FACULTY VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (CUNY) seeks a creative, collaborative, and user-centered librarian to serve as Electronic Resources and Collections Assessment Librarian.

Reporting to the Head of Technical Services, the e-Resources Librarian provides comprehensive management of electronic resources from start to finish, covering assessment and setup, maintenance, coordination and administration of the library’s e-resources, ensuring optimal and accurate user access to subscription resources, including databases, electronic journals, and e-books in a consortial environment. The successful candidate possesses a strong service ethic, shows evidence of teamwork, creativity, initiative and flexibility, and demonstrates a commitment to diversity and inclusion, including serving diverse user groups.

This is a full time, Instructor or tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Librarians at CUNY have faculty rank and status and are expected to meet the requirements for tenure and promotion including librarianship, scholarship, and service. Mentoring and support for scholarship is available to all Library faculty. Faculty at Brooklyn College and CUNY are represented by the Professional Staff Congress union (http://psc-cuny.org).

Brooklyn College is a microcosm of the ethnically rich borough of Brooklyn. It serves as well as a mirror of the wide diversity in New York City itself. A vibrant, intellectually engaged community, our student body comprises individuals from 150 countries, speaking 105 different languages, many of whom are the first in their family to attend college. The College transforms lives by providing access to outstanding undergraduate and graduate programs in the arts and sciences, business, education, and a vibrant general education curriculum in the liberal arts and sciences.

Responsibilities:

• Develops procedures and workflows for making the Library’s electronic resources, in all formats, languages, subjects, etc., discoverable and accessible.

• Establishes and maintains access to electronic resources on the library website and through the ExLibris Alma Library management system.

• Ensures the accuracy of holdings to improve link resolver performance.

• Performs troubleshooting, analysis, and resolution of access issues, and escalates as appropriate to consortial partners (CUNY Office of Library Services) and to third-party vendors (ExLibris, etc.).

• Tracks and assesses e-resources issues, interventions, and follow-ups.

• Improves discoverability of library resources in our instance of ExLibris PrimoVE (OneSearch) as needed.

• Assesses e-resource usage, creates resource usage reports for acquisitions, institutional assessment and accreditation needs (ex: IPEDS annual reports).

• Identifies, evaluates, and stays current with emerging trends, resources, practices, and standards in electronic resource management, usage statistics, data management, access, and discovery to enhance library services.

• With the Collection Management Librarian, works with vendors, publishers, consortial partners, and college procurement office to proactively address ordering, access, payment, and performance issues.

• Supervises support staff in e-resources and serials-related tasks.

• Serves as the subject librarian for assigned areas.

• Participates in the general reference and instruction program of the library.

• Serves actively on Library, college, university and professional committees.

• Some evening and weekend duties may be required.

• Performs other job-related duties as required.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum qualifications

• Master's in Library Science (MLS), Master's in Library Information Studies (MLIS), or closely related discipline from an ALA-accredited institution. A second master’s degree OR doctorate is required for appointment as Assistant Professor. If hired as an Instructor, the candidate will be expected to complete an additional graduate degree within 5 years (CUNY tuition remission is available) in order to commence the tenure track as an assistant professor.

• Experience managing library electronic resources.

• Strong oral and written communication skills, and strong analytical, organizational, and planning skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing electronic resources in an academic library.

• Experience with ExLibris Alma and/or OCLC.

• Supervisory experience.

• Knowledge of metadata and acquisitions best practices.