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Company: The Ohio State University Location: Columbus, OH Employment Type: Full Time Date Posted: 05/12/2025 Expire Date: 07/12/2025 Job Categories: Education |
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Collections Strategist Collections Strategist The Ohio State University Columbus, OH Department: Libraries | Content and Access The Ohio State University Libraries aspires to be the model library advancing the educational, research, and engagement missions of a 21st century public, land grant, urban, community engaged university. We seek a dynamic, growth-oriented, and values-driven leader to provide strategic direction and vision for University Libraries’ licensed and purchased collections in a rapidly evolving scholarly communication environment. Reporting to the Associate Dean for Content and Access, the Collections Strategist has Libraries-wide responsibility for building and managing the Libraries’ collections. The Collections Strategist coordinates strategic collection building with innovative management of existing content to embrace new models in scholarly publishing and communication. As a leader within the Libraries, the Collections Strategist demonstrates in-depth knowledge of trends and emerging solutions in areas relevant to collection building; engages and leads in appropriate consortial, national, and international partnerships; and contributes to the field of librarianship through active professional engagement. The Collections Strategist works in a highly collaborative organization to create and implement innovative approaches to providing effective stewardship of print and electronic collections. The Collections Strategist provides fund oversight for the over $17 million-dollar materials budget and manages collection building with materials budget funds. Collaborating with subject specialists, curators, and leaders across the Libraries, the Collections Strategist works to define problems, provide solutions, and support professional development in collections building and management. They consistently demonstrate commitment to our values and promote an organizational culture that models The Ohio State University’s shared values. The Collections Strategist manages, supervises, and provides direction for staff in the Collection Strategy unit, including two direct full-time staff reports. Partnerships with other libraries are integral to collection strategy for University Libraries. The Collections Strategist advances an environment of active engagement within the university collaborating with the Health Sciences, Law, and regional campus libraries on collection development and management strategy. The Collections Strategist leads Libraries’ participation in consortial engagement for collections activities in OhioLINK, the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), HathiTrust, the Center for Research Libraries, and other cooperative programs, serving as the collection development officer representative. Responsibilities: • Develop and lead innovative program activities critical to the Libraries' collection strategies such as engaging in consortial purchasing; building and stewarding collections; pursuing sustainable publishing models and open access initiatives that align with university research and teaching objectives; periodic and on-going review of continuations; integrating new kinds of purchased or licensed content into collection building; and making selection decisions for relocation of print materials, retention, and de-duplication. • Provide leadership and coordination for collections-related projects and initiatives. • Encourage a culture of innovation, collaboration, and shared stewardship responsibilities. • Develop and implement collecting and fund management strategies in alignment with the university’s needs and the Libraries' strategic directions. • Facilitate effective and appropriate use of all funds in a materials budget of over $17 million dollars, including monitoring and developing strategy for managing all central funds in the materials budget. Manage special purpose funds and selected endowments as needed. Create allocations and delegate responsibility as needed for collections funds to other Libraries employees and provide training and leadership for them. • Provide leadership for all space planning affecting Libraries collections. • Engage with partners within the Libraries, with other campus constituencies, and with consortial partners to advance strategic activities in collection development and management. • Deploy a program of data analysis to inform collections strategy and apply data to collections decisions and other activities in the Libraries that can improve user experience in accessing and using collections. • Deploy practices that seek input from other Libraries divisions and units to inform collection building and collection management. • Provide effective and consistent communications with campus constituencies regarding Libraries’ strategies and programs for collection development and management. • professional engagement and research, presenting and publishing in appropriate venues. Consistently demonstrates commitment to our values and promotes an organizational culture of Discovery, Connection, Integrity, and Stewardship (https://library.osu.edu/strategic-directions) as well as dedication to advance the work of the Content and Access unit. All other duties as assigned. Required Qualifications: • An ALA-accredited master’s degree, or a comparable graduate degree from a non-U. S. university (reviewed on a case-by-case basis). • Minimum of five years professional experience in building and managing library collections in print and digital formats, including management of funds. • Knowledge and understanding of 21st century collections issues for research libraries, emerging practices, standards, and trends relating to collection development and management in an academic or research library environment. • Demonstrated evidence of successful implementation of data-informed strategies. • Demonstrated evidence of success to work independently, as well as collaboratively, to plan, coordinate, and implement effective projects. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both orally and in writing. • Excellent organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills. • Record of research, publication, service, and scholarly achievement to warrant appointment with tenure at the Associate Professor level or above. Desired Qualifications: • Evidence of ability to develop strategy and lead change across an organization. • Demonstrated ability to align strategy with local priorities and evolving multi-institutional cooperative environments. • Demonstrated competencies in analysis, budgeting and planning, assessment and evaluation of library collections. • Demonstrated ability to contribute effectively to multi-institutional collaborations, especially involving library collections. • Demonstrated skills in statistical analysis and research design. • Familiarity with licensing and copyright issues. • Evidence of successful and creative management of staff and operations. Additional Information: Salary: $100,000 to $120,000 annual salary negotiable. Application: Please submit cover letter, CV, references, and online application by June 1, 2025. https://osujoblinks.com/xg2s Appointment This is a full-time, regular, 12-month appointment as a tenure-track faculty member. The candidate will be required to meet university and Libraries requirements for promotion and tenure. Faculty rank at Associate Professor or Professor are dependent on qualifications and experience Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check. A drug screen or physical may be required during the post offer process. The university is an equal opportunity employer, including veterans/disability. Contact Information
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