Manage the library's electronic resources budget, currently
exceeding $2 million annually, including budget monitoring,
financial analysis, expenditure tracking, and long-term
planning.
Negotiate electronic resource licenses and vendor agreements
while maintaining productive relationships with publishers,
vendors, and university stakeholders.
Lead the assessment of electronic resource collections using
usage statistics, cost-per-use analysis, financial data, and other
assessment measures to support evidence-based collection
development.
Supervise, mentor, and support the Access & Discovery
Librarian, providing leadership for the Electronic Resources Unit
through workflow coordination, goal setting, and continuous
improvement.
Collaborate with the Access & Discovery Librarian to
support authentication, discovery services, electronic resource
access, and management of the Hunt and Hazy Libraries' A–Z database
lists.
Oversee electronic resource reporting, usage statistics, and
data management using COUNTER/SUSHI standards, library analytics
tools, and library management systems.
Participate in library planning, committee work, professional
development, and other initiatives that advance library services
and the university's mission.
About us
For over 100 years, Embry-Riddle has been the world's leading
aviation and aerospace university, educating more than 30,000
students across residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and
Prescott, Arizona, as well as through a global network of Worldwide
locations and online programs. With more than 165,000 alumni around
the world, our impact reaches every corner of the aerospace,
aviation, defense and technology industries.
Today, our faculty, researchers and professional staff are
advancing innovation across aviation, space, artificial
intelligence, cybersecurity, autonomous systems and next-generation
engineering. Working alongside industry leaders, government
agencies and innovators, they are solving real-world challenges and
shaping the technologies that will define tomorrow.
Whether you are an educator, researcher, administrator,
technologist or industry professional, your work at Embry-Riddle
will contribute to something bigger than a job. Join a community
driven by discovery, purpose and excellence—and help shape the
future of aerospace.
- Generous Time Off: Enjoy up to 18 days of paid leave
in your first year, including 3 days granted upon hire and 15 days
accrued throughout the year. You'll also receive 9+ paid holidays,
including the day after Thanksgiving and the week between Christmas
Eve and New Year's Day.
- Tuition Coverage: Get 100% tuition coverage for
yourself for one undergraduate and one graduate degree, and
discounted rates for your spouse and dependent children up to age
26.
- Retirement Contributions: ERAU contributes 6% of your
base salary to your retirement plan and offers a 4% matching
contribution – with no vesting period.
- Personal Leave: Relax with 15 days of personal leave
for non-exempt employees or 18 days for exempt full-time employees
in your first year.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Master's degree in Library and Information Science (MLIS/MLS)
from an ALA-accredited institution.
- Minimum of three years of progressively responsible
professional experience managing electronic resources, budgets, and
workflows in an academic library.
- Experience negotiating electronic resource licenses and vendor
agreements.
- Experience with library management and discovery systems such
as Ex Libris Alma and Primo VE (or comparable), authentication
platforms such as OpenAthens, COUNTER/SUSHI standards, collection
assessment and analytics tools (e.g., Alma Analytics and CELUS),
and enterprise financial management systems.
- Demonstrated ability to supervise, mentor, and collaborate
effectively with colleagues, vendors, and other campus
stakeholders.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong
attention to detail.
- Ability to collaborate effectively in a multi-campus
environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365
applications, particularly Excel.
- Experience working in a multi-campus academic library
environment.
- Experience with collection assessment, cost-per-use analysis,
or evidence-based collection development.
- Project management experience.
To submit your application for this opportunity, please visit the
Embry-Riddle Career Site and search for
requisition number R311841. Please attach all relevant materials to
your application when you apply online. Complete submissions
include:
- Cover letter
- Resume
- Contact information for at least three professional references
(please note that references may be contacted as part of the
interview/screening process)
Current Embry-Riddle employees: Please apply directly
through the ERAU Employee Hub Central application within
Workday.
Embry-Riddle is committed to fostering a workplace where all
individuals are valued and respected. We strive to ensure that all
faculty, staff, and students are treated fairly and provided equal
opportunities for employment, advancement, compensation, training,
and other benefits of employment. Embry-Riddle makes employment
decisions — including hiring, promotions, compensation, and other
terms of employment — based on individual merit, qualifications,
and abilities. Embry-Riddle is strongly opposed to discrimination
and harassment, and such behavior is prohibited by university
policy. Embry-Riddle does not discriminate on the basis of race,
color, national origin, sex, disability, veteran status,
predisposing genetic characteristics, age, religion, or pregnancy
status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local
law, in its employment, educational programs, admissions policies,
financial aid, or other school-administered programs or activities.
For further information, please visit our
website .
Embry-Riddle is not seeking assistance from staffing or
recruitment agencies. All agencies are directed to contact
eraujobs@erau.edu and should not reach out
to hiring managers or staff.
