Job Description
The Collections and Resource Management Librarian leads, administers and coordinates the operations of the Collections and Resource Management Department including systems, acquisitions, serials, cataloging, government publications, and collection development. This promotion-track, faculty position develops the Library’s materials budget; works closely with both the Digital Initiatives and Preservation Department and Access Services Department, and supervises staff and librarian positions. The Collections and Resource Management Librarian seeks out innovative processes to streamline operations, and pursues opportunities to expand resources through collaboration and the adoption of new technologies. As a member of the library’s leadership team, the Collections and Resource Management Librarian participates in general administrative decision making, library management, strategic planning, and setting priorities.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
Essential:
1. Provides leadership and innovation for the department while managing human, financial, and other resources to ensure efficient operations.
2. 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.
3. Supervises the functional operations of acquisitions, periodical check-in, binding, cataloging, and processing.
4. Manages a collections budget of over $1.3 million.
5. Monitors and reports on monograph acquisition expenditures for the 20 plus subject areas for budget control of $100,000 – $200,000 of print and electronic book acquisitions.
6. 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.
7. Supervises the systems operation of the III integrated online catalog, including software upgrades, patron loads, LTI authority control processing, and problem solving.
8. Supervises batch-loading of cataloging record sets for major database purchases; performs cleanup of OCLC records and other bibliographic maintenance resulting from cataloging loads and from deletions.
9. Compiles the Library’s annual collections and acquisitions statistics for internal and external reports. Prepares monthly and annual reports.
10. Attends external committees such as the Alliance Shared Collection Development Committee and the Prospector Cat/Ref committee.
11. Manages gift donations including coordination with donors and bibliographers.
12. Supervises the technical operations of a Federal Depository Library Program.
13. Develops professionally as a faculty member through activities such as research projects, publications, and service to the profession and to the University.
14. Serves on library and university-wide committees, participates in professional organizations, and provides service to the community.
DECISION MAKING: (level of difficulty or intensity of the mental process and is it routine or non-routine?
Diversity of decision making related to budget and finance, personnel issues, setting priorities, and problem solving.
SCOPE OF AUTHORITY: (financial, program, specific activity. Amount of freedom to establish methods to complete assignments.)
Responsible for the monitoring and expenditure of $1.3 million in library resources; must be able to set priorities for others; must be able to keep up with technological change; negotiates database licenses.
COMMUNICATION: (Interpersonal level of communication: eg., factual, interpretative, motivational).
Interacts daily with staff in the supervision of periodicals, government publications and bibliographic maintenance of materials. Interacts daily with vendors and sales representatives. Interacts with faculty in areas of collection development.
RESULTS OF ACTIONS: (impact of results on the department/Regis)
This position must be able monitor and track expenditures and guarantee that invoices are paid in a timely manner. Nonpayment results in online services being discontinued resulting in loss of resources for faculty and students. Materials must be cataloged and made available quickly. These resources are expensive and necessary for research and scholarship.
Minimum Qualifications
Experience: (Specific, observable and linked to essential duties.)
1. Master’s in Library and Information Science.
2. 5 years experience in a resource management department in an academic library preferred.
3. Familiarity with government publications and Federal Depository standards.
Skills:
1. Strong typing and filing skills.
2. Demonstrated computer skills.
Knowledge: (Body of and level of information necessary to perform a duty.)
1. Strong familiarity with an integrated library system, eg. Innovative Interfaces Inc. and its subsystems (cataloging, acquisitions, serials, reports)
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.
Abilities:
1. Ability to recognize standard differences among the many types of materials handled and to process materials accordingly. Ability to notice peculiarities within these standard differences of types of materials being handled and to make appropriate adjustments.
2. Ability to negotiate with vendors on pricing.
3. Ability to evaluate a license or contract.
Physical and Mental: (Frequency, duration, very easy to very hard, essential to helpful.)
Lifting and carrying: daily lifting and carrying of books five lbs. or less.
Pushing and pulling: daily pushing and pulling of loaded book carts.
Body movements: occasional bending, stooping, twisting, reaching, squatting.
Hand Use: frequent typing
Sense of touch: typing
Hearing: Ability to hear verbal instructions.
Vision: frequent reading of computer screens and printed materials.
Mental:
Mathematics: ability to count for statistical purposes.
Remembering: Recalling and following instructions.
Language ability: Must be able to read English as most materials are in English. Must have strong spelling skills.
Reasoning: Ability to prioritize workflow, determine when an item needs special attention, when to ask questions or follow past practices.
Working Conditions: (Physical environment)
1. Will be working indoors with adequate heating and air conditioning.
2. Extensive use of computer terminal may lead to headaches, eyestrain and wrist problems.
3. Regular lifting of heavy boxes of books or pushing or pulling of loaded book carts may cause back or muscle pain.
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