Library - Head - Thunder Bay, Canada - Lakehead University

Lakehead University

Verified Company

Thunder Bay, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

Application Deadline:
April 12, 2024

Library
Reference # LIB

About the Library

The total library collection includes approximately 600,000 print volumes and access to over 600,000 e-books, more than 60,000 online journals, and rare and special collections such as the Regional Collection and the Archives.

The Chancellor Paterson Library is the main library on the Thunder Bay campus and occupies its own building in the center of campus.

There are four additional libraries:

one at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, the Learning Commons in Simcoe Hall (Orillia), and the Education Library (one location at the Faculty of Education-Thunder Bay and one at Heritage Place-Orillia).

Lakehead University Library is an active member of both provincial and national consortia.

We provide many services in collaboration with our Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) partners, such as, Ask a Librarian (chat reference service), Scholars Portal, and Borealis - Lakehead University Dataverse.

The library is also part of Collaborative Futures, a shared next-generation library system at 18 OCUL libraries.

Our involvement with the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) as well as other consortia, allows us to provide significant digital content.

Our staff complement of over 30 includes 11 librarians and an archivist.

About the University

Lakehead University Library's mission is to be an innovative organization that anticipates the requirements of the future while respecting the heritage of the past.

By providing exceptional services, collections, and spaces, the libraries shape the creation of knowledge, actively preserve and support culture, and transform learning and research.

About the Opportunity

Collections Services Portfolio

Coordinates the operations of acquisitions, cataloguing and metadata, and other collection management functions using the library services platform (Ex Libris Alma/Primo VE).
Manages the libraries' materials budget, ensuring efficient and costeffective workflows for ordering, invoicing, receiving, claiming, and expending budgeted funds.
Develops policies and strategies for managing the libraries' collection in areas such as product trials, subscription management, weeding, collection development policies, usage data collection, authority control, etc.
Works with liaison librarians to evaluate new resources and oversees the process to make purchase, renewal and cancellation decisions.
Ensures the discoverability of resources and collections.
Provides statistical and budgetary analysis for electronic resources, leading the libraries in developing and maintaining awareness of emerging technologies and technical issues related to acquisition, licensing, access, and usage.
Assists liaison librarians with collectionrelated departmental requests and reports such as Lakehead University's Instructional Quality Assurance Program reports, accreditation reports and national library reporting.
Participates in collaborative activities around the Omni consortium; such activities may include Network Zone cleanup, shared cataloguing loads, and shared acquisitions as required.
Supervises, trains and assigns tasks to a team of library technicians (currently 4 FTE).
Keeps current with trends and issues in higher education, with a focus on emerging technologies related to acquisitions, metadata and collection development.

General Responsibilities

Commits to assessment and evidencebased decision making related to services, collections, technology, and physical spaces.
Contributes to the leadership of the library by participating in Librarians' Council as well as various library and university committees.
Contributes to research and scholarly activities, professional services, service to the university, and service to the profession and community.

Qualifications

Required

A graduate degree from an ALAaccredited school of library and information science.
Relevant experience in collections, acquisitions and budget management.
Experience working with bibliographic control and metadata systems and standards.
Knowledge of current cataloguing rules, standards, and controlled vocabularies, including RDA, LC Classification, and LCSH.
Working knowledge of and experience with MARC2
Excellent organizational and analytical skills.
Ability to work in a collegial manner.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Preferred

Two to five years of relevant experience in an academic library environment.
Experience with Ex Libris Alma and Primo platforms.
Experience with other nonMARC metadata formats, standards or schemas including Dublin Core and BIBFRAME.
Aptitude for learning new technologies and metadata standards.
Strong supervisory and teambuilding skills and demonstrated experience providing leadership to staff in an effective, productive and positive manner.

Some evening and weekend work may be required