Full time, 37.5 hours/week
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Worksite Address: 120 High Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Yale University Library seeks a collaborative and forward-thinking Central Collection Strategist to join the newly formed department of Scholarly Communication and Collection Strategy. The successful candidate will contribute to a holistic collection development strategy with operational responsibilities for collections fund management, collection development training, and vendor relations. The Strategist will coordinate and collaborate with colleagues across the Yale University Library system in the implementation of collection development strategies and operations.
Yale University Library serves a diverse staff, campus, local, and global community and is deeply committed to advancing its goals for equity, inclusion, and accessibility. This commitment is reflected in our mission, strategic directions, staff values, initiatives, and scholarly activity. To support our goals for staff recruitment, retention, and development, Yale Library invites applications from candidates whose philosophies align with these commitments and who have demonstrated success with supporting diversity and inclusion through their work, service, research, and/or teaching.
The position will be assigned a rank of Librarian 2 to 4 based on a combination of professional experience and qualifications. Librarian ranking information can be found here.
Required Education and Experience: Master’s degree in Library Science from an American Library Association accredited Library school and three years of related experience. In selected instances, a post-graduate degree in a related discipline may be required or substituted for an MLS.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Demonstrated ability in collection development and knowledge of scholarly publishing practices and trends.
- Demonstrated
ability to manage budgets. Demonstrated ability to design and manage
projects, bringing them to a successful conclusion.
- Excellent
analytical skills. Demonstrated proficiency in Excel. Experience using
quantitative and/or qualitative data to inform decision-making.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to work collaboratively across organizational units.
- Experience providing training and creating documentation. Experience with vendor relations and communications.
Preferred Education, Experience and Skills: Experience reading, interpreting, and negotiating license agreements.
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