Reporting to the Associate Dean for Digital Technologies and Resource Management, the Head of Collection Management Services provides dynamic, progressive leadership to the department. The head oversees departmental activities such as collections management and purchasing, licensing, facilitating access to licensed content, discovery services, cataloging of materials in all formats and physical processing of materials. The incumbent will be expected use Ex Libris’ Alma/Primo which is used by all 23 Libraries in the CSU System. Additionally, the position: • Provides effective supervision and leadership for the department while fostering a work environment that coaches and mentors employees in a manner that contributes to their individual career goals, the profession, and the organization.
• Supervises operations for cataloging and processing of print and non-print resources, special collections/rare books, government documents, including monographs, serials, and databases.
• Oversees the collection budget, approval plan profiles, license information, collection policies, gifts, and other fiscal resources in consultation with library faculty.
• Leads and manages acquisitions activities including purchasing, licensing, and facilitating access to licensed content.
• Conducts regular assessments of departmental services, workflows, and operations.
• Assists in developing effective reports and messaging for other library and university administrators to understand the library’s materials budget needs.
• Determines priorities for processing and preservation of materials.
• Responsible for metadata support for the library’s scholarly communication program.
• Acts as the library’s liaison to the CSU Affordable Learning Solutions program.
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