Collection Management Librarian, Kent State University Libraries and
Media Services, Kent Campus

Twelve month, full-time, tenure track position. Faculty rank of
Assistant Professor.

Reports to Assistant Dean for Technical Services

Duties and Responsibilities:

1.       Assists the Assistant Dean for Technical Services in overall
collection management, development, and assessment.

2.       Works with the Assistant Dean, other Department Heads in
Technical Services, liaison librarians, and faculty library
representatives to manage and develop the library's collections.

3.       Helps develop and analyze the collections budget.

4.       Works to maximize the effectiveness of vendor approval plans.

5.       Trains librarians in collection management tools and methods;
serves as a professional resource for collection assessment and
management issues.

6.       Organizes and conducts collection management projects,
including weeding, gifts, and transition to electronic content.

7.       Coordinates collection statistics and overall collection
assessment.

8.       Represents the library's interests at consortium and
professional meetings.

9.       Develops policies, procedures and documentation.

10.   Participates in division planning and decision making.

11.   Supervises, trains and evaluates student employees and staff as
appropriate.

Required Qualifications:

1.       ALA-accredited MLS, MLIS or MS in Library Science.

2.       Minimum two years experience in library acquisitions and/or
collection management.

3.       Ability to balance priorities, meet deadlines, prioritize work,
use good judgment and exercise initiative.

4.       Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

5.       Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

6.       Ability to meet the requirements of retention and tenure.

Preferred Qualifications:

1.       Experience with an approval book plan like that of Yankee Book
Peddler.

2.       Experience in staff use of an integrated library system like
that of Innovative Interfaces, Inc.

3.       Familiarity with library data standards such as MARC21, LCC,
and LCSH.

4.       Ability to demonstrate flexibility and initiative in carrying
out assignments.

5.       Extensive facility with Microsoft Excel and/or Access or
equivalent applications.

6.       Familiarity with technical tools like Perl and MarcEdit.

7.       Experience training library staff on technical matters.

8.       Experience editing and loading records into an ILS.

Environment: The Kent State University Libraries has a collection of
over 2 million volumes and holds membership in the Association of
Research Libraries and the Center for Research Libraries. Kent State
University is a founding member of OCLC and of OhioLINK
(http://www.ohiolink.edu <http://www.ohiolink.edu/> ) Ohio's academic
library consortium.  Kent State University Libraries has OCLC Regular
Enhance status and participates in the Name Authority Cooperative (NACO)
program of the PCC.

Kent State University, an equal opportunity, affirmative action
employer, is committed to attaining excellence through the recruitment
and retention of a diverse work force. Women, minorities, veterans, and
individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply

Submit: A letter of application addressing the required qualifications,
curriculum vita, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of
three (3) professional references.

Submit materials to: http://jobs.kent.edu <http://jobs.kent.edu/>   Job
# 997329

This position is open until filled. Applications will be examined
beginning May 19, 2008.

Margaret Maurer
Associate Professor, Head, Catalog & Metadata
Kent State University Libraries & Media Services
370 Library, P.O. Box 5910
Kent, OH 44242-0001 USA

Editor, TechKNOW
mbmaurer@kent.edu
330.672.1702