Asst Director of E-Licensing: OhioLINK job posting

[Ann Okerson <ann.okerson@yale.edu>]

The Ohio Library and Information Network

POSITION POSTING
March 7, 2008

Position: Assistant Director of Electronic Licensing

Reports to: Executive Director

Applications are invited for an Assistant Director of Electronic 
Licensing for the Ohio Library and Information Network. OhioLINK 
is a consortium of Ohio's college and university libraries and 
the State Library of Ohio. OhioLINK serves more than 600,000 
students, faculty, staff, and other researchers at 87 
institutions. OhioLINK provides a multitude of services including 
over 100 databases consisting of bibliographic, electronic 
journals, electronic books, images, videos, and audio files. See 
www.ohiolink.edu

Major responsibilities:

Responsible for taking the leadership role in the planning, management,
evaluation, and licensing of shared electronic information resources by
the OhioLINK community. Working closely with the Executive Director,
Office Manager, and in liaison to the Cooperative Information Resources
Committee (CIRM) this position:

-Assumes lead role in negotiating license terms and pricing for 
shared electronic resources with vendors.

-Establishes and coordinates with the Office Manager the invoice 
processing through OhioLINK and its fiscal agent to member 
libraries for annual renewals and new licenses for shared 
electronic resources.

-Assumes the lead role in the creation of and agreement by 
members to cost sharing models appropriate for each share 
electronic resource.

-Manages, monitors, and projects the OhioLINK financial resources 
for shared electronic resources.

-As liaison to the Cooperative Information Resources Committee 
(CIRM) works interactively with the chair on the agendas and 
overall management of the committee's activities.

-Oversees the development, evolution, and maintenance of 
guidelines for standard license terms.

-Resolves license breaches and problems in consultation with 
libraries and vendors.

-In collaboration with other OhioLINK staff monitors availability 
and/or delivery of licensed resources. Is the lead contact with 
vendors to resolve any problems.

-Participates on and provides support to other
committees as assigned

-Spearheads and coordinates the examination, review, and 
disposition, of new electronic resource opportunities. 
Coordinates vendor communications or evaluations, demos and 
trials.

-Coordinates the collection and organization of usage data and 
statistics and prepares reports on trends in overall usage.

-Ensures compliance with license agreements by communicating 
terms of contract to appropriate member library staff.

-Stays current with national and international developments 
related to electronic resources and will participate in 
inter-consortium initiatives as assigned.

-Supervises one support staff responsible for maintaining the 
claiming system for the Electronic Journal Center.

Requirements:

MLS from an ALA accredited program or other advanced degree. Four 
years of professional experience in an academic or research 
library or an academic library consortium and 2 or more years 
experience working with e-resource licensing and management. 
Knowledge of the legal and business issues involved in 
acquisition, licensing and management of electronic resources. 
General familiarity with electronic publishing developments such 
as Open Access, information delivery through Internet sources and 
current library technologies.

Excellent written and oral communication and negotiation skills 
required. Strong Excel capabilities and organizational and 
analytical skills are required. Ability to function in a 
collaborative, service-oriented environment and flexibility in 
adapting to change; working knowledge of spreadsheet and other 
software to support the management of usage and financial data. 
Position will require some travel.

Salary and Benefits:

Salary is commensurate with position and experience. Position is 
a twelve month appointment on an annual contract. 22 vacation 
days, 15 days sick leave and 10 paid holidays per year. 
State-sponsored retirement plan, group health plan, and life 
insurance are available.

Deadline: Review of resumes begins April 7th. Resumes accepted 
until position is filled

To apply for this position, please send resume and three 
references to: resume-el@ohiolink.edu

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Tom Sanville
OhioLINK
2455 North Star Rd. Suite 300
Columbus, Ohio 43221
tom@ohiolink.edu
614-728-3600 ext. 322
614-728-3610 fax