CDL: Head, Collection Development and Management (CDM) Department (TN)

Head, Collection Development and Management (CDM) Department

The James E. Walker at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) seeks an 
innovative, collaborative and student-centered individual to lead its 
Collection Development and Management (CDM) Department.  The Head, CDM 
will help develop the vision for CDM operations in a changing 
environment and oversee policy development, strategic planning, 
assessment of collections, and CDM services to optimize user access to 
the library's collections. This individual will work collaboratively to 
meet the information needs of MTSU students and faculty by providing 
strategic direction for the Acquisitions, Cataloging, Collection 
Development, Serials, and Special Collections units and ensuring 
coordinated efforts to assess and enhance access to quality collections. 
The Head will foster the professional development, collegial 
relationships, and continuing education of department staff.

The department employs 9 library faculty, 11 administrative and 
classified staff, and 13 temporary and student employees supporting the 
Innovative Interfaces (III) Millennium ILS and Encore discovery 
platform, a materials budget of nearly $3 million, and a library liaison 
program for collection acquisition.

A migration to III Sierra is expected in 2013.

This is a 12-month, tenure-track position. All library faculty are 
expected to meet promotion and tenure standards.

*Responsibilities*

Reporting to the Dean of the Walker Library, the Head, Collection 
Development and Management will:

·Contribute to library-wide planning, policy making, development and 
assessment of services

·Direct the department's contributions to annual academic program 
reviews, accreditations, and statistical reports

·Promote collaborative relationships with academic units for effective 
collection development

·Oversee allocation and expenditure of the library's materials budget

·Coordinate assessment of print and electronic collections to evaluate 
overall effectiveness

·Lead planning for development of departmental objectives and procedures 
for bibliographic control of materials in all formats

·Manage workflow between CDM units

·Evaluate library faculty in the CDM department and supervise the 
evaluation of staff

·Maintain currency in trends and issues surrounding scholarly communication

·Represent CDM needs and priorities

*Required Qualifications*

ALA accredited master's degree; a minimum of five years post-MLS 
academic or research library experience in technical services, at least 
two years supervisory experience, working knowledge of collection 
development, acquisitions or cataloging, familiarity with library 
technology issues, budget management experience, effective 
communication, facilitation, and project management skills, knowledge of 
issues, standards, and trends in bibliographic control & scholarly 
communication, understanding of the role and value of special 
collections in an academic library, effective communication skills and 
ability to foster partnerships and work collaboratively, ability to meet 
promotion and tenure standards.

  Please see the full description for application instructions.

  Full description  - http://library.mtsu.edu/administration/headcdm_job.php


Suzanne Mangrum
Collection Assessment Librarian
James E. Walker Library -- Box 13
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37128