Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:32:17 -0400
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Dena, To play devil's advocate here, I've been in a number of libraries that had a Librarian as Head of Technical Services, but did all of the acquisitions work with non-Librarian staff. Part of it depends upon the size of your operation. If the Head of Acquisitions is negotiating vendor contracts and supervising a significant acquisitions staff, then you can probably justify a librarian. If someone else negotiates licenses and the acquisitions staff is small, you might be better served getting a bookkeeper/accountant with supervisory skills. Michael Michael Koehn Acting Director Head, Resources Acquisitions and Organization Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library Columbia University Medical Center 701 West 168th Street, Rm. L10 New York, NY 10032 Ph: (212) 305-9216 FAX: (212) 234-0595 mdk2126_at_columbia.edu From: acqnet-l-bounces_at_lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:acqnet-l-bounces_at_lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 1:46 PM To: acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [ACQNET-L] Justifying the position Hello. My administration is asking why we need an acquisitions librarian. Has anyone else had to justify this position? Any advice would be welcome. Dena Leiter Acting Director of Libraries MacKay Library Union County College 1033 Springfield Ave. Cranford, NJ 07016 908-709-7027 I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. Jorge Luis Borges (1899 - 1986) P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail! Description: Description: C:\Users\maris.lown\Pictures\Union\#1.jpg _______________________________________________ ACQNET-L mailing list ACQNET-L_at_lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/acqnet-l
