Job Description
ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSITION VACANCY
Job Title: Electronic Resources Coordinator
Department: Library
Position No. AF0125
Employment Type: Administrative
Salary:Commensurate with education and experience. Excellent health and retirement benefits package.
Application Deadline:Open until filled. To ensure consideration, complete applications must be received by 2/18/2020.
How to Apply: Applicants will be asked to complete an online application by creating a profile and then providing personal and demographic information. In addition, please be prepared to upload a:
Cover letter
Resume
Copy of transcripts for all degrees completed (if your transcripts include a social security number or birthdate, please redact that information before uploading the document. Official transcripts will be required upon hire)
Provide three professional reference including name, relationship, phone number and email address.
Direct Inquiries Contact: Jamie Walker, 970-248-1863, mailto:jwalker@coloradomeds.edu
SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Library Director, the Electronic Resources Coordinator manages library e-resources and discovery tools to ensure seamless and reliable access to CMU patrons. The Electronic Resources Coordinator has extensive knowledge of the complex concepts and issues related to the life cycle of e-resources throughout the process to acquire, provide access, administer, provide support, monitor, and evaluate.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES ANDRESPONSIBILITIES:
Using established methods for systems analysis, troubleshoots, monitors and maintains continuous access to subscribed e-content.Communicates access problems with library staff, and addresses problems when necessary.
Manages the technical settings of e-resources to ensure optimal functionality.
Maintains authentication protocols, specifically the proxy configuration files, for electronic resources. Updates and customizes interfaces for electronic resource access and discovery.
Serves as library's liaison to vendors and IT staff, and provides timely, high quality technical support to library staff and users.
Maintains complete and comprehensive vendor information in the ERM (Gold Rush).
Manages review of contracts by negotiating pricing and license agreements.
Manages library contract database.
Manages the data collection, analysis, and manipulation process and provides meaningful interpretation to evaluate electronic resources.
Gathers database usage statistics using industry established methods.
Creates a database renewal schedule to ensure systematic, rigorous evaluation and timely renewals.
Provides web maintenance and enhancements complying with campus marketing standards and in consultation with library staff.
Provides research services through individual consultations, chat, and regularly scheduled hours at the Research Help Desk including evening and weekend rotations.
Serves as a departmental liaison by selecting materials, providing instruction and preparing collection assessments.
Serves on committees as assigned.
Recognizes and proactively addresses persistent problems with access, technology or interoperability. Investigates and recommends possible solutions.
Sets up and monitors database trials, and communicates their availability to faculty and staff.
Provides internal training and information on e-resources.
Monitors vendor sites to manage title changes in dynamic e-collections.
Monitors vendors' pricing policies and package deals.
Evaluates workflows to maximize efficiency and enhance effective access to electronic resources.
Evaluates e-resources for relevancy, ease of use, cost, and content overlap/gaps.
Documents procedures to set-up and maintain e-resources.
Maintains record of vendor correspondence. Tracks and documents service issues so that others may step in when necessary.
Maintains, monitors and updates an electronic journals list and link resolver (Gold Rush).
Develops procedures to periodically test access to electronic content.
Stays abreast of best practices, trends and emerging technologies in order to evaluate and implement relevant improvements to enhance library services.
Keeps abreast of licensing issues and trends.
Promotes awareness of e-content and alerts librarians of under-utilized resources.
Promotes accessibility for electronic resources.
Researches and analyzes new products and offers to identify possible alternatives to current subscriptions.
Serves as backup for troubleshooting problems related to individual e-book and e-journal titles normally handled by the Head of Technical Services.
Serves as backup for exporting bibliographic data to external databases such as Gold Rush or RapidILL.
Other duties as assigned.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ATTRIBUTES:
Knowledge of the principles and practices related to electronic resources and electronic collections.
Excellent organizational and analytical skills with an aptitude for detailed work.
Demonstrated ability to juggle multiple tasks, exercising sound judgement in setting work priorities.
Demonstrated ability to be flexible with a high tolerance for complexity and ambiguity.
Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective relationships.
Demonstrated ability to effectively, promptly, and consistently communicate in a courteous and professional manner, both verbally and in writing.
Thorough knowledge of legal and institutional licensing requirements, including fair publisher pricing models.
Conceptual and practical knowledge negotiating contracts.
Demonstrated ability to summarize complex and ambiguous phenomena (such as pricing, access models, contracts, and data) in an understandable way appropriate for the audience.
Knowledge of the range of content usage statistics and the ability to extract/present them in a meaningful way.
Demonstrated ability to initiate, plan, implement and assess projects, and complete them in a timely manner
Familiarity with markup languages (e.g. HTML, XML, wiki).
Knowledge and ability to solve patron access problems.
Demonstrated ability to approach problems in a proactive, positive way.
Demonstrated commitment to superior customer service.
Demonstrated ability to frame situations according to others' perspectives in order to facilitate troubleshooting (with vendors, consortia, IT, patrons).
Conceptual and practical knowledge enabling interoperability between library e-resources such as the ILS (Sierra), discovery layers (EDS), digital repository (DSpace), proxy servers (EZproxy), link resolvers (Gold Rush), and patron's devices.
Conceptual and practical knowledge of MARC and other metadata, cataloging standards, and bibliographic utilities.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
May supervise student workers.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
REQUIRED:
An ALA accredited Master's Degree in Library Science.
2 years' professional experience managing library e-resources.
PREFERRED:
Experience working in an academic library.
Experience working in a consortial or shared environment.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from administrators, faculty, staff and the general public.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, percentages as related to fiscal management.
REASONING ABILITY
Strategic and analytical reasoning skills are necessary. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of the job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk and talk and hear. This position could require bending, reaching, ascending and descending stairs, pushing, pulling, and lifting up to 5 pounds occasionally and up to 25 pounds rarely. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The tasks involved with this position are typically performed in an office environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. Requires some evening and weekend hours.
Colorado Mesa University is particularly interested in candidates who have experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and who have a demonstrated commitment to improving the levels of access and success for underrepresented students within higher education.
Colorado Mesa University is committed to providing a safe and productive learning and living community. To achieve that goal, we conduct background investigations for all final applicants being considered for employment. Background investigations include reference checks, a criminal history record check, and when appropriate, a financial and/or motor vehicle history. Applicant must be able to verify U.S. employment eligibility. Colorado Mesa University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a culturally diverse faculty, staff and student body. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Any person with a disability as defined by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) may be provided a reasonable accommodation upon request to enable the person to complete an employment assessment. To request an accommodation, please contact the CMU Human Resources Office by phone or email. You may be asked to provide additional information, including medical documentation, regarding functional limitations and type of accommodation needed.
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