1. Ensure that currently available resources (print and electronic), which directly support the College’s curricular and research needs are reviewed and, where possible, added to the collection and/or are made accessible through library portals. Maintain current awareness of available resources. Coordinate resource marketing with library outreach staff. Oversee all aspects of the selection, purchase, receipt, and access processes. Create, manage, and adjust annual booki/e-book acquisition and multimedia license budgets, in cooperation with library administration. Oversee collection maintenance using WMS Acquisitions, Greenglass, etc. Share responsibility for oversight of WMS knowledge base using Collection Manager. Continually revisit print standing orders. Coordinate film public performance rights licensing for college events. (20%)

2. Prepare and keep current all CS resources, technologies, and services, and lead the planning and execution of department projects. Hire, train, and evaluate directly and indirectly the performance of CS staff. Create and manage staff schedules for optimal workflow, service competencies, and productivity as it relates to all CS-related functions. Chair, Co-chair, or serve on professional committees as appropriate within the library, College, the HELIN Consortium, and in the professional community. (20%)

3.Stay current with all information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their impact on resource acquisition and management through research, workshops, conferences, and other relevant forums and networks. Take advantage of new paradigms for selecting and acquiring appropriate resources: automated selecting, purchasing, receipt, and processing; maintain current awareness of trends in acquisition’s practices in collection selection, acquisitions, and electronic resource management; keep aware and implement new multimedia platforms (streaming video, on-demand), and of Open Textbook/Open Educational Resource (OER) initiatives. (15%)

4. Oversee usage statistics curation and presentation methods and create visual reports from usage stats. Maintain relationships with vendors. Work in conjunction with ILL staff to purchase frequently borrowed items. Allocate funds for departments from library budget, and research potential resources/purchases/subscriptions per faculty requests (both direct and anticipated). (15%)

5. Seek and participate in research, education, planning, and management activities across the Phillips Memorial Library, while focusing on CS needs as a top priority. Serve all other library professionals on the committees (Library Managers) through which library strategic, tactical, and operational work is broadly managed, meeting regularly, or as needed, for projects and initiatives. (15%)

6.Serve as one of the library’s official Library ILS liaisons for greatest optimization and use of technological infrastructure for managing and providing access to library teaching, learning, and research resources and collections. Act as library contact for resource access (on-campus and off-campus). (15%)

(own, subscribe, short-term loan, and maximal patron access to teaching, learning, and research resources in all formats.

Providence College offers a comprehensive range of valuable benefits to eligible employees, which are designed to:

• Promote the health and well-being of you and your family
• Provide financial security while you are working
• Build financial resources for retirement
• Help you balance personal and work responsibilities
• Provide educational opportunities for you and your family