Systems and Discovery Librarian, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

The University of Kansas Medical Center, A. R. Dykes Library of the Health Sciences is seeking a Systems and Discovery Librarian. This position leads the strategic direction, implementation and ongoing management of library technology. The successful candidate will support exiting library technologies and lead configuration, integration and maintenance of systems and discovery solutions.  A key role will be to provide leadership with informed decisions about future systems solutions. This is a job that is highly rewarding. We have a strong life/work balance with generous vacation and sick leave accumulation and 8.5% salary match upon retirement after one year’s employment. Come work in a fun and collaborative work place with an enthusiastic  team.  

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited library school or equivalent academic library experience.
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively and effectively in a team environment.
• Aptitude for critical thinking. 
• Strong interpersonal communication skills. 
• Strong written and oral communication skills as exhibited in application and interviews. 
• Experience with integrated library systems and discovery services (current systems are Serials Solutions, VuFind, and Voyager). 
• Familiarity with digitization of information, metadata, networking, computer programing. 
• Experience working with standard library data structures such as MARC, METS, RDF, and OpenURL. 
• Experience with scripting languages as well as XSLT, XML, Javascript, and JSON. 
• Evidence of project management. 
• Ability to manage change and to think innovatively and creatively. 

Preferred Qualifications:

For full application, please go here:

http://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/jobs-at-kumc.html

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