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Collection Services Librarian

2 months ago


New York, New York, United States The New School Full time
About the Role

The New School is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Collection Services Librarian to join our team. As a key member of our library staff, you will be responsible for processing and coordinating our collection services, including reserves, interlibrary loans, document deliveries, and controlled digital lending.

Key Responsibilities
  • Collection Services Management: Develop, troubleshoot, execute, and document processing workflows for collection services, including course reserves, document delivery, and e-book lending.
  • Copyright and Permissions Assessment: Perform fair use, copyright, and permissions assessments for library request services, working closely with the Assistant Directors and the Director of DLTS.
  • Workflow Development and Maintenance: Develop and maintain workflows and documentation regarding the procurement and tracking of rights, permissions, and licensing of physical and electronic audio-visual, monograph, and article-level library content.
  • Legislative and Industry Monitoring: Monitor legislative and industry developments affecting copyright, collection services, library acquisitions, and scholarly communications.
  • Copy-Cataloging and Holdings Maintenance: Perform copy-cataloging, holdings, and bibliographic maintenance of physical, electronic (vendor-hosted), and digital (self-hosted) materials used in course reserves and other areas within the library.
  • Bibliographic Data Recommendation: Recommend and produce bibliographic data for the discovery of open access and open education materials.
  • Application Configuration and Testing: Recommend and test configuration changes in the course reserves and digital lending applications, working in consultation with access and user services and library systems teams.
  • Reporting and Data Analysis: Develop reports for Research and Instructional Services staff and University Library administration, including usage statistics for various formats.
Requirements
  • Master's Degree in Library/Information Science: ALA-accredited master's degree in library/information science.
  • Experience in Academic Library: Two years of experience working in an academic library in the last ten years, preferably in collection services.
  • Copyright and Rights Clearance: Experience or working knowledge with copyright law, rights clearance processes, course reserves, and document delivery services in an academic library environment.
  • Bibliographic-Maintenance Standards: Knowledge of contemporary bibliographic-maintenance standards and practice, including the Anglo-American cataloging rules, Resource Description and Access, Library of Congress Classification, Library of Congress subject headings, and MARC formats.
  • Technological Competence: Familiarity with technologies used in an academic library.
  • Interpersonal and Communication Skills: Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills to establish and maintain close, productive working relationships with colleagues.
  • Initiative and Flexibility: Demonstrated initiative, flexibility, and ability to work creatively, effectively, independently, and as a team member.
  • Excellent Communication Skills: Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Mature Judgment: Ability to exercise mature independent judgment.
  • Physical Demands: Ability to lift/move boxes weighing up to 50 pounds across the office for various needs.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Data Processing Experience: Two years of experience in data processing in an academic library.
  • Integrated Library System Experience: Experience using an Integrated Library System such as Alma, FOLIO, or OCLC Connexion.
  • Diversity and Inclusion: Commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive learning and working environment.
  • Project Management: Experience managing projects, with ability to effectively manage competing priorities and work collaboratively across organizational boundaries.
  • Troubleshooting: Experience troubleshooting electronic resource/database/ebook issues.
Work Mode

This is a hybrid/split position, with regularly scheduled, consistent percentage of time on campus (e.g., 3-5 times a week) and also working some time remotely.

Hourly Rate

$36.71 per hour, as dictated by the 1205 Clerical Bargaining Agreement.