Associate Librarian for Collection Management

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The Associate Librarian for Collection Management is responsible for planning, developing, promoting, and directing the operations of the Collection Management (Technical Services) Department of the Law Library, coordinating all aspects of budgeting, acquisitions, cataloging, and classification of the library’s information resources.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversees and manages the Law Library materials budget, coordinating with the Director of the Law Library to establish annual budget projections and increases
• Maintains and updates all material and budget statistics for ABA reporting
• Collects and publishes data about the library collection and the work of the Technical Services department using established procedures and reports
• Serves as Law Library’s System Administrator for integrated library automation system (Alma)
• Participates in reference services
• Supervises and trains Technical Services staff
• Oversees and assigns the workflow of the Technical Services department
• Performs original cataloging
• Maintains bibliographic records on integrated library automation system (Alma)
• Establishes and publishes departmental policies for cataloging and procedural standards
• Participates in collection development, evaluating and recommending materials for purchase
• Analyzes collection strengths
• Conducts periodic inventories of the collection
• Serves as contact with vendors and publishers

QUALIFICATIONS AND CREDENTIALS Education and Experience

• Master of Library and Information Science (M.L.I.S.) from an ALA-accredited library school, or equivalent
• Juris Doctor preferred
• Law library or comparable experience

ABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES ESSENTIAL TO THE FUNCTION OF THE JOB Communication and Comprehension

• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well articulated information.
• Ability to understand, speak, and write English in order to convey messages and correspond in an articulate and professional manner.
• Possess public communication skills that allow professional representation of Liberty University to a variety of business and community customers and associates.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Ability to contribute to a team environment and contribute expertise at appropriate times while recognizing each team member’s strengths and contributions
• Listen-first communication style to ensure that everyone is heard so the best decision can be reached
• Ability to show respect to their colleagues and to work in a collegial manner

Problem Solving

• Intuitively able to reason, analyze information and events, and apply judgment in order to solve problems of both a routine and complex nature.

Physical and Sensory Abilities

• Occasionally required to travel to local and campus locations.
• Frequently required to sit for extended periods to perform deskwork or type on a keyboard.
• Regularly required to hear and speak in order to effectively communicate orally.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, and climb stairs to move about the building.
• Regularly lift 10 or fewer pounds.

Target Hire Date

2024-12-02

Time Type

Full time

Location

Lynchburg - In Office

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the “religion” component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.