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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The James E. Walker Library at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN (30 miles southeast of Nashville) invites applicants for a full time, tenure-track
position at the assistant/associate professor rank for </span></font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Discovery</span></font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Services Librarian.</span></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"><br>
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</font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Under general direction of the Department Chair for Collection Development and Management, the successful candidate will be a member of a cross-department team responsible for the
maintenance and administration of web-scale </span></font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">discovery</span></font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> services at Walker Library.
The </span></font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Discovery</span></font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Services Librarian is responsible for the coordination of Ebsco </span></font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Discovery</span></font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Services
that enables </span></font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">discovery</span></font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> of the library's information resources.</span></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"><br>
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</font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Responsibilities will include:</span></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"><br>
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</font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- As a member of the team, contributes to the leadership and coordination of the team responsible for the overall </span></font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">discovery</span></font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> environment
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</font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">-Optimizes functions of the web-scale </span></font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">discovery</span></font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> service.Participates
in the administration, optimization, and integration of the library's link resolver, ezproxy, and other systems for </span></font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">discovery</span></font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> and
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</font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">-Ensures optimum user experience through the use of data-informed metrics to continuously improve local implementation of the Library's </span></font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">discovery</span></font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> infrastructure. </span></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"><br>
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</font><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Middle Tennessee State University is a dynamic institution with a commitment to diversity, valuing excellent teaching and fostering initiatives in research, creative activity and
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Required Education: ALA accredited master’s degree in Library or Information Science, or its international equivalent.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Required experience: Two years of applicable professional experience. Demonstrated experience supporting and developing one or more library web-scale </span></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">discovery</span></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> services
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Please apply at </span></font><a href="https://mtsujobs.mtsu.edu/postings/2294" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman,serif"><font face="Segoe UI,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">https://mtsujobs.mtsu.edu/postings/2294</span></font></font></a><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"></font></div>
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