Library Associate for Acquisitions & Electronic Resources at Towson University

Towson, MD 21252, USA -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

04 Dec, 25

Salary

4700.0

Posted On

04 Sep, 25

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Interpersonal Skills, Management Skills, Communication Skills, Database Systems, Operations, Customer Service, Training

Industry

Education Management

Description

Job Summary
Towson University (TU) is one of the nation’s top 100 public universities. Located north of Baltimore, TU currently enrolls over 19,000 students and is the second-largest university in the prestigious University System of Maryland. Towson University fosters a climate that is grounded in respect to cultivate the intellectual and personal growth of the entire university community.
The Library Associate for Acquisitions & Electronic Resources assists the Electronic Resources and Discovery Librarian with all aspects of the management of electronic resources including maintaining e-resources in Alma; trouble-shooting database access problems; maintaining access to e-journals and databases; compiling database and electronic resources usage statistics; and supervising all work and procedures related to e-resources management. The Library Associate for Acquisitions & Electronic Resources performs an essential task in acquisitions auditing, including the entering of invoices created by two department ProCard holders, receiving materials in Alma, and reconciling records to ensure all items, both physical and electronic, have been received. Telework may be available for this position up to two days per week following the completion of 90 days of service in good standing.
Responsibilities and Duties

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the E-Resources and Discovery Librarian to activate new e-resources in discovery interfaces.
Regularly review e-resources for access and coverage.
Trouble-shoot access and other issues reported by students, staff and faculty, such as platform changes and catalog and database downtime.
Communicate regularly with vendors; Consortial Library Applications Support (CLAS) at the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) Libraries and Towson University faculty and library staff regarding access to e-resources.
Explain e-resources arrangement in catalog or web page to groups, such as Research & Instruction Librarians; answer questions about e-resources from faculty, students and staff.
Research and provide information on perpetual access for e-journals as an aid to collection, renewal, and format change decisions.
Complete database clean-up assignments at the direction of the E-Resources Librarian.