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Subject: Posting for Collections Analyst and Strategist - Social Sci
and Mgmt (MIT)
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 21:36:40 +0000
From: Michael M Noga <[log in to unmask]>
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Greetings,
We are still accepting applications for the following posting.
Michael
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Michael M Noga
Collections Strategist
Mathematics, Earth and Planetary Sciences Librarian
MIT Libraries
*COLLECTIONS ANALYST AND STRATEGIST,__*
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND MANAGEMENT
Collections Strategy and Management
*/(Librarian II)/*
*//*
The MIT Libraries seeks an innovative and process-driven strategic
thinker to provide leadership in the generation and analysis of
collections data, to contribute to a holistic collection development
strategy and to serve as the strategist for the Social Sciences and
Management collections. Through active engagement with publishing and
scholarly communities, the Strategist will cultivate an awareness of
best practices and emerging trends in these areas.
Reporting to the Head of Collections Strategy and Management (CSM), the
successful candidate will analyze data to inform the strategic
allocation of library resources and to improve collection development
and workflows. S/he will enhance the effectiveness of data collection
and analysis, and will develop solutions for the ongoing assessment of
information resources in all subjects and formats. The Collections
Analyst and Strategist will compile and analyze data to improve
understanding of user behavior and collections use, evaluate
returns-on-investment in support of evidence-based collection management
decisions, and contribute to the analysis of shared/consortial
collections to support decision-making with partner organizations (e.g.,
BorrowDirect). In collaboration with other strategists, s/he will
develop and implement collections policies and strategies; manage
approval plans; manage designated central funds and prioritize
expenditures; and select major interdisciplinary resources.
As a member of the highly collaborative Social Sciences and Management
Community of Practice (SSM CoP), the Collections Analyst and Strategist
will engage with colleagues around significant collections issues in
these areas and will coordinate collection projects.S/he will partner
with selectors in enhancing collection skills and engage them in a
holistic approach to collections building within the context of
outreach, access, metadata creation, rights management, and curation.
Resource management responsibilities include oversight of SSM CoP and
gift funds, and participation in resource development and donor
stewardship particularly the identification and articulation of
collection needs. As Collections Strategist s/he will participate in the
selection of general subject resources that serve broad aspects of the
SSM community’s research needs, and will keep abreast of collection
trends and publisher changes. S/he will also support library services
for the Social Sciences and Management community.
*QUALIFICATIONS:*
·MLS/MLIS from an ALA-accredited institution or equivalent advanced
degree in library or information science
·Minimum of five years collection development experience in an
academic/research/special library
·Strong analytical skills, knowledge of statistical methods, and
experience with statistical analysis tools
·Experience producing reports, visualizing results and effectively
communicating findings for diverse audiences
·Training experience: providing group or one-on-one sessions or creating
self-help tools
·A deep understanding of the literature and information sources used in
one or more Social Sciences and Management disciplines**
·Demonstrated awareness of national trends and developments in shared
and consortial collection development and management **
·Experience working with vendors of scholarly research products
·Demonstrated ability to lead change and implement new services and work
methods**
·Excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach to problem
solving and working across organizational boundaries
·Proven project managements skills**
·Ability to be flexible, tolerate ambiguity and to successfully manage
competing deadlines**
·Ability to work with geographically-distributed physical collections
with limited accessibility
**
_Preferred_
·Bachelor’s or advanced degree in the Social Sciences or Management or
significant experience working with Social Science or Management
collections**
·Demonstrated vendor negotiation skills
**
*SALARY AND BENEFITS*: $60,000 minimum salary. Actual salary based on
qualification and experience. MIT offers excellent benefits including a
choice of health and retirement plans, a dental plan, tuition assistance
and a relocation allowance. The MIT Libraries afford a flexible and
collegial working environment and foster professional growth of staff
with management training and travel funding for professional meetings.
*APPLICATION PROCESS: *Apply online at:
http://hrweb.mit.edu/staffing/.Applications must include cover letter,
resume, and contact information for three references. Review of
applications will begin July 29, 2013 and will continue until position
is filled. MIT is strongly and actively committed to diversity within
its community and particularly encourages applications from qualified
women and minority candidates.
**
Through a culture that encourages innovation and collaboration, the MIT
Libraries are redefining the role of the 21^st century library – making
collections more accessible than ever before, and shaping the future of
scholarly research. Library staff, at all levels, contribute to this
spirit of innovation and to the mission of promoting learning, discovery
and the advancement of knowledge at MIT and beyond.“Reinventing the
Research Library: The MIT Libraries in the 21^st Century
<http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/mitlibraries/videos/10837-reinventing-the-research-library-the-mit-libraries-in-the-21st-century>”
is a short video that looks at how the Libraries are expanding beyond
their traditional role to shape 21^st century research library
--creating innovative services, reaching out to students and faculty,
and leading efforts to increase global access to MIT’s scholarly work.
/The MIT Libraries/support the Institute's programs of research and
study with holdings of more than 2.9 million print volumes and 3.1
million special format items, and terabytes of MIT-owned digital
content. In addition, rare special collections, Institute records,
historical documents, and papers of noted faculty are held in the
Institute Archives and Special Collections. Library resources and
services are accessible to students and researchers through the
Libraries’ website (http://libraries.mit.edu/), and library spaces are
widely available for both collaborative work and quiet study.
Traditional library resources are supplemented by innovative services
for bioinformatics, GIS, metadata, social science data, and research
data management services, as well as multimedia facilities and services
for video production, conferencing, webcasting and distance education.
The Libraries utilize the Ex Libris Aleph system for its public
Web-based catalog and as the support system for user service and
processing functions. DSpace@MIT, a digital repository developed over
the past ten years by the MIT Libraries, serves to capture, preserve and
communicate the intellectual output of MIT's faculty and research
community. Other MIT repositories include: Dome, a second DSpace
instance, providing access to a sizable image collection and other
digital collections owned by the MIT Libraries; the MIT Geodata
Repository for a diverse collection of GIS Data; and MIT’s DataVerse for
licensed social science datasets. MIT Libraries maintain memberships and
affiliations in arXiv, Association of Research Libraries, the
BorrowDirect group, the Boston Library Consortium, DDI Alliance,
DuraSpace, HathiTrust, CLIR/Digital Library Federation, the Coalition of
Networked Information, EDUCAUSE, North East Research Libraries, OCLC
Research Library Partnership, National Digital Stewardship Alliance, and
NISO.
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