Acquisitions Coordinator

• Salary: $38,500.00 - $48,000.00 Annually Location: Cedar City, UT Job Type: Full-time Staff Job Number: 202400097 Division: Provost's Office Closing: 4/10/2025 11:59 PM Mountain FLSA: Non-Exempt

Position Summary

Manage the process for acquisition of new library materials, track collection development budgets, supervise student employees, and perform other technical services/resource sharing related duties as required by supervisor.

Essential FunctionsProcess orders for new library materials. Create purchase orders or pay with University Purchase Card as necessary. Track orders through receiving and payment processing.

• Serve as primary point of contact with vendors, publishers, consortia, university departments and library faculty/staff for print and electronic resource acquisitions.
• Track budgets of library liaisons and individual departments; keep library faculty apprised of budget use and ordering deadlines.
• Manage the life cycle of electronic resources (trials, acquisition, license and price negotiation, access management, renewals, and cancellations).
• Support library acquisitions by providing information such as costs, publishers, and catalogs to library faculty selecting new materials for their liaison areas.
• Work with the collection development librarian in receiving and processing in-kind gifts items to the library.
• Coordinate and facilitate library book sales.
• Interview, hire, and supervise student employees.
• Produce reports and maintain statistics in support of library acquisition budgets and management as needed.Education & Experience

Minimum Qualifications

• 4 Year / Bachelors Degree.
• Broad computer experience required.
• Demonstrated knowledge of computer technologies (spreadsheets, on-line ordering, acquisitions databases, etc.) and automated library systems.
• Demonstrated good communication and human relations skills and the ability to work well with faculty, staff, and students.
• Attention to detail and accuracy in transcribing essential information.
• Knowledge and/or experience of basic accounting procedures.
• Completion of a university level collection development course or equivalent required.Preferred Qualifications
• Previous library experience or course work desired.Supplemental Information

This is a 10.5 month contract. This position is contingent on funding at this time.

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