Library Technician II - Acquisitions & E-Resources

Library Technician II - Acquisitions & E-Resources

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The Oberlin College Libraries invite applications for the position of Library Technician II in the Terrell Library. This is a full time, 12-month, continuing, Administrative Assistant position, reporting to the Head of Acquisitions, Gifts, E-resources & Serials.

Incumbents independently perform limited and routine paraprofessional duties related to library acquisitions, electronic resources, and continuing resources.

• Processes orders and renews all new and existing continuing resources.
• Verifies payment of invoices for all continuing resource orders and corresponds with providers related to invoice adjustments.
• Ensures that continuing resources renew on time.
• Regularly reviews missing print issues or volumes. Communicates with serials technician about claimed issues or volumes and back orders for missing serial issues.
• Prepares orders and cancellations for both current subscriptions and backfiles and communicates with providers regarding these transactions.
• Corresponds with vendors or publishers with questions or problems.
• Troubleshoots access problems and directs vendor questions to the appropriate staff for answers.
• Receives site license agreements and makes sure they are signed and returned to the providers in a timely manner.
• Ensures that IP addresses are correctly listed with the providers and notifies them of changes. This enables on-campus access as well as access via the proxy server. It also ensures that usage statistics are retrieved.
• Assists with maintaining the e-resources knowledge base to ensure the timely activation and discoverability of newly purchased or added electronic resources, including Open Access resources.
• Assists with developing and documenting workflows, processes, and best practices to support the life cycle of e-resources.
• Maintains access points for e-resources in the library’s discovery layer and catalog to ensure accuracy and reliable access for the library’s users.
• Performs regular maintenance of electronic resources, including impacts from updated subscription packages.
• Collects e-resource usage reports from vendors and makes them available to liaisons.
• Assists liaison librarians with analyzing and evaluating usage of e-resources.

College degree or equivalent library experience. This knowledge and ability is typically gained through one to two years of experience in performing duties at the Library Technician I level with various degrees of supervision. This level requires the qualifications described at the Library Technician I level. A high degree of accuracy is required.

Library experience, preferably with an integrated library system and/or electronic resources management platform; experience communicating with library vendors; experience working with MARC bibliographic records; ability to identify key information on both domestic and international invoices for payments.

The Pay Grade 5 Administrative Assistant position is to be filled at an hourly rate of $24.92 or at the appropriate transfer rate for internal candidates and includes an excellent benefits package.

Note:

Applicants chosen for interview will be contacted to take the following tests in the Human Resources Office:
Keyboarding, Basic Word, Basic Excel and Proofreading testing. Candidates must pass all tests in order to be considered for an interview. This position is available to both internal Ocope members and external candidates, however, current members will have preference during the first 10-days.

Required Documents

• Cover Letter
• Resume
• List of References

Optional Documents

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Office of Human Resources
Oberlin College
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Oberlin OH 44074

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