Acquisitions Librarian, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT

Posted February 26, 2020

Central Connecticut State University’s Elihu Burritt Library seeks a knowledgeable, creative, and service-oriented library faculty colleague for the position of Acquisitions Librarian. Applicants should be eager to apply excellent technical and interpersonal skills to manage acquisitions operations within the Acquisitions/Serials Department. The successful candidate will coordinate the daily operations related to ordering, receiving, and processing of all library materials regardless of format. This librarian will be responsible for monitoring and expending the Library’s approximately $2.1million materials budget. Candidates are expected to be committed to multiculturalism and working with a diverse student body.

 

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Coordinating acquisitions specific functions of a highly motivated unit responsible for the acquisitions of library materials, regardless of format, including firm orders, standing orders, and subscriptions.

• Serving as the functional expert within the Library related to all aspects of the acquisitions processes and procedures.

• Evaluating and selecting vendors for all print and media resources and collaborating with the Serials/E-Resources Librarian to evaluate and select electronic resources vendors.

• Acting as the technical expert in the use of acquisitions functionality in our ALMA integrated library system and implementation of software applications in support of acquisitions operations as needed.

• Providing materials budget estimates, establishing fund allocations, monitoring expenditures, and fiscal closing, using the ALMA integrated library system and reconciling all internal accounting records with expenditures posted by the Business Services division in the University’s Banner accounting system.

• Serving as an integral member of the Library Director’s budget team and providing all Acquisitions statistics requested by the director.

• Reviewing and processing all library materials invoices within the library’s internal accounting system. Contacting vendors regarding all library materials invoices requiring adjustment or correction.

• Supervising support staff in the absence of the Serials Librarian.

• Acting as liaison with University Accounts Payable, Purchasing, and Accounting Departments for library materials purchasing.

• Coordinating the development of collection reviews and collection policies, with assistance from colleagues and faculty, associated with general print and media collections.

• Collaborating with students, faculty, and staff to ensure that library resources being purchased meet the evolving needs of the University community.

• Serving as a subject liaison to one or more academic departments for the purposes of collection development.

•  Coordinating the collection of library data for internal and external data requests such as    ACRL Survey and IPEDS

• Maintaining all acquisitions data, statistics, reports, policies, and procedures.

• As a library faculty member will successfully fulfill all requirements necessary to obtain tenure.

 

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree from an ALA accredited library science program

• 3-5 years of library acquisitions experience in an academic library setting

• Experience with acquisition functions of integrated library systems 

• Demonstrated knowledge of library acquisitions, business practices, fund accounting and library budgeting in an academic environment or a similar complex library setting

• Experience working with vendors, content providers, and library cooperative purchasing consortia

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Experience working effectively with a highly diverse group of faculty, students, colleagues and the general public.

 

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience supervising fulf-time employees and/or student assistants

• Experience with Exlibris’ integrated library system ALMA

• Familiarity with MARC records and general cataloging principles and procedures

• Familiarity with trends related to acquisition of digital content

 

The Community: CCSU is located in New Britain, a city of some 70,000, within a 10 minute drive to the state capital in Hartford. New Britain is home to the nationally recognized New Britain Museum of American Arts and offers a range of cultural opportunities, including the New Britain Symphony Orchestra, two theatres, and an extensive park system. The University is approximately two hours (by car) from both Boston and New York City.

 

To view the full position and apply, please visit the following link. 

 

Closing date: Mar 16th, 2020

Contact person: Ewa Wolynska – phone: 860.832-2086; email: [email protected]