[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Job posting - Electronic Services and Emerging Technologies Librarian

[Dan Wells]

Calvin College is seeking an Electronic Services & Emerging Technologies Librarian (ESET).  This position is responsible for introducing, designing, developing, and maintaining the technologies used by the library staff and the community of library users with the goal of providing an exceptional user experience. The ESET Librarian is adept at collaborating with a broad range of constituencies, possesses outstanding relational, communication, and project skills, and is skilled in motivating and inspiring others to embrace change. The ESET Librarian also teaches, assists students and researchers in a one-on-one environment, and collaborates with professors in assigned academic departments.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Maintains, enhances, and evaluates the library's existing technologies, and manages the technical aspects of the library's instance of Ex Libris' SFX
2. Provides leadership for the identification, assessment, and implementation of emerging technologies that further the library's mission and increase and enhance access to library resources and services
3. Provides efficient and effective management and leadership of the library's programmers
4. Leads the Electronic Services Team in incorporating appropriate design principles, information architectures, coding standards, and emerging technologies into the library's services to the community of users
5. Communicates with service or technology providers regarding agreements, contracts, or support
6. Ensures appropriate hardware, software, facilities, training and support are provided for library staff and clients
7. Gathers data about how Library users employ technology to access information
8. Collaborates with the library's Marketing Team to ensure that the Hekman Library's web site offers an accurate, intuitive, and user-friendly experience
9. Teaches research fluency skills in an introductory English course and in advanced courses in liaison areas
10. Staffs the research assistance desk occasionally during regular business hours, evenings, and weekends
11. Collaborates with professors in assigned academic departments
12. Performs administrative duties by attending library meetings and contributing to team efforts so the library can deliver high quality services
13. Participates in professional activities by attending national and regional conferences, by serving on college committees and by playing a visible role in the Calvin community and the broader library community to ensure professional growth

For additional information, or to apply, please see http://jobs.calvin.edu 


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Daniel Wells, Library Programmer Analyst dbw2 at calvin.edu
Hekman Library at Calvin College
616.526.7133