Position Announcement: Electronic Resources Librarian
Boston College:
Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university
located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,100
full-time undergraduates and 4,700 graduate and professional
students. Ranked 31 among national universities and a member of the
Association of Research Universities, Boston College has 752
full-time and 1,080 FTE faculty, 2,750 non-faculty employees, an
operating budget of $886 million, and an endowment of approximately
$2 billion.
Position Details:
Boston College seeks a knowledgeable and innovative individual for
the position of Electronic Resources Librarian. The successful
candidate, under the supervision of Head of Continuing and
Electronic Resources, will provide leadership in the acquisition,
evaluation, management, and promotion of a wide range of continuing
and electronic resources including databases, journals and reference
sources.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate all activities associated with the management of the
Library’s electronic resources and serials collection including
acquisitions, licensing, access, and evaluation of electronic
resources.
- Communicate daily with external service providers, including
publishers, vendors, consortia, content providers, and technology
suppliers and collaborate internally with library staff in other
departments and bibliographers to provide optimal access to the
Library’s electronic resources collection for the University
community.
- Serve as a member of Budget Group and Finance Group for budget
management and planning and track cost, funds, budget transfers and
allocation for continuing and electronic resources.
- Supervise library support staff.
- Manage serials vendor accounts and provides leadership in the
implementation and ongoing administration of the electronic
resources management portion of Alma and UResolver.
- Coordinate workflow redesign as necessary to enhance efficient and
effective access to electronic resources.
Qualifications and Experience:
Required:
- Graduate degree from an ALA-accredited library and information
science program, or equivalent.
- Thorough understanding of continuing resources, including
awareness of issues of vendors, packages, aggregators, platforms,
licensing, pricing models, and financial and statistical management
needs.
- Experience working with electronic resources and serials in an
academic library.
- Ability to communicate and work well with colleagues on what is
increasingly an inter-departmental initiative, understanding variant
perspectives on shared work.
- Understanding of database issues, and the interoperability needs
to support Alma, UResolver, Primo and Metalib.
- Ability to develop projects, including training, quality control,
and follow-up.
- Working knowledge of technical environments, especially those
related to proxy servers and link resolvers, as well as familiarity
with emerging electronic resources standards such as ONIX, SUSHI,
COUNTER, SERU.
- Experience with Microsoft Office software, including Excel and
Access.
- Understanding of cataloging standards and MARC format.
To apply:
Please visit the Boston College Human Resources Job Opportunities
website at http://www.bc.edu/jobs. A resume and cover letter must be
submitted as part of the online application. Applications will be
accepted until position is filled.
Boston College conducts background checks as part of the hiring
process. Boston College is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Employer.
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Young Joo Moon
Head of Continuing & Electronic Resources
O'Neill Library
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
voice (617) 552-3207
fax (617) 552-1089
email: moonyo@bc.edu