Our client a Uxbridge based academic institution requires an Information Resources Co-ordinator for an initial three-month contract.
The post-holder will undertake supervision of daily operational workflow of the Content and Discovery Services team and processes involved in the acquisition of and procurement for Library resources, in all formats - print, media and electronic.
Responsibilities:
- Act as a point of contact within Library Services in the area of Cataloguing and Metadata.
- Liaise with relevant suppliers and publishers and maintain professional updates with the relevant user and professional groups.
- Carry out collection management and Information procurement duties including the processing of reading lists, ordering book material, serials control and acquisition, updating catalogue records and maintaining document delivery service.
- Oversee metadata generation, RDA developments and quality control
- Assist with electronic resource integration and testing of library system developments
- Undertake and maintain general admin duties i.e. invoice payments, update financial information, statistics and internal reports.
- To carry out the processes involved in the acquisition of and payment for Library resources.
- Continually strive to improve the services available for both on and off-campus users
- Work with the line manager, to comply with all required procurement policies and guidelines i.e. Collection development and Reading lists policies
- Maintain collection management and development statistics for KPIs
Requirements
- Knowledge of cataloguing and metadata services, including awareness of emerging trends in resource discovery and description.
- Knowledge of current standards for bibliographic and authority records, such as Resource Description and Access (RDA) and MARC 21
- Working knowledge of resource discovery systems and library electronic resource management systems—preferably Sirsi Dynix Symphony
- Demonstrated experience using cataloguing tools, such as OCLC Connexion, OCLC Record Manager, and MarcEdit to perform original and copy cataloguing within an integrated library system.
- Competence for successfully shepherding a variety of projects associated with cataloguing operations in an academic library