Associate College Librarian & Coordinator for Collection Management and Scholarly Communications

Description

Haverford College invites applications for our full-time (37.5 hours per week), exempt, benefits-eligible Associate College Librarian & Coordinator for Collection Management and Scholarly Communications opportunity.  

Haverford Offers Great Benefits: The College offers a comprehensive benefits program that includes possible work-from-home opportunities, automatic 10% retirement contribution to your retirement account upon eligibility (no match required), a 50% tuition benefit for dependent children upon eligibility, 14 paid holidays (including the week before New Year’s Day off), Health Savings Account contribution of $650 for individuals and$1300 for families (no match required), affordable medical plans, and a beautiful arboretum campus with walking trail and easy public transportation access. Please visit the Benefits page (https://www.haverford.edu/human-resources/benefits) for more information.

Work Location: This position will be eligible for a hybrid work schedule, pursuant to the College’s Work Location Policy.

About the Haverford College Libraries

Located on a wooded suburban campus less than ten miles from the center of Philadelphia, Haverford College is a highly selective liberal arts institution of approximately 1,400 students and 140 faculty.  The Quaker foundation and traditions of the College encourage a respect for the individual and an openness of exchange that make it attractive to intellectually ambitious and socially-conscious students. The Libraries offer a supportive environment for self-motivated, team-oriented, creative, committed librarians and colleagues seeking intellectual and professional growth through involvement in the work of faculty and students.  This position affords an excellent opportunity to pursue a career at an outstanding college and in a collaborative and respectful work environment.

About the Position
The Associate College Librarian & Coordinator for Collection Management and Scholarly Communications (ACL) oversees a division of six employees with responsibility for the acquisition, description, processing, and management of library collections. The ACL serves as a member of the Libraries’ leadership team and participates in strategic planning. The ACL leads the overall collections program, discipline-specific responsibility for which is distributed among subject librarians. The ACL manages the collections budget, generates reports and forecasts, and negotiates licenses for e-resources. The ACL provides vision and leadership for the Libraries’ open access strategies and supports open publishing among Haverford scholars. The ACL administers Haverford’s repository of faculty publications and develops best practices for showcasing faculty scholarship. The ACL contributes to the Libraries’ research and instruction program by supporting the Economics Department. The ACL works closely with counterparts at Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges to develop shared, mutually-beneficial services for and approaches to collection management activities.

Primary Responsibilities

•         Oversee all aspects of the Collection Management and Scholarly Communications division of the Haverford College Libraries (6 full-time employees plus several student assistants). Functional areas include acquisition/licensing, cataloging/metadata, electronic resource management, and physical processing
•         Lead the Libraries’ collection management program; coordinate collection development activities among the Libraries’ subject librarians; manage and allocate collections budget; conduct e-resource license review and negotiation
•         Develop collections budget reports; ensure efficient and proper expenditure of the collections budget; work with the Librarian of the College on identifying resource needs for annual budgeting process
•         Provide vision and leadership for the Libraries’ open access strategies; provide support for open publishing among Haverford scholars
•         Administer Haverford’s repository of faculty publications; develop best practices for identifying and ingesting content; collaborate with campus colleagues to showcase faculty scholarship
•         With support as needed from the Librarian of the College, serve as the Economics librarian; develop the Libraries’ collection in support of department’s curriculum and research interests; provide classroom and individual instruction to students
•         Work closely with library counterparts at Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges, with particular emphasis on developing mutually-beneficial services for and approaches to collection management activities

 Line of Report: The Associate College Librarian & Coordinator for Collection Management and Scholarly Communications reports to the Librarian of the College. This position directly supervises two exempt positions: Head of Acquisitions & Serials; Head of Metadata Services & Visual Resources Librarian.

To Apply: Interested applicants are invited to submit an application, to include a cover letter and resume, by visiting https://haverford.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Haverford-Campus/Associate-College-Librarian---Coordinator-for-Collection-Management-and-Scholarly-Communications_R575. The application deadline is September 18, 2024. Application review will begin after the deadline has passed. Please email [email protected] with questions about submitting your materials. Should the search committee be interested in pursuing your candidacy, you will hear from them directly. Finalists will be asked to provide three professional references.

Haverford College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice, and providing equal opportunities and access to all individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, disability, or veteran status. Women, non-binary and transgender individuals, people of color, Indigenous people, and those with other or multiple historically marginalized and/or underrepresented identities are especially encouraged to apply. Haverford College and our consortial partners are located on Lenape lands.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

•         Master of Library Science/Master of Library and Information Science from an ALA-accredited institution
•         5 years of professional experience working in a collection management/technical services unit within an academic or research library
•         Supervisory experience of staff employees

Professional Competencies 

•         Experience monitoring collections expenditures and generating budget reports
•         Experience with collection assessment and data-informed collection management strategies
•         Thorough knowledge of trends in scholarly communications, especially open publishing, transformative agreements, Creative Commons licensing, funder mandates, and national/international Open Access initiatives
•         Highly developed interpersonal skills, mature judgment, and initiative
•         Understanding of and commitment to the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion
          Strong service orientation
•         Ability to foster teamwork and to work energetically, imaginatively, and respectfully with all constituents in an academically ambitious community
•         Excellent oral and written communication skills
•         Ability to communicate complex information effectively

Preferred Qualifications

•         Experience serving as a subject librarian/liaison, preferably in economics or another quantitative social science
•         Experience querying data in an integrated library system, especially Ex Libris’ Alma
•         Experience providing guidance to faculty and other campus constituents on intellectual property/copyright law
•         Aptitude for quantitative data management, manipulation, and analysis, especially utilizing software such as Stata, R and Python
•         Experience collaborating productively in a consortial environment

We are aware that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every qualification in the job description including the preferred qualifications. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and recognize that a successful candidate may come from a less traditional career trajectory, such as having skills and abilities gained outside a classroom context, or an equivalent skill set. We encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of our preferred qualifications.