TFrom: Roberta Winjum <roberta.winjum_at_vanderbilt.edu>
Please excuse cross posting:
Vacancy Announcement
Vanderbilt University
The Jean and Alexander Heard Library
Technical Services
POSITION: Electronic Resources Librarian
DESCRIPTION: Vanderbilt University Library is seeking a creative,
service-oriented librarian to manage access to and information about
library electronic resources, including over 25,000 e-journals and
databases and nearly 200,000 e-books, for all libraries within the Jean &
Alexander Heard Library System. Under the direction and support of the
Assistant University Librarian for Technical Services, s/he will
collaborate with others throughout the library system to carry out this
responsibility, including participation in identifying and licensing
e-resources. Major duties include coordinating acquisition, payment,
record keeping, fiscal control, technical compatibility, and upkeep of
electronic resources; ensuring continuing access; and quickly resolving any
problems that occur. The Electronic Resources Librarian will also gather
and analyze data to evaluate usage, user satisfaction, and vendor
performance for electronic resources; monitor trends in e-publishing and
e-resource management; and recommend or implement new initiatives as
appropriate.
QUALIFICATIONS: M.L.S. from an ALA-accredited institution required. Three
years of relevant experience required. The candidate should demonstrate
extensive knowledge and understanding of issues and practices related to
e-resource use, management, preservation, and copyright. Candidate should
possess relevant experience managing library resources in some capacity
within an automated environment as well as knowledge of public service
issues related to e-resources. The position requires demonstrated
experience working in a collaborative, collegial organizational structure;
also the ability to work independently and follow through on work
assignments. Commitment to quality service, evidence of initiative and
flexibility, and excellent oral and written communication skills required.
Desirable qualifications: Experience working in the technical management
of electronic resources, experience negotiating with publishers/vendors for
the provision of e-resources, experience with technologies used to provide
access to e-resources, experience with technical process improvement, and
familiarity with a variety of computer hardware and software.
ENVIRONMENT: Vanderbilt University consists of ten schools and colleges
with an enrollment of over 11,000. The Jean & Alexander Heard Library
System has a collection of over 3 million volumes in eight libraries and a
staff of 210. Vanderbilt University is a member of the Association of
Research Libraries and SOLINET. Technical Services consists of three teams
that order, catalog, and preserve library collections for the libraries.
The Electronic Resources Librarian is a new position within Technical
Services with responsibility for collaboration across the library system.
The Electronic Resources Librarian will join the team leaders and AUL for
Technical Services as a member of TechForce, the Technical Services
management group.
For more information about Vanderbilt, the Vanderbilt Library, and
Technical Services, please consult the library web pages at
http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu. Vanderbilt University is located in
Nashville, Tennessee, a major business and education center in the
mid-South with a metropolitan area population of over one million.
COMPENSATION: Salary minimum $37,000, commensurate with experience.
Benefits are those that accrue to exempt staff of the University and
include health care insurance, retirement plan options, a tuition discount
program, and paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
APPLICATIONS: The review of applications will begin March 17, 2006 with a
start date of July 1, 2006. The position will remain open until
filled. Send letter of application and resume, including the names,
addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of three references to:
Lisa Terranova Shipman, Director of Administrative Services, Vanderbilt
University Library, 419 21st Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee 37240-0007,
lisa.shipman_at_vanderbilt.edu.
Received on Thu Feb 09 2006 - 02:11:26 EST