Assistant Director of Electronic Resources and Collection Management

Salary Range: $65,000-$75,000

Qualification Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

Applicant must meet the following qualifications:


  *   Master's level degree from an American Library Association (ALA)-accredited school of Library and/or Information Science with at least seven (7) years of post-graduate experience in a library setting.
  *   Minimum of 3 years' experience in an administrative or supervisory level position.
  *   Experience with library budgeting and accounting practices and experience with an online acquisitions system.

Preferred Qualifications:


  *   Experience with integrated library and discovery systems
  *   Expert in Microsoft Office program.

Position Summary
This is a faculty position within library administration.

The person in this position is directly responsible for planning and supervising all aspects of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport (LSUHSC-S) Library's electronic resources and print collections. This person negotiates contracts and licenses with vendors and handles access problems with vendor representatives. The person in this position also supervises one full-time staff and one transient. Those positions cover the areas of serials, cataloging, metadata creation and electronic resource access.

This person must have good management, communication, and organizational skills, as well as a strong ability to think critically.  A high level of technical computer skills is also required.  This person must be able to work independently and to establish priorities for the on-going work of the library.  This position is supervised directly by the Executive Director of the LSUHSC-S Library.

Regular attendance is required to perform the functions of this position.
Incumbent will maintain a customer-oriented awareness in acknowledging and responding to needs as they occur that customer satisfaction is met at all times.

Applicant Instructions

To Apply:

Go to https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lsuhsc.edu/shv/CareerOpportunities/Home/Detail/5388__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!4nxADw0LM7Uo2LA2dzFNLrCKe_c8qY5VOukm2JzBu7Ua5d1oIeclGM5pgg33ScD27rYYeL_WT_8-Q0yYDaT4RX8iPRX2nw$ [lsuhsc[.]edu], enter your contact information and upload your resume/CV. If you need assistance applying electronically, please telephone 318-675-5589.

If you are contacted for an interview, please let us know at that time if you will need special accommodations.

LSU Health is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. LSU Health Shreveport has a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities.