From: "Crawford, Laurel" <Laurel.Crawford_at_unt.edu>
Subject: Job opening: Strategic Collections Librarian at University of
North Texas Libraries
*STRATEGIC COLLECTIONS LIBRARIAN*
*Emphasis: Born-digital materials*
*SUMMARY OF POSITION*
The University of North Texas Libraries Collection Management Division is
looking for a collection development librarian to conceptualize, create,
and maintain collections of born-digital materials that support the
institution’s scholarly research, and participate in a task force for the
establishment of a campus-wide Scholarly Communication Transformation
initiative.
The Strategic Collections Librarian is responsible for the identification,
acquisition, classification, and accessibility of fee-free born-digital
materials. The librarian promotes use of collections of research materials
via electronic finding aids and discovery systems and through outreach
activities to faculty, staff, students and librarians. The librarian works
with stakeholders to pinpoint online resource needs, to formulate the scope
of various born-digital collections, and to assist in the metadata editing
for acquired content.
The librarian works collaboratively with a number of campus constituencies,
including the UNT Digital Libraries Division and other key personnel, to
foster positive relationships aimed at acquiring external digital content
and exploring opportunities for cooperative collection development.
Additionally, the Strategic Collections Librarian will become a member of
the Scholarly Communication Transformation initiative that includes
personnel in other divisions responsible for engaging the campus in open
access, copyright, digital scholarship, and the institutional repository.
As we transition from commercial monopolies to higher education management
of research publications, the Strategic Collections Librarian takes a
leadership role in monitoring open access and open content trends, as well
as developments in web publishing and scholarly communications, to ensure
integration of new resources and opportunities. They also act as a
representative of the library to consortia and groups related to open
access initiatives. The librarian serves as the collection development
liaison for interdisciplinary subjects and research clusters. The librarian
is expected to participate in scholarly, professional, and service
activities that enhance the position's collection development
responsibilities.
*SPECIFIC POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES*
• Develop targeted subject collections of open access and born-digital
materials.
• Participate in campus-wide engagement regarding open access, digital
scholarship, and the scholarly communication cycle through the Scholarly
Communication Transformation initiative.
• Serve as collection development liaison for interdisciplinary
subjects and research clusters.
• Establish and/or perform acquisitions workflows and produce finding
aids to ensure discovery of digital content.
• Recommend policies and procedures for the identification,
acquisition, classification and accessibility of open access and
born-digital material.
• Participate in review of born-digital content or other electronic
resources and in collection gap analysis.
• Seek out fee-free resources from consortia or other external
providers; coordinate licensing and integration of content into resource
discovery systems and/or the UNT Digital Library.
• Collaborate with subject liaison librarians and faculty to market, to
raise awareness of, and to promote use of open access content.
• Keep abreast of trends and developments in open access and open
content; share information with professional colleagues as needed; and
represent UNT Libraries in appropriate consortia or related initiatives.
• Participate in scholarly, professional, and service activities that
enhance collection development activities and promote scholarly
communication.
• Investigate grants and seek funding opportunities for collection
analysis and development.
*MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS*
• ALA-accredited Master’s Degree in Library or Information Science.
• Understanding of open access issues.
• Knowledge of collection development practices and trends.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong customer service orientation and positive interpersonal skills.
*PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS*
· Experience working with SpringShare’s LibGuides product.
· Experience working with Archive-it web archiving service.
· Demonstrated contribution to the profession through scholarly
publications and/or presentations.
· Familiarity with III's Sierra or Millennium automation system.
*APPLICATION DEADLINE*: Review of applications will begin *February 16th,
2015* and will continue until the search is closed.
*Salary and Rank: *Salary and librarian ranking are commensurate with
experience and professional contributions. Librarian rank will be
determined by the Library Personnel Affairs Committee through review of the
selected candidate's education, experience, scholarly and professional
involvement,
and service. Complete information about Librarian rank can be found atht
tp://www.library.unt.edu/administrativeoffice/employment/librarian/academic-
ranks-for- librarians/
<http://www.library.unt.edu/administrativeoffice/employment/librarian/academic-ranks-for-%20librarians/>
*APPLICATION PROCEDURE*: All applicants must apply to
https://facultyjobs.unt.edu
*UNT is an AA/ADA/EOE.*
Laurel Sammonds Crawford
Coordinator of Collection Development
University of North Texas Libraries
laurel.crawford_at_unt.edu
(940) 565 - 2762
Received on Tue Jul 07 2015 - 03:09:30 EDT