From: "Wicks, Scott" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 20:35:16 +0000

Dear Colleagues:



Harvard Library is recruiting for the Head of Electronic Resources and
Serials Acquisitions
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This person will be responsible for three units—two with an emphasis on print
serials (still a very big deal for Harvard) and one focused solely on
electronic resources.  The ideal candidate would be comfortable in a role
that has both internal and outward facing responsibilities.  Internally,
this leader would help staff manage the continuing transition from print to
electronic and externally, s/he would be promoting best practices across
Harvard (and beyond to ReCAP and Ivy Plus) for e-content licensing, access,
and management.



A high-level overview of the position description reads:



Harvard Library seeks a dynamic, imaginative, and collaborative leader to
guide and evolve Harvard Library’s management of print serials and
electronic resources.  Applying their solid record of leadership and vision
across Harvard’s vast online and physical collections, the Head of
Electronic Resources and Serials Acquisitions will guide the development of
a unified strategy, best practices, and workflows for managing fee-based
and open access online resources that encompass all library parties of the
content ecosystem--collection development, technical services, and
scholarly communication while maintaining the accurate and timely
acquisition of a significant and robust collection of print serials.

*Leadership and Advocacy*:  In close collaboration with collection
development and scholarly resources leadership at Harvard, and with Harvard
Library’s strategic partners in ReCAP, Ivy Plus Libraries, and beyond, the
Head creates and recommends best practices for successful license and
access negotiation strategy, resource purchasing models, resource sharing,
resource analysis and assessment, long-term preservation, usage data
analysis, and implements sustainable workflows and staffing models that
support these activities in an environment that builds and maintains both
print and electronic collections locally and through inter-institutional
arrangements.   S/he advocates for adapting how such content may be used to
support users’ evolving research and scholarship needs.

*Teamwork*:  A member of the Information and Technical Services (ITS)
Senior Leadership Team (Heads of Acquisitions, Electronic Resources and
Serials Acquisitions, Metadata Creation, and Metadata Management, as well
as the Associate Librarian for ITS), the Head works across domains to
leverage the synergies between collection development, scholarly
communication, and technical services.

*Operations*:  Along with three direct reports, this leader will guide a
team of nine staff in support of electronic resources management and 20
staff who oversee a blend of much of the print and electronic serials
acquisitions activities for the Harvard Library.  S/he applies knowledge of
current issues and trends in e-resource licensing, copyright, content,
acquisitions, and the publishing industry to support the ongoing transition
from print to electronic resources and to sustain robust workflows where
such a transition is not imminent.



For more information, please follow the link to the full job posting
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or reach out to Marybeth Godwin, Lead Recruitment Consultant (
[log in to unmask]).



Thank you.

-Scott Wicks



*Scott Wicks | Associate Librarian for Information and Technical Services |
Harvard Library | **625 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138** | (617)
998-5350*