[Eril-l] Job Opportunity- Stony Brook University- Director of Collections and Resource Management

[Diana Davies]

Position:  Director of Collections and Resource Management

For complete posting or to apply:

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*Campus Description:* Stony Brook University, home to many highly ranked
graduate research programs, is located 60 miles from New York City on Long
Island's scenic North Shore. Our 1,100-acre campus is home to 24,000
undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and more than 13,500 faculty
and staff. SBU is a comprehensive research-intensive university and a
member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), which
includes 34 public universities among its 62 members. SBU consists of 12
schools and colleges and a teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art
healthcare in the Long Island region. SBU also manages and performs joint
research with Brookhaven National Laboratory, the only Department of Energy
Laboratory in the Northeast, and shares doctoral programs with Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory, a world-renowned molecular biology institute. Home to
the Emerson String Quartet, the Pollock-Krasner House in East Hampton, New
York, the Humanities Institute, and the Southampton Arts Program, and with
endeavors that extend to the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya and the
Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar, SBU sustains an international
reputation that cuts across the arts, humanities, social sciences, and
natural sciences.

Stony Brook Libraries are known for a wide-range of print and digital
resources and world-renowned special collections. The Stony Brook Libraries
belong to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), with a Health
Sciences Center Library that is a member of the Association of Academic
Health Sciences Libraries. The Libraries are engaged in an ambitious and
dynamic strategic planning (2015-2018). The collection exceeds 2 million
volumes, including e-books, print and electronic holdings of scholarly
journal subscriptions, microforms, music recordings, and a sizable map
collection. The SBU Libraries include 6 distinct facilities, including
Melville Library, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Chemistry, Math/Physics,
Southampton and Health Sciences Libraries, and SUNY Korea-SBU campus. The
University’s Libraries stand as the largest academic research library on
Long Island, serving as a resource in the local community, state-wide, and
nationally and internationally. The Libraries maintain memberships and
affiliations in arXiv, Association of Research Libraries, SPARC, Center for
Research Libraries, SUNY Connect, DuraSpace (as a SUNY member) the Council
on Library and Information Resources, Digital Library Federation, Coalition
of Networked Information, EDUCAUSE, Inter-university Consortium for
Political and Social Research, Roper Center, OCLC Research Library
Partnership, and ORCID through the National Network of the National
Libraries of Medicine. The Libraries utilize Ex Libris’ Aleph for its
integrated library system and have recently deployed EBSCO’s Discovery
Service, DSpace, Content DM, and Omeka, are used for managing digital
assets and a growing Institutional Repository.
*Descriptive Title:* Director of Collections and Resource Management *
REF#:* F-9723-16-12
*Budget Title:* Senior Assistant/ Associate Librarian * Faculty Position*
*Department:* University Libraries * Campus:* Stony Brook West Campus/HSC
* Salary:* Commensurate with experience*Required Qualifications:* Master's
Degree in Library Science from an ALA accredited institution or equivalent
combination of education and experience. Minimum of three years’ experience
in any combination of acquisitions, cataloging, metadata production
services, preservation, serials and electronic resources management and
licensing. Evidence of successful and creative management of staff and
operations. Evidence of leadership in the fields of knowledge access and
resource management, including demonstrated effective administrative,
management, planning, financial and organizational skills. Strong
collaboration and communication skills. Record of professional activities,
including research and engagement in professional organizations. Solid
understanding of the research university environment and scholarly
communication issues. Supervisory and training experience.  Strong
presentation skills.

*Preferred Qualifications:* Additional advanced degree. Experience in a
research university library performing collection development and
management. Demonstrated potential for leading transformational change.
Experience in coordination or management of integrated library system
functions, including experience with Ex Libris' Aleph system. Demonstrated
competency in collections assessment and evaluation across varied formats,
collections and disciplines. Ability to lead in an atmosphere of continuous
change, to work within a collaborative environment with diverse groups and
to inspire and motivate. Demonstrated ability to work with library and
University constituencies, including library and academic faculty.
Demonstrated experience and technical expertise in working with digital
repositories and collection tools. Demonstrated knowledge of metadata
standards, rules and tools. Demonstrated knowledge of emerging ideas of
librarianship, including the capabilities and future trend of library
technology and systems to optimize and discovery and delivery scholarly
resources. Strong service orientation.

*Responsibilities & Requirements:* Under the direction of the Associate
Dean for Collections Strategy and Management, the Director of Collections
and Resource Management provides leadership, guidance and expertise to the
Department. The Director of Collections and Resource Management will be
expected to conduct research and scholarship, and participate in faculty
governance, committee works and continuing professional development
consistent with University standards for promotion and tenure. As a faculty
librarian, the successful incumbent will take an active role in liaison,
reference and instruction duties. The selected candidate will be
responsible for the following:
· Plan, implement, and evaluate operations, establish policies and
procedures, and set priorities in acquisitions and cataloging, metadata,
preservation, serials, electronic resources, and data gathering and
statistics.
· Train, evaluate and supervise technical services staff, and ensure
compliance with national and local standards such as MARC, RDA, AACR2r,
LCSH, LCCS, OCLC, LC cataloging practices, and other appropriate cataloging
and metadata standards.
· Review and evaluate work flows and work assignments, with an eye toward
increasing efficiencies, bringing more high-quality content to users more
quickly, and building sustainable work flows to handle increasingly
heterogeneous digital assets.
· Assess collections and inform decision-making based on data analysis,
coordinate and guide the collection activities subject librarians, and
develop and implement training programs related to collection management.
· Advise Associate Dean for Collections Strategy and Management in the
articulation of user-centered, holistic collections vision to meet current
and emerging information needs and new models of collection/content
building and delivery.
· Work with SBU Library senior leadership, consortia partners, and
library/higher education organizations to identify opportunities for
improvement in Libraries' discovery and delivery operations and services.
· Work with Associate Dean for Collections Strategy and Management, liaison
librarians and other units in the Libraries to describe and promote
collections and collections related activities.
· Work closely with the Dean and Associate Deans to develop and implement
University Libraries priorities and provide the infrastructure needed to
achieve those priorities. Ensure that collections address the curriculum
and research and scholarship opportunities of the University.
· Develop, coordinate and implement bibliographic control policy and
practices across the ILS, Discovery and digital repository systems.

*Special Notes:* This is a tenure track position. FLSA Exempt position, not
eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Internal and external
search to occur simultaneously. Anticipated start date: As soon as
possible. **Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
However, to guarantee consideration, please apply by *01/09/2017.* Stony
Brook University is 100% tobacco-free as of January 1, 2016. See our policy
and learn more at *stonybrook.edu/tobaccofree*
<http://www.stonybrook.edu/tobaccofree>.

The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.

*Application Procedure:* Those interested in this position should
submit a *State
Employment Application*
<https://www.asa.stonybrook.edu/asa/ASAForms/Department/HRS/Document/HRSF0113>,
cover letter and resume/CV to:

Pamela DiPasquale
University Libraries Personnel
Melville Library, Room S1430B
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3300
Fax: (631) 632-7116


Applications for this position must be received, as specified in the
Application Procedure Section, no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time on
*06/03/2017*, unless specifically noted otherwise in the Special Notes
Section.


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*Job Category:* A) Faculty and Librarian Positions.
*Posting Date:* 12/09/2016
*Additional Categories:*
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