Kennesaw State University is now accepting applications for a twelve-month, non-tenure track Collections Strategist Librarian and Librarian Assistant Professor faculty position, beginning September 1, 2021.
Responsibilities
Librarianship (85 %)
- Triage purchase and subscription requests to library liaisons. Maintain wishlist of subscription and perpetual access eresources in consultation with faculty and librarians.
- Work with library liaison teams as needed to ensure effective library support of KSU academic programs, including assistance with new program development.
- Identify and market new acquisitions and databases identified as low usage to the KSU community to ensure users are aware of resources available to them, in coordination with the Marketing Librarian.
- Manage trials of potential new library databases to assess relevance to the KSU community.
- Strategize and develop new collections to support student success and faculty research.
- Negotiate with vendors on product pricing for eresources to ensure fiscally responsible management of state funds.
- Communicate and consult with liaison librarians and teaching faculty as appropriate to inform decisions about library subscriptions.
- Provide research assistance and information literacy instruction (in person, via chat, or other communication modes) to students and other members of the KSU community as needed.
Service (10%)
- Engage in KSU Library System service, KSU University service, and/or service to the library profession.
Scholarship (5%)
- Participate in scholarship, research, and/or creative activity. Contribute to the development of the library profession and/or subject-specific discipline through scholarship, presentations, and publications.
Required Qualifications
An earned Master's in Library Science from an American Library Association accredited program, or the foreign equivalent, is required.
Preferred Qualifications
- A record of professional service.
- Publications and/or conference presentations.
- Evidence of working with a culturally and an ethnically diverse community.
- Experience working with electronic resources.
- Experience working in academia.
- Project management experience.
- Evidence of strong attention to detail.
- Experience working with faculty.
- Vendor relations experience.
- Knowledge of current library databases and vendors.
- Experience working as a library liaison or in a collection development role.
Apply
Careers Applicant Portal: Careers at KSU
Position ID: 225517
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Ana Guimaraes
Director of Collection Development
Kennesaw State University
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