Subject: Job opening: University of Southern California, Head of
Acquisition Position
From: "Clement Lau" <cclau_at_ubalt.edu>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:35:25 -0400
** Please excuse cross posting **
The University of Southern California (USC) Libraries seeks a
knowledgeable, experienced, innovative information professional to lead
the acquisitions functions of the Technical Services Department through
the multifaceted, rapidly changing environment of acquisitions
librarianship. The Head, Acquisitions will help position the Technical
Services’ staff to meet the challenges of new systems, new technologies,
and new ways of envisioning traditional acquisitions functions.
Reporting to the Director of Technical Services, the Head is responsible
for the overall management of serials acquisitions,
monographic acquisitions, and electronic resources, including management
of the ordering and receipt of materials in all languages and formats,
approval of invoices and the expenditure of regular and restricted funds
for a multi-million dollar budget. The Head manages three unit
supervisors; the section has a total of sixteen staff. The Head sets
goals and direction for the section consistent with those set by USC
Libraries, assesses workflow, and creatively reorganizes the section, if
appropriate. The successful candidate is expected to be up-to-date on
relevant library and scholarly information trends and practices and be
able to apply this knowledge to have a significant, positive impact on
the USC community.
For full position description and application procedure, please see:
http://www.usc.edu/libraries/jobs/librarians/documents/278B-HeadAcquisitions.pdf
Best,
(Mr.) Win Shih
Director of Integrated Library Systems
University of Southern California
UVI 206B, MC 7004
Los Angeles, CA 90004
O: 213-740-9250; M: 720-936-9097
http://www.usc.edu/libraries/
ILS Request: ils_at_usc.edu
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Received on Wed Apr 20 2011 - 19:50:33 EDT