About this position

Davidson's E.H. Little Library seeks a collaborative and enthusiastic Acquisitions & Collections Specialist to join .

As a key member of the library's Collections Strategies team, the Acquisitions & Collections Specialist is responsible for overseeing the procurement and processing of new library materials, supporting the lifecycle of acquisitions from identification, ordering, resource description, invoicing, and shelf-ready processing. As the primary point of contact for purchase requests, you will engage with faculty, staff, and students from across Davidson's campus to expand access to resources and support projects that refine our existing collections with an explicit emphasis on the values of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion.

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Collections & Discovery, you will play a key role in the management of the library's physical collection, including overseeing materials processing, arrangement, inventorying, and collections maintenance. You will collaborate with the Collections Strategies team to identify opportunities to rethink the Library's collection management policies and the connections between resource acquisitions, course reserves, and resource sharing as we move toward the .

Guided by our , we work to advance the college's purpose in developing disciplined and creative minds for lives of leadership and service by providing expertise, space, resources, and services for research, access to, and creation of information. Library staff play an important role in expanding the global impact of traditional scholarship, stewarding born-digital materials, supporting digital scholarship, and advocating for equitable and sustainable access to information. We are proud of our strong ties with the and the , strategic partnerships that exemplify the library's central role in innovative development for the college's faculty, staff, and students. Finally, as Davidson embarks on a , we are very excited to explore the ways in which our expertise, programming, and resources intersect with and support the college's priorities.

We are inspired by the college's public commitment to racial equity and justice. To create an inclusive learning community and to reflect the diversity of Davidson experiences, we collaborate on projects that reframe the narratives our college tells about itself, develop collections in partnership with students and faculty, and create meaningful community connections. We seek a thoughtful colleague who joins us in embracing a special set of responsibilities as we articulate the college's relationship to the past, confront our present moment, and chart a hopeful future. Read more about Davidson College's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion here: .

In this position, you will:

• Manage relationships with major vendors, international suppliers, and independent providers to identify and order items in response to patron and staff requests.
• Oversee the responsible and efficient ordering, receipt, and processing of firm-order purchases on vendor platforms and within the Library Services Platform (currently Ex Libris' Alma/Rialto platforms). Support basic copy cataloging and record enhancement functions for new orders, and initiate and reconcile the invoicing process for one-time orders.
• Support fiscal oversight of the acquisitions budget in the library's services platform (currently Alma).
• Help manage the storage and maintenance of the library's physical collections including materials processing, arrangement, inventorying, and maintenance of physical collections.
• Maintain and analyze acquisitions data for annual reporting needs and collections-based decision making, and identify ways to improve the acquisition of library materials.
• Actively collaborate in library project groups, participate in library research groups, serve on library steering groups, and contribute to ad hoc projects and initiatives as opportunities arise.

Qualifications that will help you flourish in this role:

• You are a collaborative team player with strong interpersonal, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• You have relevant library experience in acquisitions, cataloging, collections maintenance, or resource sharing, and/or experience using back end functions of library services platforms (Alma / Rialto highly desirable), or related library systems.
• Prior experience with copy cataloging and/or metadata description is highly desirable.
• You demonstrate a commitment to an inclusive environment that values and celebrates difference.
• You possess strong organizational and project management skills.
• You are resilient, adaptable, and demonstrate a capacity to operate flexibly in a rapidly evolving landscape.

For this job, we require that:

• You have a Bachelor's degree, with at least one year of related work experience.

Compensation

Our salaries are benchmarked to national liberal arts colleges and regional colleges and universities. The position hiring manager is happy to discuss our salary benchmarks at any stage of the interview process. In addition to joining a great library organization that is committed to supporting your professional well-being, Davidson College offers numerous benefits as an employer including:

• 4 weeks of vacation in your first year on the job, plus College holidays
• Health insurance
• A 403(b) retirement plan to which the College contributes 9.5% of your salary
• Tuition assistance for employees after 1 year of employment, and tuition assistance for dependents after 7 years of continuous full time employment.

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This is a full-time, 12-month non-exempt position. Apply by April 1, 2024 for fullest consideration. Candidates are asked to submit a resume and a cover letter addressing your knowledge and skills related to this position and how your experience will support our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Information about how to submit an application can be found at

Consistently ranked among the nation's top liberal arts colleges, Davidson College is a highly selective, independent liberal arts college located in Davidson, North Carolina, close to the city of Charlotte. At Davidson College, we believe the college grows stronger by recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty and staff committed to building an inclusive community. In order to achieve and sustain educational excellence, we seek to hire talented faculty and staff across the intersections of diverse races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, gender identities, ages, socio-economic backgrounds, political perspectives, abilities, cultures, and national origins.

The Academic Affairs division has a flexible work location program in line with the College's remote work policy. This position is eligible for partial flexibility in work location, as determined with the position's manager and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and reviewed regularly through our performance management processes. Candidates should expect to maintain a residence within commuting distance of the Charlotte metro area. An initial campus orientation period (of a minimum of 3 months) worked from the office may be required. This policy is reviewed periodically.