San Jose - San Jose State University - Collection Strategy Librarian, Art & Art History and Design Emphasis

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Salary Range
Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Starting Date Summer 2018.

Eligibility Employment is contingent upon proof of eligibility to work in the United States.
Please include Job Opening ID (JOID) on all correspondence.

Closing date Position will remain open until filled

Description
The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library seeks an innovative and creative librarian to
provide leadership in the area of collection strategy.

Under the direction of the Director of Academic Services, the Collection Strategy Librarian will collaborate with faculty, library staff, and students to provide guidance in the development, management, delivery, assessment, and planning of the library’s digital and print collections. As a faculty member, the candidate participates in the library liaison program and engages in library and university governance and scholarship, which includes research, scholarly, and creative
activities required for tenure and promotion. The Collection Strategy Librarian will serve as the liaison to the Departments of Art & Art History and Design.

Required Qualifications
● Applicants should demonstrate awareness of and sensitivity to educational goals of a
multicultural population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study,
training, teaching and other comparable experience
● Minimum 2 years of experience in selecting library materials
● Experience serving as a liaison to academic programs/departments
● Master's degree from an ALA accredited program or equivalent is required at time of
appointment.
● Knowledge of planning, designing, and implementing innovative practices or tools to
improve collection development and maintenance.
● Experience with collection analysis and assessment of print and electronic resources.
● Familiarity with a collections budget and collection-related projects.
● Excellent analytical, interpersonal, time management, organizational and problem-solving
skills. 

Preferred Qualifications
● Demonstrated ability to apply metrics and other evaluation criteria to
support data-driven collection development decisions.
● Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively on collection building and
management in a rapidly changing information environment.
● Experience or coursework with library resources relevant to the research, teaching, and
learning of art, art history, or design.
● Undergraduate or graduate degree or equivalent training/work experience in art, art  history, or design.
● Proficiency with an ILS system and analytics.
● Proficiency with  Excel or other spreadsheet/reporting platforms.

Responsibilities
● Candidate must address the needs of a student population of great diversity – in age,  cultural background, ethnicity, primary language and academic preparation – through course materials, teaching strategies and advisement
● Under the direction of the Director of Academic Services, leads collection  development activities including assessment, selection, and deselection of print, non-print, electronic resources, and gifts in all subject areas.
● As part of the Academic Services team, develops the collection management, preservation, and deselection strategy.
● Coordinates collection development and selection activities of liaison librarians.
● Work with relevant stakeholders in developing collection development policies, evaluating print and electronic material purchases, and providing disciplinary collection assessment and statistical analysis and reports.
● Establishes and maintains a strong collaborative relationship with all library units that build and maintain digital and physical collections.
● Represents and participates in cooperative collection development programs with
other libraries and library consortia.
● Develops and maintains an awareness of the trends and issues affecting collection
management and development.
● Builds a record of progressive scholarly and professional achievement to fulfill the
University requirement of retention, tenure and promotion.
● Participates in the library liaison program, providing services to the departments of Art &
Art History and Design.

Application Procedures For full consideration,
submit: (1) a letter of interest; (2) curriculum
vitae; (3) statement of teaching interests/philosophy; (4) research plan; and (5)
names of  three professional references with contact information by April 6, 2018 via
apply.interfolio.com/49032.