Wellesley College seeks a dynamic, team-oriented Resource Acquisitions Specialist to perform functions related to the acquisition of scholarly resources that support teaching and learning at the College. The Resource Acquisitions Specialist works collaboratively to integrate the areas of library purchasing, licensing, and resource sharing to ensure effective access for library users and efficient deployment of library funds.
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Wellesley College is currently piloting a flexwork plan for administrative staff that incorporates both flexible hours and hybrid teleworking components, though all employees must live in New England.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Monitor and recommend response to trends in the library resource sharing, purchasing, and licensing landscape. Serve as the Library’s point person for shared print programs and controlled digital lending activities and initiatives.
- Coordinate with Resource Sharing Specialist and student staff to support interlibrary loan functions. Using data and practical experience across functional areas, work to integrate ILL and collection development functions.
- In collaboration with library administration, manage the Library’s budget accounts for all materials. Ensure timely payment of invoices, track spending, produce budget analyses.
- Act as a resource for library administration and selector librarians, providing data to facilitate effective collection development decisions.
- In collaboration with another staff member, facilitate the ordering and receiving of monographs, audiovisual materials, and electronic resources for the Library.
- As a member of the Library Collections group and the Scholarly Resource Services team, evaluate, process, and communicate requests for library resources to recommend appropriate fulfillment within a complex landscape of formats and access models.
Wellesley College is a private, nonprofit liberal arts college for women founded in 1870. With its rich mix of print, media, and online resources, the Library provides access to one of the finest undergraduate collections in the country.