Subject: Job posting: Head of Collection Management Services
Coastal Carolina University's Kimbel Library is expanding its services
to meet the needs of a rapidly growing campus. It seeks an
enthusiastic colleague to provide vision and leadership that reflects
current needs and anticipates future trends in the evolving library
and information environment, including the rapid changes in providing
access to digital and physical materials to a wide range of
constituents. Collection Management Services (CMS) supports the
university's mission of teaching, research, and service. Kimbel
Library has a materials budget of over $700,000 and currently employs
a staff of 9 faculty positions and 20 staff.
Responsibilities: The Head of Collection Management Services (CMS)
reports directly to the Executive Director of the Kimbel Library and
Instructional Technologies and is responsible for the overall
supervision of the CMS department. CMS includes the analysis,
selection, acquisition, cataloging, classification, linking and
maintenance of library collections of all types and formats. The Head
of CMS is the primary liaison with University Counsel for all library
resources licenses/contracts
Kimbel Library operates in a team environment. The Head of CMS works
collaboratively with all library departments on a wide variety of
projects and library committees, and contributes to program
development and evaluation. The candidate will be a participant and
contributor to the Library's strategic planning and will serve on
University committees.
The Head of CMS will establish goals and priorities of the CMS
department, in coordination with the Library's strategic plan. The
candidate is responsible for developing, maintaining, and analyzing
collection management statistics and providing analysis reports for
the University administration and other reporting bodies. The Head of
CMS and the Systems Librarian work collaboratively in program and
collection evaluations and reports. The Head of CMS will communicate
clearly and define and ensure quality outputs.
The Head of CMS is responsible for management of the entire library
materials budget and annual fiscal close in accordance with University
policy and procedures. S/he will coordinate acquisition
responsibilities of the library liaison program and will serve as the
liaison to all graduate programs. The Head of CMS is responsible for
preparing the Library materials budget and departmental staffing
requests, including equipment, furniture supplies and services. The
Head of CMS will actively participate in consortiums to provide
additional benefits to the University, State and local community. S/he
will be actively involved in regional and national library organizations.
The Head of CMS supervises one professional librarian, the Assistant
CMS Librarian and the candidate will actively mentor the Assistant CMS
Librarian. The Assistant CMS Librarian directly supervises
approximately 4 paraprofessionals and provides leadership in the
establishment of workflows, priorities, and support systems that
enhance access to the collection.
Rank, Salary and Benefits:
This is a twelve-month, tenure track faculty position with a
comprehensive benefits package. Professional achievement, service, and
research/creative activity are required for tenure and promotion. Rank
and salary will be commensurate with candidate's experience and
professional achievement.
Candidates should submit a letter of application, resume, and names
and addresses, postal and email, of three current references,
electronically at:
http://jobs.coastal.edu
Official transcripts for required degrees must be received prior to
any offer of employment. Screening of applications will begin
immediately and continue until the position is filled. Start date is
negotiable.
Coastal Carolina University is an EO/AA employer.
Received on Wed Apr 16 2008 - 01:43:12 EDT