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Please post the attached job announcement [Document Delivery Librarian] to the IFLA listserv. If you have any questions concerning the announcement, please contact me.
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alma
Alma Rodriguez • Senior Administrative Associate • Library Human Resources
University of Texas Libraries • The University of Texas at Austin
Perry-Castañeda Library • RM 3.102 • Austin, Texas 78713-8916
512-495-4377 or 512-495-4360 • FAX: 512-495-4347
November 16, 2011
Document Delivery Librarian/InterLibrary Services (ILS)
Access Services/User Services Division
University of Texas Libraries – The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin Libraries seeks a Document Delivery Librarian to oversee the operations and staff of Interlibrary Services Unit which provides support for teaching, research, and learning at the University of Texas at Austin. The position will report to the Head of Access Services within the User Services Division – University of Texas Libraries.
The University of Texas at Austin offers over 170 major degree program areas and awards over 800 doctoral degrees a year. The UT Austin Libraries consortium supports institutions with annual research expenditures of $2.4 billion and includes 6 Nobel laureates and 124 members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and the Arts and Sciences. The UT Austin Libraries serve 38,000 undergraduates, 13,000 graduate students, 2,400 faculty, and 4,000 teaching staff. The primary collections include 9,200,000 volumes and 93,000 current serials, eleven branches, and a remote storage facility shared with Texas A&M, with a second shared facility under construction.
Interlibrary Services (ILS) is a largely self-supporting document delivery operation housed in the Perry-Castañeda Library, which is located on the main UT Austin campus. The unit is comprised of two processing sections: ILS Lending and ILS Borrowing. ILS employs 11 budgeted staff and approximately 17 student workers.
ILS Lending handles 108,000 traditional lending requests per year as well as a fee-based service for approximately fifty corporate clients. In addition, ILS Lending offers Document Express, a fee-based service providing UT materials to UT students, staff, and faculty. ILS Borrowing processes 40,000 borrowing requests each year for books, articles and other materials for the students, faculty and staff on the UT Austin campus. ILS Borrowing also operates D-Doc, a service to UT distance learners. In addition, Borrowing provides remote delivery of UT materials and borrowed items to the Pickle Research Center campus, a facility nine miles north of the main campus. ILS also meets user needs and enhances the UT Libraries collections through a demand-driven acquisitions program through which our Borrowing unit initiates expedited purchasing of books rather than borrowing.
The Document Delivery Librarian responsibilities will include the following: Managing all interlibrary loan activities for lending, borrowing and document delivery, including planning and implementing expanded document services for distance learning, desktop and fee-based document delivery. Serving as the library’s resource on copyright issues related to interlibrary loan and resource sharing. Overseeing the unit budget, statistics, policies, user services, workflows, and special projects within Interlibrary Services. Supervising the unit staff including, hiring, training, and evaluating. Evaluating and integrating new resource sharing and document delivery technologies. Monitoring resource-sharing agreements. Overseeing interlibrary billing, accounts billable and payable activities. Representing the UT Libraries at regional meetings and conferences and taking a leadership role in relevant professional organizations.
Required Qualifications: MLS from an ALA accredited graduate program. Five years of interlibrary loan experience in an academic or research library. Experience customizing ILLiad client interfaces. Experience with WorldCat Resource Sharing, and major scanning programs. Technical expertise with interlibrary loan management software and other modes of information access and delivery. Experience with automated circulation systems. Minimum of three years of supervisory experience with a demonstrated ability to supervise and motivate staff in a team environment. Experience managing a revenue-generating unit in an academic or research setting, including experience managing a budget.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with consortial and reciprocal resource sharing agreements. Experience with an advanced system for delivering documents to the desktop, such as Ariel, and Odyssey. Experience with Millennium integrated library system. Demonstrated potential for leadership in university, state, national, and international programs and initiatives. Evidence of excellent written and verbal communication and problem solving skills. Evidence of initiative, creative energy and resourcefulness. Experience related to the duties. Proven ability to work collaboratively and efficiently in a fast-paced and evolving technological and team-oriented environment. Proven ability to be flexible in work assignments and environments.
Salary and Benefits: $48,000 annually or more, depending upon qualifications and experience. No state or local income tax. Standard state benefits package including annual vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, retirement plans, and health insurance options (comprehensive major medical, dental, vision, life, and disability). Deferred compensation and tax sheltered annuity programs also available. Working hours for the position are typically, Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm or as arranged for a total of 40 hours per week.
Recruiting Schedule: All interested candidates must complete an online application by going to: http://www.utexas.edu/hr/prospective/apply/process.html#completing). Please follow all instructions given. When applying online, please also refer to job posting number 11-11-16-01-0080 (http://utdirect.utexas.edu/pnjobs/pnjobsvw.WBX?comp=0&job_nbr=111116010080). An email confirmation will be sent, within 2-3 working days, to those who apply online along with a set of job-related questions that candidates will be asked to return in order for their application materials to be complete.
Application materials should be submitted as soon as possible, preferably by December 1, 2011. For questions regarding this recruitment, please contact: Library Human Resources: lib-HR@lib.utexas.edu [512-495-4360].
The University of Texas Libraries has a strong commitment to diversity and encourages applications and nominations from traditionally underrepresented groups.
An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer
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