post
specification
provide expertise in acquiring and
integrating electronic resources into the libraries’collections.
as the primary liaison with vendors
regarding electronic resources, responsible for negotiating licenses, ordering,
and managing access to electronic resources.
key duties and
responsibilities:
1. manages the life cycle processes for
electronic resources and serves as the expert resource for issues related to
these processes within the department and throughout the libraries;
2. duties include working with collection
development in identifying electronic resources for consideration, establishing
product trials for evaluation, managing license and contract terms related to
electronic resources, and collaborating with collection development in the
negotiation of resources;
3. works closely with cataloging and
metadata services on electronic resource access and management issues and also
interacts with publishers, vendors and aggregators to acquire, establish and
maintain access to electronic resources;
4. ability to work productively in a team
environment with vendors, subject librarians, purchase departments or other
personnel.
qualifications
and requirements:
1. master degree in library science or
equivalent education and experience relevant to the position, advanced degrees
in relevant fields will be given preference in consideration;
2.5+ year professional experience working in acquiring and managing
electronic resources in an academic or research library. experience with an
electronic resources management system (alma);
3. knowledge of current issues in
acquiring, licensing, and managing access to electronic resources;
4. strong ability to negotiate and
maintain electronic resources’licenses and contracts;
5. ability to take a user-centered
approach in providing access to electronic resources;
6. ability to exercise creativity and
initiative in troubleshooting problems with electronic resources access;
7. ability to effectively collaborate
across departments and divisions on issues related to electronic resources;
8. ability to make decisions independently
within the framework of departmental and library policies and goals;
9. skill in planning and implementing
projects;
10. excellent interpersonal, written and
verbal communication skills;
11. strong commitment to quality customer
service;
12. good knowledge of copyrights,
contracts and other relevant legal policies.
salary and
benefits
salary will be competitive, commensurate
with qualifications and experience. appointments will be made under the
establishment of cuhk-sz and statutory benefits will be provided according to
the prevailing labor laws applicable in the prc. the appointee will be based at
the university campus in shenzhen, prc.
application
procedure
please send full curriculum vitae together
with copies of qualification documents, and at least three references by email
to: hr@cuhk.edu.cn
