[Web4lib] Job Opportunity: Drexel University Hagerty Library

[Schwartz,Dorothy]

Drexel University Libraries seek an energetic service-oriented
individual with excellent leadership, management, and organizational
skills as Head of Access Services for Hagerty Library. Located on
Drexel's University City campus, Hagerty Library, together with the
Health Sciences Libraries and the Drexel College of Law Library,
supports the faculty, students, researchers, and staff of Drexel's
thirteen Schools and Colleges. 

 

The Head of Access Services is a senior management position with
leadership responsibility for a key department.  Specifically, the Head
of Access Services is charged with: establishing, implementing, and
assessing circulation policies and practices; maintaining and stewarding
the collections in Hagerty and in the off-site storage facility;
developing building access policies and negotiating reciprocal
arrangements; and taking a lead role in space planning and collection
management issues. The Head of Access Services oversees the Hagerty
stacks, the current periodicals collection, the DVD/streaming video
collections, and the off-site storage collections; manages overall
circulation of Hagerty Library materials; manages reserve operations,
including electronic reserves; and oversees the operation of the 24/7
study facility and group study rooms. The Head takes a lead role in
establishing the library's calendar and in developing, publicizing, and
implementing building access policies.  Working with library
administration, colleagues in Drexel libraries, including the College of
Law Library, and appropriate University departments, the Head seeks to
further data sharing and integration between the library management
system and campus enterprise systems. The Head hires, trains, and
evaluates five full-time support staff and oversees twenty to thirty
student assistants. This position has extensive contact with Drexel
students, faculty, librarians, and administrators, as well as with
visitors and colleagues in other libraries.  Drexel uses Innovative
Interfaces'Millenium library management system.

 

To apply, please go to www.drexeljobs.com <http://www.drexeljobs.com/>
and search on  "Head Access Services".