Position Announcement: Montana State University Electronic Resources Librarian

["Rossmann, Doralyn" <doralyn@montana.edu>]

Montana State University Libraries in Bozeman, MT seeks a 12 
month, tenure-track Electronic Resources Librarian who is 
responsible for managing and negotiating subscriptions to 
electronic resources; provides leadership and expertise in the 
evaluation, selection, promotion, and accessibility of electronic 
resources, especially serials; and works with OpenURL linking 
technologies, budgeting, and consortia agreements.

Required: Masters degree from an ALA accredited graduate program; 
demonstrated familiarity with electronic serial linking 
technologies; demonstrated analytical, organizational, time, and 
project management skills; knowledge of vendors, publishers, and 
library consortia.

Preferred: Experience managing electronic resources; experience 
in academic libraries; experience with subscription vendors (e.g. 
EBSCO, Blackwell, etc.); familiarity with EDI and electronic 
resources management technologies; experience with budgeting and 
serials invoicing; experience with negotiating contracts and 
licenses; familiarity using relational databases.

The successful candidate have excellent oral, written, and 
interpersonal skills and a strong commitment to excellent 
customer service; have an understanding of the current and 
emerging trends and issues in collection development, 
acquisitions, and academic libraries; have the ability to work 
both collaboratively and independently.

Available September 1, 2008. $43,000. Screening begins June 2, 
2008. For a full position description and application 
requirement, please see http://www.lib.montana.edu/about/jobs.php 
or call (406) 994-3119. ADA/EO/AA/Veterans Preference.

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