[Eril-l] Job opening: Strategic Collections Librarian at University of North Texas Libraries

[Crawford, Laurel]

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 at http://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<mailto:laurel.crawford at unt.edu>
(940) 565 - 2762

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