Collection Management Librarian

Job Description

Position Summary

Reporting to the Director of Collections and Open Strategies, the Collections Management Librarian manages the day-to-day operational activities of Collections at the Woodruff Library. The Collection Management Librarian works closely with subject teams and individual selectors to develop collections-related policies, procedures, and practices; conducts and reviews collections assessments and reviews in conjunction with the Assessment Team; oversees approval plans and the gifts-in-kind program; and engages in routine management of the collections budget. The collection management librarian participates in the life cycle of collection activities by collaborating with the acquisitions, electronic resources, discovery teams, and other teams, units, and departments across campus to ensure current collections meet student and faculty needs.

Required Qualifications

• ALA-accredited master’s degree in library and information science OR equivalent education and experience (e.g., subject expertise combined with professional library education and/or experience).

• Minimum of two years of demonstrated professional library experience in one or more aspects of collections-related functional areas: collection development (including open access), collections assessment, and/or discipline-specific or multidisciplinary collection management.

• Familiarity with trends in scholarly communications and their implications for collection development.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to work collaboratively across organizational units.

• Demonstrated experience in planning and overseeing collection-related projects or initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with or knowledge of print or electronic approval plan collection development.

• Experience with or knowledge of current academic library collection and collection assessment models.

• Experience with running collection reports and interpreting analytics and data via Excel and/or other statistical and/or visualization tools.

• Evidence of active participation, involvement, and leadership in local, state, regional, national, or international professional or scholarly associations.