[LIBJOBS] Bibliographic Specialist for Western Europe at Harvard College Library- Cambridge, MA- USA

Bibliographic Specialist for Western Europe

 

The Bibliographic Specialist for Western Europe works in close collaboration with staff responsible for Western European Collection Development and Harvard Library Information and Technical Services to oversee vendor approval plans and manage the Western Europe collections in Widener Library.

The position will work with the library directors and collection development librarians to: 

·         Analyze and adjust budget allocations, including approval plans and subscriptions, and make purchase decisions to ensure alignment with current research and teaching needs. 

·         Liaise with vendors to implement appropriate acquisitions processes and approval plans. 

·         Develop best practices for continuations received as part of exchange programs, approval plans, or blanket orders.

·         Review, search, and make selections from current vendor notification slips and other sources, as identified by and in conjunction with staff responsible for Western European collections. 

·         Review receipts and assign funds for materials arriving through Western European approval plans at Harvard Library Information and Technical Services. 

·         Review and implements patron requests.

·         Communicate with vendors to claim unfulfilled orders and provide feedback on vendor services

·         Complete retrospective and other collection development and management related projects.

 

Basic Qualifications             

·         Bachelor's degree, and a Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited program for library and information science, required. 

·         Minimum of 1-2 years of relevant professional experience required. 

·         Excellent reading knowledge of at least two Western European languages--preferably including French, Italian, or German--required. 

·         Extensive familiarity with bibliography, publishing, and book trades in at least two major Western European countries and experience with book selection required.

·         Must have demonstrated understanding of the scholarly research and publishing process. 

·         Familiarity with bibliographic searching in HOLLIS/Aleph, Western European vendor databases, and with the conventions of cataloging and bibliographic description.

 

Additional Qualifications   

·         Second graduate degree in the Humanities and Social Sciences preferred. 

·         Reading knowledge of Latin, Greek, and Scandinavian languages is desirable. 

·         Ability to work successfully in a highly collaborative environment. 

·         Must be able to sit and keyboard for extended periods of time on a daily basis. 

·         Must also be able to move books and other materials between shelves, desks and book trucks.   Handling boxes up to 20 lbs. is required. 

 

Additional Information

Founded in 1638, Harvard has a rich legacy of libraries that continues into the 21st century. In total there are over 70 libraries at Harvard that comprise the Harvard library system, with combined holdings of over 16 million items. More than 11 million of those items are part of the collection of a centrally administered unit within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences that is referred to as the Harvard College Library (HCL). It is comprised of Widener, Lamont, Birkhoff Mathematical, Cabot Science, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Fine Arts, Fung, Harvard-Yenching, Houghton, Loeb Music, Physics Research, and Tozzer libraries and the Harvard Film Archive, Harvard Map Collection, and the Harvard Theatre Collection.

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