Collection Strategies Coordinator

Posting Number

F2639P

Collection Strategies Coordinator

Libraries – Collection Development

The University of Georgia Libraries seeks a forward‑looking and collaborative individual for the newly developed position of Collection Strategies Coordinator. Reporting to the Director of Collections, the coordinator will manage a Collections Strategy team and lead strategic development and stewardship of UGA Libraries’ research collections and open scholarship.

An ALA‑accredited Master’s in Library and Information Science or a relevant terminal degree.

• Excellent analytical and communication skills
• Understanding of major principles and issues in research library collection development and management
• Familiarity with Integrated Library Management Systems, such as ExLibris Alma
• Ability to effectively supervise, mentor, and support professional growth among library staff and faculty
• Familiarity with data/metadata formats and standards used in libraries, such as COUNTER or MARC
• Familiarity with APIs for scholarly resources, scripting and/or query languages such as SQL
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and Power BI
• Familiarity with assessment data in higher education, such as IPEDS, and resources for institutional research
• Ability to navigate issues relating to copyright, fair use, and rights management
• Understanding of trends in open access to scholarly materials and publishing services
• Knowledge of collaborative and consortial models for collection building
• Excellent project management skills

• Design and implement a sustainable framework for evidence‑based collections analysis to support strategic decision‑making and collection development policies.
• Provide direction, mentorship, and evaluation for a team of library faculty and staff engaged in collection development.
• Guide the gathering of collection data for ongoing assessment and analysis using catalog holdings, circulation, acquisitions, and e‑resource usage data.
• Produce reports evaluating library resources for collection assessment, addition, renewal, cancellation decisions, budgeting, and policy formulation.
• Contribute to the management of extensive physical collections by designing and executing data‑informed initiatives to de‑duplicate, relocate, and strategically align holdings with user needs.
• Monitor publishing, open access, and transformative agreement trends, advocating for sustainable scholarly content acquisition models.
• Coordinate and manage collection development in discipline‑specific areas, communicating with publishers and vendors, performing content selection and renewal, and monitoring approval plans and user‑driven acquisition programs.
• Participate in working groups and project teams to advance collection assessment efforts related to review, management, and development goals and strategic priorities.

Advertised Salary: $60,000 - $90,000 commensurate with experience.

Benefits include health, retirement, dental, vision plans, tuition remission, generous paid relocation, 21 days annual leave, 12 days sick leave, and 13 paid holidays.

The University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, veteran status, or other protected status. Persons needing accommodations or assistance with accessibility of materials related to this search are encouraged to contact Central HR (hrweb).