Subject: Position announcement: Assistant Head, Electronic Resource
Management
From: "Morrow, Janet" <J.Morrow_at_neu.edu>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:51:44 -0500
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Northeastern University seeks energetic, creative, and self-motivated
individuals to join its newly re-energized, service-oriented, and
forward-looking Library team.
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, BOSTON
ASSISTANT HEAD, ELECTRONIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Reporting to the Head of the Resource Management Department in the
Library’s Scholarly Resources Division, the Assistant Head is
responsible for acquisition of all materials with special emphasis on
electronic resources purchasing, licensing, access, and maintenance. The
librarian in this position will bring to bear a broad and deep
understanding of the complexities of acquisitions, electronic resource
management and related technical services best practices; will be
expected to provide leadership, innovation, and enthusiasm in charge of
the work of the E-Resource Management unit; and will have responsibility
for hiring, training, motivating, and evaluating staff, and for managing
the priorities and day-to-day activities of the unit. The successful
candidate will interact regularly with a range of the Library’s
materials vendors (including publishers) to solve problems, while
working closely with other units of the Department and the Division, as
well as with other library departments, to support collection
development, test new software, develop new systems, and move forward
the Library’s ambitious digital program.
Qualifications
· ALA-accredited Master's degree in Library Science required; additional
advanced degree desirable.
· At least 3 years demonstrated successful experience in increasingly
responsible positions managing or supervising acquisitions, serials,
license negotiation, electronic resource management in academic or
research libraries required.
· Demonstrated knowledge of established and emerging national and
international standards relating to acquisitions, serials, electronic
resource management, and resource licensing and copyright.
· Some experience with cooperative programs, consortial initiatives, and
operational workflow analyses desirable.
· Knowledge of trends and issues in academic libraries, scholarly
communications, higher education, publishing, preservation, and emerging
technologies.
· Excellent planning, analytical, interpersonal, communication,
supervisory, project management and organizational skills.
· Ability to work internally and externally with a wide variety of
individuals at all levels, a strong service orientation, and a
demonstrated commitment to staff development and diversity in the workplace.
About Northeastern University
Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research
university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern is a leader in
interdisciplinary research, urban engagement, and the integration of
classroom learning with real-world experience. The University’s
distinctive cooperative education program, where students alternate
semesters of full-time study with semesters of paid work in fields
relevant to their professional interests and major, is one of the
largest and most innovative in the world. The University offers a
comprehensive range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to
degrees through the doctorate in six undergraduate colleges, eight
graduate schools, and two part-time divisions. For more information,
please visit www.northeastern.edu.
About the University Libraries at Northeastern University
Snell Library is at the hub of campus intellectual life. The Library
holds 986,000 volumes, 119,000 e-books, 31,000 electronic journals, and
welcomes over one million visitors a year. The Library provides
award-winning research and instructional services, a pioneering
multi-media content creation space, a very popular Meet the Author
series, and is home to internationally-recognized special collections
that document social justice efforts in the Greater Boston area. The
Library has an ambitious vision to expand its digital initiatives,
building on its institutional repository and digitization of special
collections. Snell Library continues to break new ground in scholarly
communications, interdisciplinary research, and the emerging field of
transliteracy— the ability to read, write, and interact across multiple
media formats. Snell Library leads the way in redefining library service
in the 21st century. www.library.neu.edu.
Applications received by December 1, 2009 will receive first
consideration, though applications will continue to be accepted until
the position is filled.
To apply, visit:
https://psoft.neu.edu/psc/neuhrprdpub/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/NEU_HR.NEU_JOBS.GBL,
where more details of the position’s responsibilities, the University’s
outstanding benefits, and of the salary range associated with this
position are also available. For more information on the position,
contact Janet Morrow, Head of Resource Management, j.morrow_at_neu.edu.
Northeastern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action
Educational Institution and Employer, Title IX University. Northeastern
University particularly welcomes applications from minorities, women and
persons with disabilities. Northeastern University is an E-Verify Employer.
Janet B. Morrow
Head, Non-Print Management
Northeastern University Libraries
360 Huntington Avenue
260 Snell Library
Boston, MA 02115
voice: 617-373-4959 fax: 617-373-8396
e-mail: j.morrow_at_neu.edu
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