Description:
Duties
The Supervisory Librarian is responsible for planning, organizing, administering, developing, implementing, and coordinating all activities for acquiring, describing, and organizing SLA's print and electronic collections, along with Library Service Platform (LSP) implementation and use in Discovery, Acquisitions and Technical Services (DATS), and for interlibrary loan and document delivery operations.
In this position, you will:
- Leads Discovery, Acquisitions & Technical Services (DATS) in performing library discovery and technical services. Create vision of procedures and services. Develops policies, procedures and workflows that will achieve efficiency and excellence. Develops and directs new methods of access as well as traditional bibliographic methods (e.g., MARC). Works on pan-institutional committees such as Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and Collections Information System (CIS).
- Manages DATS budget(s). Fiduciary responsibilities - develops and maintains data-driven protocols for evaluation.
- Manages vendor relationships and contractual agreements. Participates and contributes to the development and documentation of SLA's long-and short-range planning efforts, fund-raising activities, budget decisions, internal personnel policy formulation, and major organizational changes.
- Conducts the full range of supervisory functions for DATS. Establishes goals, articulation of priorities, develops scheduled and assignments. Evaluates overall performance standards. Develops annual staffing performance standards, plans and training. Encourages team-based approach.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- Pass Pre-employment Background Investigation
- May need to complete a Probationary Period
- Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer
- Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.