Technical Services Librarian, Department Head

Regis University

Denver, Co

Application Deadline

Open Until Filled

Wages

$60,000.00 to $65,000.00 per Year   Calculate

Location

Denver, CO

Hours

40.00

MLS

Not Specified

Minimum Education

Master's Degree

Library Experience

Not Specified

Supervisory Experience

Required

Type of Library

Academic

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Job Description

The Technical Services Librarian leads, administers and coordinates the operations of the Technical Services Department including acquisitions, serials, cataloging, government publications, and collection development. This promotion-track, faculty position develops the Library’s materials budget, works closely with both the Electronic Services and Access Services Departments, and supervises staff and librarian positions. As a member of the library’s leadership team, the Technical Services Librarian participates in general administrative decision making, library management, strategic planning, and priority setting.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

1. Manages a collections budget of over $1.3 million.
2. Provides leadership and innovation for the department while managing human, financial, and other resources to ensure efficient operations.
3. Shares responsibility with the Dean of Library and the Department Heads in providing vision and leadership in moving the library forward to best serve the research and scholarship needs of our diverse student base.
4. Monitors and reports on book acquisition expenditures for the 20 plus 
subject areas for budget control of $100,000 – $200,000 of print and electronic book acquisitions.
5. Monitors and reports on database expenditures of over $900,000; meets with vendors; manages renewals and licenses; initiates trials; gathers use statistics; participates in consortium-wide purchases; serves on the library’s database committee and chairs the collection development committee.
6. Attends external committees such as the Alliance Shared Collections Committee and the Prospector Cat/Ref committee. 
7. Performs batch-loading of cataloging record sets for major database purchases; performs clean up of OCLC records and other bibliographic maintenance resulting from cataloging loads and from deletions.
8. Manages gift donations including coordination with donors and bibliographers.
9. Supervises acquisitions, periodical check-in, binding, and cataloging operations.
10. Supervises the operations of a Federal Depository Library Program.
11. Compiles the Library’s annual collections and acquisitions statistics for internal and external reports. Prepares monthly and annual reports.
12. Develops professionally as a faculty member through activities such as research projects, publications, and service to the profession and to the University.
13. Serves on library and university-wide committees, participates in professional organizations, and provides service to the community.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience
1. Master’s in Library and Information Science.
2. 3-5 years experience in a technical services department in a public or academic library preferred. 
3. 3+ years supervisory experience
4. Familiarity with government publications and Federal Depository standards.Knowledge

1. Strong familiarity with a computerized catalog and the subsystems (cataloging, acquisitions, serials, reports) within that catalog eg. Innovative Interfaces Inc.
2. Strong knowledge of OCLC Connexion software.
3. Strong knowledge of MarcEdit.
4. Familiarity with RDA.
5. Strong familiarity with national library standards and practices (e.g. AACR 2).
6. Working knowledge of LCSH and the Library of Congress classification system.
7. Familiarity with vendors and the publishing field.

The Community

Regis University, inspired by its Jesuit Catholic heritage, has been committed to academic excellence, personal development and community engagement since its founding in 1877. Regis provides values-based education at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission: A Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The motto “Men and Women in Service of Others” on the University seal describes the purpose of Jesuit education: to form men and women who use their knowledge in the unselfish service of others. Regis is comprised of three colleges: the College for Professional Studies, Regis College and the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions.

Regis University’s main campus is based in Denver, Colorado, but has campuses throughout Colorado’s Front Range and through its distance learning initiatives. Regis University currently employees approximately 1,000 faculty and staff and over 1,600 affiliate faculty so that more than 14,000 students are instructed in its Jesuit Catholic values-centered education.

HR Info

For more detailed information on this position and to apply online, please visit the Regis University job website at https://jobs.regis.edu

Posted Sep 4, 2014