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Essential Responsibilities and Duties

• Provide vision and direction for the department, which is made up of acquisitions, cataloging, archives, digital repositories, open education resources program support, and educational initiatives.
• Provide leadership, support, and supervision for full-time librarians and other staff in the Content Services department. This includes hiring, training, evaluating, mentoring, facilitating professional development, and taking corrective action if necessary.

• Oversee the development of collections in all formats including print, audio/visual, electronic, digitized, and archival materials. Chair the Collection Development committee, including planning meetings, setting priorities, and utilizing most relevant purchasing and licensing models.
• Oversee the library acquisitions budget to ensure the efficient and effective use of resources, including coordinating and negotiating with vendors, and managing contracts and license agreements.
• Participate on the statewide Utah Academic Library Consortium (UALC) Collection Development committee to help plan statewide resource sharing.
• Ensure library collections are diverse and accessible to meet the needs, interests, and abilities of all the people the College serves.

• Collect, analyze, manage, and utilize data related to physical and electronic collections and their usage to maintain and improve collections and to meet the goals of the department and SLCC.
• Gather and report required data to the proper internal and external agencies.
• Participate in the planning, executing, analyzing, and using of user surveys to ensure the adequacy of resources and accessibility.

• In coordination with library and OIT staff, and product vendors manage systems by adjusting settings and configurations, running updates and upgrades, and some trouble shooting.
• Stay informed about current and upcoming technologies and systems that support library function and coordinate the purchase of systems when required.
• Help ensure systems meet the needs of library staff and end users, including making sure systems meet standards of universal accessibility.
• Run reports and gather data from library systems as needed.

• Provide copyright guidance, support, and training for college personnel in collaboration with legal counsel and in compliance with college Copyright and IP policies.
• Oversee the implementation and use of copyright compliance tools such as a CCC license for the college and copyright documentation and reporting software.
• Provide support for the archival program which includes physical archives, digital archives, online institutional repository, digitization, and special collections.
• Support content services staff who collaborate with the Open SLCC team to provide library support for the OER Program at the college.

• Collaborate with Library Services’ administrative team on accreditation, assessment, marketing and outreach, strategic planning, reporting, budgeting, and policies and procedures to ensure the overall effectiveness of Library Services.
• Assist the Director of Library Services as needed and manage Library Services in the Director’s absence.
• Represent Library Services and participate in college-wide initiatives such as universal access; becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution; equity, diversity, and inclusion; copyright and intellectually property; and strategic planning.

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Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to manage a large budget.
• Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects and activities.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision to perform a variety of duties.
• Effective organizational, management, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with hiring, motivating, training, and developing employees.
• Ability to collaborate with faculty, staff, administrators across an organization.
• Experience with collection development functions such as content selection, collection evaluation and management, product trials, purchasing, contracts and licensing.
• Knowledge of cataloging and metadata creation.
• Ability to analyze information and collections and report findings.
• Familiarity with Open Education Resources.
• Ability to support library print and digital archives, institutional repository, and special collections.
• Ability to study and improve end user experience with library content and services.
• Experience with automated Library systems (ALS/ILS) used for acquisitions, cataloging, searching, and circulating library materials.
• Familiarity with online education, learning management, digital content management and repository systems.
• Familiarity with updating websites via visual and text editors.
• Experience with data collection, assessment, use, and reporting.
• Knowledge of Copyright Law and exceptions and limitations as they apply to academic institutions.
• Knowledge of ADA requirements and accessibility standards for content and systems.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of diverse people, ability, culture, and ethnic background, to maintain good working relationships across the College.
• Ability to work with all groups in diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic background of community college students, faculty, and staff, including those with disabilities.

Non-Essential Responsibilities and Duties

Special Instructions

• Full consideration will be given to applicants who apply on or before the priority review date indicated above.
• More information about Salt Lake Community College benefits: https://i.slcc.edu/culture/benefits/index.aspx

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