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Please find a job opportunity for an Electronic Resources + Discovery Librarian at Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Electronic Resources + Discovery Librarian (Non-Teaching Faculty) Competition #F015-2023
Emily Carr University of Art + Design invites applications for a full‐time tenure-track Electronic Resources + Discovery Librarian. Situated on unceded, traditional and ancestral xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səḻ ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil‐Waututh) territories in Vancouver, Canada, Emily Carr University is a world‐renowned learning and research community dedicated to the education of artists and designers.
SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the general supervision of the University Librarian, the Electronic Resources + Discovery Librarian is responsible for managing the life cycle of the libraries’ electronic resources and oversees workflows related to their acquisition, access, administration, support, licensing, and evaluation. This role includes updating, customizing, and integrating interfaces for e- resource access and discovery that incorporates vendor platforms and the library’s discovery tools. The successful candidate is also responsible for liaison activities with the department of Design + Dynamic Media. These activities include outreach, chat and in-person reference/research support, and instruction. Duties may also include participation in the planning and implementation of new library services and technologies. This is a public-facing position that regularly interacts with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and members of the public. The Electronic Resources + Discovery Librarian is a tenure-track faculty position and is expected to be a full participant, along with the rest of the library team, in the defining and achieving of library goals.
Typical duties associated with this role:
• Actively research emerging trends, practices, and standards in electronic resource management and the publishing industry, and implement new initiatives
• Create and maintain up-to-date policies and procedures for all electronic resource management workflows
• Investigate resource access issues, work collaboratively to resolve them, communicate status to appropriate user communities, and analyze recurring issues to proactively prevent future occurrences
• Update and maintain link resolver
• Update and maintain remote access and authentication products
• Work collaboratively with the Systems Librarian and the library technical services team to manage and maintain accurate information about e-resource holdings
• Support existing access to e-resources including regularly updating the A-Z list, maintaining administrative accounts on vendor platforms, and updating access information (IP ranges, access URLs, etc)
• Review and negotiate e-resource agreements with publishers/vendors to reach favourable pricing and licensing terms
• Maintain signed license agreements, whether in paper or digital format, including versioning
• Manage communication regarding appropriate uses of licensed content
• Work collaboratively with library faculty, staff, and users to customize and improve discovery interfaces
• Evaluate current system of e-resource management and propose and implement solutions for the effective management of e-resources
• Maintain detailed resource records for all products
• Develop, provide, and utilize assessment tools to evaluate current resources and identify areas of need
• Identify and investigate new products and purchase models, request price quotes from vendors, and set up and publicize resource trials
• Collaborate and consult with librarians and other ECU stakeholders to select and renew e-resources that meet the collection mandate of the library including the selection of discipline-specific materials
• Work with public-facing library team members to promote e-resources
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with vendors, publishers, and consortia
• Collect and compile resource usage statistics for internal uses as well as annual reporting to the Council of Post Secondary Library Directors (CPSLD) and the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD)
• Approve e-resource and streaming film invoices, track expenditures and monitor the appropriate budgets
• Act as a subject liaison librarian for the faculty of Design + Dynamic Media
• Liaise with faculty to plan and provide library resources and services that support the delivery of university curriculum
• Provide research help to students, faculty, and the general public, both in person and online
• Plan and deliver library research instruction, both in person and online, including workshops, orientations and tours
• Participate in the preparation and revision of library policies, procedures, documentation, and reports
• Advance the values and goals outlined in ECU’s equity, diversity and inclusion commitments
• Engage in relevant professional development activities
• Participate in library, university, and consortia committees as required
• When required, oversee library operations on assigned weekends and evening shifts, including assuming responsibility for opening and closing the library, overseeing staff and students, and maintaining a high standard of service
• May oversee library operations in the absence of the University Librarian
• Perform other related duties as required
QUALIFICATIONS
A successful candidate will have the following qualifications and/or related experience:
• Master’s degree in Library Science from an accredited institution
• At least two years professional experience in library electronic resource management
• Working knowledge of current issues in acquiring, licensing, and managing access to electronic resources
• Working knowledge of resource access and discovery products, such as proxy software, single sign-on services, link resolvers, and discovery layers
• Highly developed organizational, analytical, and complex problem-solving skills
• Strong customer service focus
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to balance multiple projects and set priorities in a time-sensitive environment
• Evidence of work in advancing decolonization, Indigenization, and equity in institutional settings
• Strong communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively
The following education/experience will be considered an asset:
• Undergraduate or graduate degree with a strong focus in visual art, media, design, or art history
• Experience managing electronic resources in an academic library
• Experience reading, managing and negotiating electronic resource license agreements in an academic library
• Experience troubleshooting e-resource access issues
• Experience working with library consortia for the acquisition of e-resources
• Experience maintaining and integrating discovery layers, link resolvers, and authentication services (EBSCO EDS and the Sitka Cooperative Catalogue, EBSCO Full Text Finder, and OpenAthens)
• Experience with an electronic resources management strategies or products
• Experience with OpenAthens authentication
• Knowledge of the e-resources product market and major vendors and publishers
• Knowledge of industry standards related to electronic resources, e.g., COUNTER, SUSHI, Open URL, KBART, SERU, etc.
