[Eril-l] Discovery Services Librarian - State University of New York at Oswego

[Kathryn Johns-Masten]

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DISCOVERY SERVICES LIBRARIAN

*About SUNY Oswego --*

Founded in 1861, SUNY Oswego is a public comprehensive college located in
Central New York on the beautiful shores of Lake Ontario, 45 minutes from
Syracuse. Named one of "Top Up-and-Coming Schools" in U.S. News "America's
Best Colleges" in 2010, a Kiplinger's "Best College Value" for 2015, and a
"Best Northeastern College" by Princeton Review every year since the first
edition in 2003, Oswego offers its 8000 undergraduate and graduate students
preeminent academic programs in the arts and sciences, business,
communications, and teacher education. The College's success is built on
providing students outstanding educational experiences with attention to a
liberal arts and sciences foundation, practical applications,
interdisciplinary approaches, independent scholarly and creative work, and
skills for living in multicultural and global communities. The emphasis on
faculty-mentored student research and creative projects is evidenced by
Quest, a daylong symposium spotlighting original student research; a
stipend program for students engaged in research and creative work; and the
Global Laboratory, a STEM-based research abroad program at top-ranked
universities around the world. SUNY Oswego is an unusually collegial and
vibrant community and is in a time of wonderful opportunities with
extensive facilities construction and renovation, a forward-looking
strategic plan, and expanded outreach to regional, national, and
international communities.

Additional information about SUNY Oswego can be found at www.oswego.edu.

Oswego is committed to enhancing its diversity. SUNY Oswego is an
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is actively engaged in
recruiting, supporting, and fostering a diverse community of outstanding
faculty, staff and students.  We encourage applications from qualified
applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, creed,
age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation,
familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military
status, domestic violence victim SUNY status, or criminal conviction.
Please click here
<https://www.oswego.edu/title-ix/non-discrimination-policy> to see our full
non-discrimination policy.

In accordance with USCIS regulations, successful applicants must be legally
able to work in the United States per the Immigration Reform and Control
Act of 1986.

Requests for reasonable accommodations of a disability during the
application and/or interview process should be made to the Human Resources
Office by calling 315-312-2230 or emailing hr at oswego.edu.

For Campus Safety information, please click here
<https://www.oswego.edu/human-resources/annual-security-and-fire-report> to
see the Annual Security and Fire Report (Clery).

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the
Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an
applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any
prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a
conditional offer of employment with compensation.  If such information has
been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's
Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at
info at goer.ny.gov.


*Job Description:*

Description of Department:  Penfield Library is a dynamic, innovative, and
learning-centered environment serving students, faculty and staff at SUNY
Oswego.  Located at the heart of the campus and online at
www.oswego.edu/library, the Library is an evolving high tech learning
facility that supports campus curriculum, teaching, and research. Sixteen
full-time faculty and professionals, 6 adjunct faculty, and 15 classified
staff support a well-established liaison program that provides collection
development, specialized reference, and information literacy instruction in
all curricular areas.

Penfield library is committed to the practices of social justice,
diversity, equality, and respect among our staff, students, collections,
and services. We are actively working to build an inclusive environment by
setting goals that directly reflect equity and inclusivity, and supporting
the goals outlined in SUNY Oswego's Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Plan,
available at https://www.oswego.edu/diversity/. All positions will be
called on to contribute to building this environment.

Penfield Library at the State University of New York at Oswego invites
applications for a 12-month, tenure track Senior Assistant Librarian
position.

Posting Date: June 29, 2017

Review Date:  Review of applications will begin immediately and will
continue until the position is filled.

Salary:  Commensurate with qualifications and experience. In addition, the
State University of New York provides an excellent benefit package. Click
here <http://www.suny.edu/benefits/> for more information on benefits for
full-time United University Professions (UUP) faculty or click here
<https://www.suny.edu/media/suny/content-assets/documents/benefits/benefit-summaries/FTUUPbenefitsummary-January-2017.pdf>
for a benefits summary.

Date of Appointment:  August 2017

Description of Responsibilities:

   - Assume a leadership role in providing access to electronic resources,
   including: administration such as interface changes and technical issues;
   maintaining and generating usage reports to support collection development
   decisions; and assisting with database trials.
   - Manage and administer the library's discovery tool, integrated
   knowledge base, and OpenURL link resolver.
   - Promote the use of electronic resources and identify training
   opportunities within the library.
   - Collaborate on leading the review and evaluation of electronic
   resources.
   - Maintain EZProxy, including updating stanzas and user files, and
   monitoring trouble reports and server logs.
   - Provide day-to-day maintenance of website and intranet; collaborate
   with Coordinator of Library Technology and other stakeholders on web
   redesigns and usability testing.
   - Provide backup technical support for the institutional repository.
   - Serve as liaison to assigned academic departments, with responsibility
   for subject specialized collection development and instruction.
   - Participate in Research Help Desk rotation for on-site and virtual
   reference, including some evening and weekend shifts.
   - Engage in educational opportunities and work to increase awareness and
   understanding of diversity and inclusion.

In addition, this position will be expected to display a demonstrated
potential for excellence in librarianship, scholarship, and service;
commitment to undergraduate and graduate education; and possess
communication and interpersonal skills sufficient to work effectively with
an increasingly diverse array of students and colleagues.


*Requirements:*

Required Qualifications:

   - Master's degree in Librarianship/Information Science from an
   ALA-accredited program by time of appointment.
   - Knowledge of HTML and CSS, and at least one programming/scripting
   language.
   - Awareness of accessibility standards with websites and online
   resources.
   - Knowledge of supporting electronic resource lifecycle activities.
   - Strong customer service orientation.
   - Demonstrated interest or engagement with social justice, equity,
   diversity, and inclusion issues, through professional or community
   experience.
   - Excellent oral and written communication skills.
   - Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with colleagues.
   - Ability to effectively adapt to and use emerging library technologies
   and software.

Preferred Qualifications:

   - Experience with supporting electronic resource lifecycle activities.
   - Experience with discovery systems, link resolvers, and proxy server
   configurations.
   - Experience with Drupal.
   - Experience with PHP, MySQL, and/or JavaScript.
   - Experience with reference service, collection development and/or
   instruction.
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