Job Posting: Head of Coll. Development at GWU

["Laura Wrubel" <lwrubel@library.gwu.edu>]

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
HEAD OF COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

The George Washington University Libraries (GWUL) seeks 
applications and nominations of dynamic leaders in the library 
profession for the position of Head of Collection Development. 
Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Collections 
and Scholarly Communication, the Head of Collection Development 
will lead and direct the work of the collection development 
librarians and staff to build and manage collections in all 
formats in the broad areas of the sciences, social sciences, and 
humanities.

Founded in 1821, GW is the largest institution of higher 
education and the largest private employer in the District of 
Columbia, with a little over 20,000 undergraduate and graduate 
students in nine schools, over 3,000 faculty, and more than 5,000 
staff members. The George Washington University is a community 
dedicated to learning, communication, respect, service and 
teamwork. As the largest private employer in the District of 
Columbia, the University seeks employees who support its dynamic 
teaching, research, and public service mission of the University. 
The University is dedicated to becoming a top-tier research 
university and has made significant strides in the past few years 
to achieve that status.  Recently, these efforts at increasing 
the breadth and depth of research on campus resulted in the 
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching upgrading the 
University's classification from "high research activity" to 
"very high research activity."

Responsibilities:
**Provide leadership and guidance for library personnel 
performing collection development functions, including direct 
supervision of three collection development librarians.
**Provide guidance to library liaisons/subject specialists whose 
primary reporting lines are to the Reference and/or the Education 
Instruction Groups. Recruit or assist in recruiting, hiring, and 
evaluating unit staff. Carry out the formal evaluation of direct 
reports.
**Work with the Associate University Librarian for Collections 
and Scholarly Communication to make decisions to ensure 
expenditures of the annual collections budget align with the 
Library's intentionality of support and the expressed priorities 
for research, teaching, and learning needs of University
**Work with collection development librarians to analyze and 
adjust budget allocations, including approval plans and 
subscriptions, so that they align with current campus research 
and teaching needs
**Manage the serials and database review process to ensure that 
library resources are supporting the research and teaching 
initiatives of the university to the fullest possible extent. 
Coordinate with key stakeholders within the library and in the 
wider GW community to ensure the success of the review process.
**Provide regular reports and updates to the Associate University 
Librarian for Collections and Scholarly Communication
**Work with the Associate University Librarian for Collections 
and Scholarly Communication to develop goals, determine policies 
and long-range and short-term plans within the context of the 
University's and Library's priorities and objectives to meet the 
challenges of the changing modes for scholarly communication
**In conjunction with the Director of Content Management, review 
licenses for electronic resources and oversee management of 
license information to ensure that conditions meet Library 
guidelines and protocol. Ensure that presentation of resources is 
compliant with licensing requirements and the needs of library 
users
**Coordinate with Content Management staff to pursue consortial 
licensing opportunities and new models of e-resources licensing.
**Develop project proposals for digitization in consultation with 
the Associate University Librarian for Collections and Scholarly 
Communication, the Director of the Digital Services Center, the 
Director of Content Management, and the Director of Special 
Collections
**Synchronize collection goals with Special Collections
**Serve as the official representative for the George Washington 
University Libraries on appropriate university, local, regional 
and national committees and consortia, including the NorthEast 
Research Libraries Consortium (NERL)
**Participate actively in campus life, faculty liaison, and 
outreach efforts
**Keep current and report on trends and developments in the areas 
of collections, research trends, and  scholarly communication 
internationally, nationally, as well as on GWU's 3 main campuses

Please see:
http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/about/organization/jobs/librarian/head-of-collection-development 
for more information and for directions on how to apply for the 
position.

Laura Wrubel
Electronic Resources Content Manager
George Washington University Libraries
2130 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
202-994-6536
lwrubel@gwu.edu