• Familiarity with scholarly communication, copyright, fair dealing and other intellectual property issues as these pertain to e-resources
• Experience with forming user-centered (UX) design principles through user engagement, usability testing, data gathering, assessment, and analysis
• Experience with ensuring digital accessibility through usability testing, data analysis, service design, requirements gathering, implementation of new technologies, developing documentation, and troubleshooting
• Experience with budget monitoring and approving invoices for processing
• Experience providing information services and library instruction
• Experience providing staff supervision
• Demonstrated interest in professional development and involvement in library professional organizations
• An active interest or involvement in contemporary arts, design, or media practices
• An active interest in mentoring co-op students and interns
ABOUT EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY
Emily Carr University of Art + Design, established in 1925, is a world leader in education and research. Encouraging experimentation at the intersection of art, design, media and technology, our teaching and learning community merges studio practice, research creation, and critical scholarship in an interdisciplinary and collaborative environment. Alumni and faculty are internationally recognized as award‐winning creators and thought leaders who have significant impact in 21st‐century cultural production and cultural sustainability. We engage students, industry, and society to iterate and explore, and think differently about creativity and how it shapes our world. Located in beautiful and culturally diverse Vancouver, British Columbia, Emily Carr attracts more than 1800 students from 60 countries to our undergraduate and graduate programs. The Faculty of Design and Dynamic Media is one of four university faculties (alongside Audain Faculty of Art, Faculty of Culture + Community, and Jake Kerr Faculty of Graduate Studies) which, together with the Aboriginal Gathering Place, Library + Learning Commons, Shumka Centre for Creative Entrepreneurship, Libby Leshgold Gallery, READ Books, and the research centres and workshops in our new state‐of‐the‐art, custom‐built campus, offer vibrant conditions for the development of practice-based and practice‐led research and education.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
Applications should include:
• a cover letter;
• a current curriculum vitae;
• a personal statement on the candidate’s contributions to diversity, regardless of personal characteristics, describing any professional skills, community experience, or willingness to engage in activities that advance institutional diversity and equity in teaching, research, and service;
• the names and contact information of three referees.
Submissions are welcome at: https://ecuad.peopleadmin.ca.<https://ecuad.peopleadmin.ca/> Posting closes on December 31, 2023.
Salary and rank will be commensurate with professional status. Salary range $68,385 to $109,584 per annum.
OUR EQUITY STATEMENT
Emily Carr University especially invites those who have demonstrated a commitment to upholding the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion and will assist us to expand our capacity for diversity in the broadest sense. In addition, to correct the conditions of disadvantage in employment in Canada, we encourage applications from members of groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples, Indigenous peoples of North America, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and those who identify as women and/or 2SLGBTQ+.
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES + DISCOVERY LIBRARIAN Competition #F015-2023
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We acknowledge the potential impact that career interruptions (e.g. maternity leave, leave due to illness, etc.) can have on a candidate’s record of research achievement. Applicants are encouraged to identify in their application the impact that career interruptions may have had on their record of practice and research achievement; this will be taken into careful consideration during the assessment process.
Emily Carr University is committed to creating an inclusive, accessible and barrier free workplace. We want to ensure that all participants are able to engage fully in interviews and other activities that are part of the hiring process. If you have any accommodation requests please contact Human Resources (hr at ecuad.ca<mailto:hr at ecuad.ca>). All requests for accommodation will be treated confidentially.
All qualified people are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.
While we thank all candidates for their interest, only those short‐listed will be contacted.
D. Vanessa Kam MA, MLIS (she/her)
University Librarian
Library + Archives
Emily Carr University of Art + Design<https://www.ecuad.ca/>
tel 604 844 3807
room C2219
520 East 1st Ave, Vancouver BC, V5T 0H2, Canada
dvkam at ecuad.ca<mailto:dvkam at ecuad.ca> ecuad.ca<https://www.ecuad.ca/>
ECU is situated on unceded Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh territories.
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