"Manager, Monographic Ordering"

Overview

Yale Library seeks a dynamic and collaborative manager to lead the Monographic Ordering and Copy Cataloging Unit. The successful candidate will guide the unit in the overall management of orders and approval plans. These orders comprise a variety of formats, including e-books. The person in this role also oversees the receipt and copy cataloging of diverse material from a variety of international sources; keeps abreast of trends in technical services, including acquisitions and cataloging, to enable the development of new ideas and innovation. They analyze trends in publishing and pricing, as well as vendor technologies and software developments, as they relate to library resource fund management, budget analysis, and ordering. The successful candidate will work closely with colleagues across Monographic Processing Services and the Yale Library, including Collection Strategy, Research and Learning, and the Library Business Office, to ensure consistent practices and regular assessment and enhancement of practices and policies related to the acquisition and cataloging of new receipts. This position will collaborate with colleagues on the maintenance of approval plans and other forms of formal and informal communications with library vendors to ensure efficient and effective processes. This position will be assigned a rank of Librarian 1 to 4 based on a combination of professional experience and accomplishments. Librarian ranking information can be found at: http://bit.ly/YULRanksPromotions.

Required Skills and Abilities

1. Demonstrated knowledge of library cataloging and acquisitions activities.
2. Demonstrated ability supervising or directing the efforts of a high-performing team and training staff. Strong people-centered leadership and team management ability. Demonstrated ability to lead in a culturally diverse environment.
3. Excellent analytical skills. Ability to manage and assess acquisitions operations. Demonstrated ability to set priorities, meet deadlines, and complete assignments and projects on time.
4. Excellent communication skills. Ability to explain technical services processes and issues to non-specialist audiences.

Preferred Education, Experience and Skills

Experience managing a library technical services operation, familiarity with a variety of acquisitions models and methods. Knowledge of automated acquisitions processes including EDI, Embedded Order Data (EOD) bibliographic record loads, APIs used for major vendor systems. Demonstrated record of leading interdepartmental projects & bringing them to a successful conclusion in a timely fashion.

Principal Responsibilities

1. Hires, trains, evaluates, and sets annual goals for unit staff.
2. Establishes and maintains quality and consistency in workflows for acquisitions and copy cataloging
3. Assesses ordering activity throughout the library. In collaboration with colleagues, develops best practices, policies, and procedures, for effectively stewarding the procurement of collection materials
4. Makes recommendations for staffing and level of expertise needed for monographic processing units.
5. Serves as one of the library’s main points of contact for approval plan vendors. Coordinates with selectors and collection managers and strategists on the development of approval plan profiles. Communicates with selectors and vendors about desired changes. With colleagues, develop and monitor technical specifications
6. Plays active role in projects and initiatives with technical services components as assigned.
7. May be required to assist in disaster recovery efforts.
8. Fiscal year-end vacation restrictions apply.

Required Education and Experience

Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited library school. Demonstrated experience with library acquisitions and bookkeeping practices may be substituted for formal training. 2 years of professional experience. Yale University assigns ranks to librarian positions based on a combination of professional experience and accomplishments (see range assigned to this description as noted in the posting position title). Librarian ranking information can be found at: http://bit.ly/YULRanksPromotions.