Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will:

• Establish and manage excellent publisher/vendor relationships
• Review and negotiate license agreements to reach favorable pricing and licensing terms
• Maintain data in the e-resource management system and discovery layer
• Remedy access problems and violations or breaches of contract
• Work closely with members of Resource Services (Collection Management and Technical Services) and subject librarians to coordinate trials, acquire new e-resources and maintain access
• Collect and analyze usage data from local and vendor/publisher sources and create reports to support decision-making
• Keep current with and contribute to the profession through publication, committees, or other service
• Serve as liaison to one or more academic departments

Minimum Qualifications:

• Candidates must possess a Master’s degree in Library Science from an ALA-accredited program or a master’s degree in a related field. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted.
• Two years of experience in an academic or research library setting, working with vendors and publishers in acquisitions or e-resource management.
• Familiarity with copyright, fair use and other intellectual property issues as these pertain to e-resources and license agreements.
• Excellent communication, analytical, prioritization and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated initiative and flexibility.
• Proven ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively in an organization which embraces innovation.

Desired Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience with negotiating electronic resource licenses.
• Proficiency in commonly used technologies and applications including an electronic resource management system, a discovery layer and advanced functions of Microsoft Office.
• Broad understanding of technical services operations in an academic library.

Salary and Rank: Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. The position is appointed to a Library Faculty rank as established by Wake Forest University. Rank at appointment is based on the successful applicant’s experience and relevant credentials.

Review of applications begins January 4 and continues until the position is filled. Interested applicants should go to https://wakejobs.silkroad.com/WFU/Employment_Listings.html and submit cover letter, resume and references within the online system.

The Z. Smith Reynolds Library, with a collection of over 1.9 million volumes, materials expenditures of over $5 million, and an operating budget of over $8 million, serves over 4,800 undergraduates and 1,300 graduate and professional students. Wake Forest is a private university where academic excellence is consistently recognized through rankings in the top tier of the country’s finest liberal arts institutions. Wake Forest offers a rare combination – the academic and technological resources, facilities and Division I athletic programs associated with a large university with the compact campus, small classes and individual attention only a smaller school can provide. The University has a deep institutional commitment to public service and engagement with the world, as indicated by its motto Pro Humanitate. The University is beautifully located between the western mountains and east coast beaches of North Carolina.

Wake Forest University welcomes and encourages diversity and seeks applicants with demonstrated success in working with diverse populations.

Wake Forest seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer students richly varied disciplines, perspectives and ways of knowing and learning.