[Web4lib] Position Announcement: Montana State University Electronic Resources Librarian

Rossmann, Doralyn doralyn at montana.edu
Thu Apr 24 16:44:02 EDT 2008


Montana State University Libraries in Bozeman, MT seeks a 12 month,
tenure-track Electronic Resources Librarian who is responsible for
managing and negotiating subscriptions to electronic resources; provides
leadership and expertise in the evaluation, selection, promotion, and
accessibility of electronic resources, especially serials; and works
with OpenURL linking technologies, budgeting, and consortia agreements.

Required: Masters degree from an ALA accredited graduate program;
demonstrated familiarity with electronic serial linking technologies;
demonstrated analytical, organizational, time, and project management
skills; knowledge of vendors, publishers, and library consortia.  

Preferred: Experience managing electronic resources; experience in
academic libraries; experience with subscription vendors (e.g. EBSCO,
Blackwell, etc.); familiarity with EDI and electronic resources
management technologies; experience with budgeting and serials
invoicing; experience with negotiating contracts and licenses;
familiarity using relational databases.

The successful candidate have excellent oral, written, and interpersonal
skills and a strong commitment to excellent customer service; have an
understanding of the current and emerging trends and issues in
collection development, acquisitions, and academic libraries; have the
ability to work both collaboratively and independently.

Available September 1, 2008. $43,000. Screening begins June 2, 2008. For
a full position description and application requirement, please see
http://www.lib.montana.edu/about/jobs.php or call (406) 994-3119.
ADA/EO/AA/Veterans Preference.





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