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About the Role
The Department of Library and Cultural Resources at Cape Breton University seeks a Librarian to manage library resources, support the university's mission, and serve as the primary contact for consortial license purchasing and partnerships.
Responsibilities
- Manage the development and maintenance of Cape Breton University Library resources.
- Serve as the primary contact for consortial license purchasing and partnerships.
- Prepare recommendations on purchases for the University Librarian.
- Negotiate library database licenses directly with vendors for trials, new products, and renewals.
- Configure and troubleshoot acquisitions, serials, e-resource, and discovery functions within the integrated library system (ILS).
- Resolve access issues.
- Provide information literacy instruction as needed.
Requirements
- An ALA accredited MLIS or equivalent degree.
- Minimum of three (3) years of experience as a professional librarian in an academic setting, with increasing levels of responsibility.
- Experience envisioning, establishing, and implementing high-level collections strategies.
- Evidence of substantial professional experience with collection development, management and assessment.
- Experience with ALMA and Primo.
- Strong background in cataloguing.
- Exceptional leadership skills with a demonstrated commitment to collaboration.
- Ability to articulate priorities and values across a diverse constituency.
- Experience supervising and mentoring a diverse group of staff.
- Experience developing a collaborative and supportive team culture.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills, and presentation skills in English.
- Evidence of experience with integrated library systems/library services platforms and technologies for resource discovery, learning management and reserves.
Skills
- Collections strategies
- Collection development
- Collection management
- Collection assessment
- ALMA
- Primo
- Cataloguing
- Leadership
- Collaboration
- Supervising staff
- Mentoring staff
- Team building
- Interpersonal skills
- Oral communication
- Written communication
- Presentation skills
- Integrated library systems
- Library services platforms
- Resource discovery technologies
- Learning management technologies
- Reserves technologies
- Computer applications
- Spreadsheets
- Databases
- Word processing
- Microsoft Office
- Project management
- User-centered service philosophy
- Client focus
- Partnership building
- Vendor relations
- Consortial purchasing
Location
- Sydney, NS
Work Type
- Full-time
- Continuing
Experience Level
- Minimum of three (3) years of experience as a professional librarian in an academic setting, with increasing levels of responsibility
Education Level
- ALA accredited MLIS or equivalent degree
About the Company
- Cape Breton University is strongly committed to fostering diversity within our community.
- CBU is committed to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI).
Equal Opportunity
- We welcome those who would contribute to the further diversification of our staff, our faculty and its scholarship including, but not limited to, women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity.
- Please note that all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply but applications from Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
- applicants are encouraged to self-identify if they are part of a marginalised community, or have experience working with Indigenous communities.
- If we contact you for an interview and you are a person with a disability who requires technical aids or alternative arrangements, please let us know of these needs and how we can be of assistance.