borough Public Library is currently seeking a
Coordinator of Collection Development.
We are offering an exciting and dynamic opportunity to manage
significant
resources, staff and strategies in one of the country's premier public
libraries. This is a senior management and planning position in the
Technical Services Department; with the opportunity to influence
organizational strategies. In recent years, the Collection Development
Division oversaw a large portion of a $10 million materials budget using
it to purchase hundreds of thousands of items for the library's 63
locations thereby supporting a circulation of over 20.2 million.
Position responsibilities include overseeing selection in all formats,
manage on-line and electronic tools and handles resources that support
acquisitions. The Coordinator of Collection Development will play a
significant role in transitioning Queens Library into a new ILS system
and will develop and maintain beneficial relationships with industry
vendors and other library leaders, will work with other senior level
managers as well as managerial peers in the sizable staffed Technical
Services Department. They will also be responsible for directly
supervising the Collection Development staff with system wide
responsibility.
Minimum Qualifications
Masters Degree preferred. With at least 6 years of relevant experience
in the publishing, book vendor or library fields.
Salary up to $70k
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