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Work type: Regular
Location: Los Angeles
Categories: Hourly
Title: Resource Sharing Specialist
Department: Library and Scholarship Technology
Duration: Indefinite
Job Summary
Reporting to the Assistant Director of Collections, Systems & Services (ADCSS), the incumbent will be responsible for managing all operations associated with the Library’s resource-sharing programs. The Resource-Sharing Specialist (RSS) searches for and borrows a wide variety of materials requested by Occidental College faculty members, students, and staff. The specialist uses Alma, ILLiad, OCLC, and other specialized search platforms to locate items in a variety of languages and formats and then request them for fast receipt at minimal cost. The RSS recruits, trains, and supervises student assistants to page and lend materials to other institutions, ensuring accuracy and high-quality scanning. The incumbent will be expected to attain Alma Administrator certification within six months of commencing the position. As a team member in a cross-trained environment, the RSS participates in other Library activities as needed, including collections management and public services.
This position is represented for purposes of collective bargaining by SEIU.
Job Duties
- Furthers the College’s and Library’s deep commitment to Equity and Justice by providing equitable access to scholarly information resources through lending, borrowing and digitization services.
- Locates requested materials for borrowing; identifies appropriate, cost-effective lenders; receives materials using Alma, Illiad, and OCLC and ensures timely returns.
- Manages the Library’s reciprocal lending program.
- Communicates clearly with external resource-sharing partners–domestic and international – including academic, public, and special libraries; archives; museums; and state and federal repositories.
- Assists in establishing and maintaining reciprocal lending and borrowing agreements.
- Serves as the primary contact for consortial borrowing systems, such as Rapid-ILL and Rapido.
- Performs complex bibliographic searching; interprets bibliographic citations; communicates with vendors; verifies invoices and ensures payments; monitors copyright compliance needs; maintains, gathers, and submits statistics to the Copyright Clearance Center; and compiles and reports resource-sharing statistics for assessment and evaluation.
- Interacts closely with faculty, students, and staff by providing resources and services, answering inquiries, and resolving problems.
- Exercises sound judgment in applying and interpreting library policies.
- Hires, schedules, trains, supervises, and manages student assistants.
- Engages in other closely associated activities when needed, including shipping logistics and auxiliary digitization services.
- Provides coverage for the Library’s Information Desk during staff shortages.
Minimum Qualifications
- BA or BS degree.
- One year of academic library employment or its equivalent in education and/or training.
Strong support for the values of a residential liberal arts education and determination to
strengthen the academic community by providing equitable access to scholarly
information resources designed to advance teaching, learning, and research. - Excellent online searching skills.
- Working knowledge of discovery and resource-sharing systems, such as Alma, Illiad, and
OCLC. - Strong organizational skills and the ability to learn numerous operational workflows and
policies. - Excellent spoken, written, and listening communication skills.
- Ability to work well with students, faculty, staff, vendors, and colleagues at other
libraries. - Ability to work independently and without close direction in a team environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Desire and ambition to build a career in academic libraries.
- Experience working with student employees.
EXPECTED HIRING RANGE: $46,900 - $48,500/yr
If you are offered this position at Occidental College, your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as skills, education, experience, and/or geographic location. In addition to those factors, Occidental complies with applicable pay equity laws and considers internal equity among current employees when developing the final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is the base salary range for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a generous compensation and benefits package.
Advertised: 18 Jul 2023 Pacific Daylight Time
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