<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Job Opportunity:  <a href="https://www.merrimack.edu/about/offices_services/human_resources/employment_opportunities/head-of-resource-management/" target="_blank">Merrimack College, McQuade Library, Head of Resource Management</a></font></div><div><br></div><div>DESCRIPTION</div><div><p id="m_255335175947094383gmail-isPasted" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1em;max-width:none;color:rgb(70,72,74);font-family:Montserrat,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">McQuade Library at Merrimack College seeks a leader to oversee resource management for a growing community of students, faculty and staff. The Head of Resource Management will provide leadership and expertise in the procurement, assessment, and management of library print and electronic resources, including individual and package subscriptions, e-book demand driven acquisitions, and streaming services.<br></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1em;max-width:none;color:rgb(70,72,74);font-family:Montserrat,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Responsibilities include:</p><ul style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(70,72,74);font-family:Montserrat,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><li dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;max-width:none">Provides leadership to provide a user-centered, holistic electronic resources management vision to meet current and emerging information needs of the MC community.</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;max-width:none">Manages library materials budget; negotiates agreements with vendors/publishers and monitors performance of vendors; selects and evaluates library resources. Prepares and disseminates reports and statistics.</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;max-width:none">Verify and maintain local and remote access to all electronic resources.</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;max-width:none">Solves technical issues that affect user services and identifies strategies for enhancing e-resource accessibility and discoverability.</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;max-width:none">Coordinates training on library software, databases, and other electronic resources.</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;max-width:none">Collaborates with professional library staff to perform workflow analyses and document procedures.</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;max-width:none">Serves as primary liaison to subject areas faculty and users; identifies, meets, and facilitates ongoing communication about resource needs and service expectations.</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;max-width:none">Acts as Library representative on relevant faculty and campus committees.</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;max-width:none">Manages gifts to the library both monetary and physical. Maintain and disseminate Gift Policy.</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit"><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;max-width:none">Perform similar or related duties as assigned.</p></li></ul></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#073763">Sara Heng</font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#073763">Metadata Librarian</font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#073763">McQuade Library</font><font color="#000099"> </font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><font color="#f1c232">I </font></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:10pt">Merrimack College </span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><font color="#073763"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=315+Turnpike+St&entry=gmail&source=g" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">315 Turnpike St</a></font><font color="#002060"> </font></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><font color="#f1c232">I </font></span><spa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