Arts & Humanities Collection Strategist/Visual Arts Liaison Librarian

The University of California San Diego Library seeks applications from highly motivated, innovative, collaborative, and service-oriented professionals to join the Library as our Arts & Humanities Collection Strategist and Visual Arts Liaison Librarian (Assistant, Associate or Full Librarian). This position reports to the Director of the Library's Collection Development & Management Program (CDM).

The University of California San Diego Library is committed to supporting academic excellence and diversity within the faculty, staff, and student body.

Responsibilities of the Position

Arts & Humanities Collection Strategist

Collections within the Arts & Humanities portfolio support the Departments of Visual Arts, Music, Literature, Philosophy, and Theatre & Dance, as well as related disciplines, such as World History and European Studies, Film Studies and Classical Studies.

Key responsibilities as a Collection Strategist include:

* Oversees budget allocations and expenditures for the Arts & Humanities related funds. Provides collections-related information, direction, support, and training to subject librarians selecting materials in these fields.

* Provides leadership and guidance in envisioning the future direction of collections including budget sustainability, open access initiatives, and digital collection development.

* Reviews and provides feedback for new resources, renewals, and cancellations. Provides campus input on UC-wide licensed resources.

* Represents Arts & Humanities interests on scholarly communication issues. Participates in local and UC system-wide groups for scholarly communications, open access, and transformative agreements.

* Represents Arts & Humanities subjects in decision-making for the physical collections. Coordinates weeding and space-optimization projects for existing physical collections. Provides input and recommendations in managing physical collections in the context of UC Shared Print Initiatives and other regional and national consortia.

* Represents the Library on appropriate UC-wide Common Knowledge Groups (comprised of selectors and librarians with common subject responsibilities at other UC campuses). Participate in, and in some cases, coordinate licensing terms and agreements for resources with publishers and other UC Libraries.

Subject Librarian for Visual Arts

Liaison assignment includes the Department of Visual Arts and the Film Studies Program within the Institute of Arts and Humanities.

Key responsibilities of an academic liaison include:

* Serves as the primary contact and information resource on library services, resources, and policies for faculty, researchers and students in the Visual Arts Department and Film Studies Program.

* Actively engages with faculty and students in arts-affiliated programs and other groups performing arts initiatives

* Provides research consultation, reference, outreach, and instruction services to support undergraduate, graduate, and faculty research, teaching and learning endeavors.

* Develops collections to support the teaching, learning, and research needs of students and faculty.

* Serves as campus liaison to ARTstor.

* Develops digital collections and digital exhibits.

* Works closely with Special Collections & Archives on collections, exhibits, and user support

* Serves as a resource for information on data services, scholarly communication, and digital scholarship.

* Collaborates with other subject and functional specialists within the Library to support interdisciplinary Library users in finding resources, analyzing and managing information, and promoting library services relating to Visual Arts.

About the Visual Arts Department

Offers graduate MFA and PhD degree programs, and undergraduate degrees in Art History, Theory and Criticism, Media, Art Studio, Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts, and Speculative Design, as well as minors in areas of study such as Digital Video and Film Production and Photography.

About the Film Studies Program

Film Studies offers an undergraduate minor within the Institute of Arts and Humanities. It provides students an exciting opportunity to examine the many facets of U.S. and international cinema and engage in the analysis of cinematic works of various forms.

About The Library - Great Research Starts Here

The UC San Diego Library, ranked among the top 25 public academic research libraries in the nation, plays an integral role in advancing and supporting the university's research, teaching, patient care, and public service mission. The goal of the library is to serve the University's vision to be a student-centered, research-focused, service-oriented public university. It accomplishes this through support of student and faculty success, support of research and learning through information resources, by serving as a place of community and inspiration, and by extending the impact of UC San Diego research through investments and innovation in scholarly communication and research data. In service of these priorities UC San Diego Library has 180 staff and an annual budget of approximately $32 million. UC San Diego Library serves the entire UC San Diego community and is committed to building a Library that reflects and supports our community's values. The incumbent should be committed to building an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture.

The Collection Development & Management Program (CDM) collaboratively supports the UC San Diego Library's mission of providing, managing, and preserving information resources in a variety of formats to meet the evolving teaching, learning, and research needs of our users. The program is essential to the academic success and scholarly productivity of students, faculty and researchers. CDM plays a critical role in supporting the cycle of knowledge through ongoing stewardship of the products of research, identifying strategies and innovative techniques to obtain desired information resources, and monitoring advances in and to be an active partner in shared collection and Open Access initiatives.

Librarians at UC San Diego are academic appointees and entitled to appropriate professional leave and all other perquisites granted to non-faculty academic personnel. UC San Diego Librarians are expected to participate in library-wide and system-wide planning and governance and to be professionally active. To foster the best possible working and learning environment, all library staff at UC San Diego strive to cultivate a rich and diverse academic environment, inclusive of students, faculty, and staff of varying social, economic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and those with disabilities. For more information, please review the UC San Diego Principles of Community, the Library's Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, and LAUC-SD Diversity and Inclusion Committee. We also encourage the opportunity to build a network of peers that share your similar passions and interests through the UCSD Staff Associations network.

About the University

With 42,800 students, UC San Diego is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through excellence in education and research. UC San Diego has been recognized as one of the top 10 public universities in the nation by US News & World Report, as well as one of the top schools for medical research. UC San Diego is also in the top 10 of all universities in the nation in receiving federal R&D research grants.

Department: https://library.ucsd.edu/

* MLS/MLIS, or equivalent advanced degree or relevant library experience.

* Demonstrated experience in collection development and management in a professional library setting.

* Familiarity with electronic and scholarly resources and reference tools in the Arts & Humanities.

* Experience providing advanced research assistance and library instruction.

* Excellent analytical, interpersonal, communication, time management, collaboration and problem-solving skills.

* Experience planning, documenting, and completing projects.

* Demonstrated commitment to excellence in service.

* Demonstrated commitment to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in collection building and scholarly communications.

* Undergraduate and/or graduate degree in the Arts & Humanities.

* Experience with collections budget work, such as managing and overseeing a collections budget, tracking expenditures, and forecasting financial needs.

* Experience with developing digital collections, including evaluating opportunities and developing proposals.

• 3-5 required (contact information only)

References will not be contacted until the interview phase.

The University of California, San Diego is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, covered veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

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