About This Role
This role involves managing and maintaining the library's collection, ensuring it meets the needs of the CfA community, and participating in daily library operations. The librarian will establish relationships with the community and vendors, analyze collection usage, and ensure accessibility for all users.
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain relationships with the CfA community for input on collection selections
- Help select and evaluate vendors, and establish and maintain productive relationships with publishers and vendors to maintain an up-to-date awareness of available materials and plan for acquisition model adjustments (e.g., plan for a publisher to change vendors, plan to incorporate backfile sales into purchase recommendations)
- Ensure that all collection items are processed and prepared promptly for community borrowing
- Analyze collection turnover rates and other use-based measures to determine acquisition strategy to maintain the high quality of Wolbach's collection
- Analyze publishing trends and borrowing patterns to ensure collections provide educational and enriching experiences for the astronomy community
- Ensure special information access needs of all members of the community (including those with disabilities or English as a second language) are incorporated into acquisitions strategies
- Identify opportunities to promote the collection in the community
- Perform copy and original cataloging as needed
- Manage workflows for maintaining the library's catalog records
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned
- Act as backup and be able to support interlibrary loan document delivery services
- Manage pre-allocated acquisitions budgets
- Participate in daily circulation desk staffing
Requirements
- Meet the requirements for professional education in library science or possess equivalent experience and education as shown for GS-7
- Master's degree in library science (standard practice for GS-9 entry)
- Knowledge of a specialized subject or field of endeavor where required (e.g., biological, medical, social or physical sciences, education, fine arts, business and industry, humanities, law, music, engineering)
- Proficient knowledge of one or more foreign languages where required (e.g., Germanic, Slavic, Oriental, Semitic, or Romance languages)
- One year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level (Grade 7) in the normal line of progression for the position, including knowledge of establishing and maintaining relationships with communities for input on collection selections; assisting and selecting vendors; ensuring collection items are processed and prepared promptly for community borrowing; analyzing collection turnover; participating in daily circulation desk staffing
