Electronic Resources Librarian

Manage the Library’s electronic resources

1. Maintain the Library’s electronic resource management system, the OCLC WorldShare Collection Manager/Knowledge Base
2. Ensure the continued administration of the Library’s e-resources throughout their entire life cycle, including resource trials, evaluation, activation implementation, administration, integration into the Library’s Discovery platform, usage statistics harvesting & analysis, and more.
3. Negotiate license agreements and contract renewals with both internal and external constituents
4. Troubleshoot electronic resource access and user authentication issues
5. Provide usage analysis of the Library’s e-resources on an annual and as-needed basis
6. Serve as the main liaison between the Library and vendor representatives

Support faculty, students, researchers and staff

1. Guide patrons in the use of research databases, discovery tools, citation management software, and emerging research technologies
2. Work with information literacy team to design, deliver and assess information literacy instruction sessions for undergraduate and graduate courses
3. Organize workshops, seminars, and research-related programming
4. Have a thorough understanding of searching patterns and other user behaviors in electronic resource use
5. Seek out new areas of collaboration with faculty, staff and students, and help guide innovative campus initiatives
6. Develop thorough knowledge of the Library’s available electronic resources and their potential applications in the classroom and beyond

Collection development

1. Actively seek out and investigate new electronic resources for Library acquisition based on faculty and student feedback and international trends
2. Provide data, analysis, and recommendations to support selection and budgeting decisions
3. Stay current with developments in databases and electronic resource trends and tools internationally
4. Integrate and promote Open Educational Resources and Open Access principles as part of collection development strategy

Other responsibilities

1. Help maintain a quiet and respectful library space via implementation of Library Code of Conduct
2. Engage with local and international colleagues via AMICAL (American International Consortium of Academic Libraries), IAALA (International Association of Armenian Librarians and Archivists), and other partnerships
3. Participate in other Library projects as needed