Wheaton College (Norton, Massachusetts) seeks an Electronic Resources Librarian to join the Library Collections group in the Wallace Library.  For more information and to apply go to: https://jobs.wheatoncollege.edu/postings/2300

The Electronic Resources Librarian serves as the library’s serials control professional, providing scholarly information in the form of periodicals, newspapers, microforms, and electronic resources to the campus community. This position is part of the Library Collections team (Acquisitions, Cataloging, Serials), which focuses on direct services and support to faculty, students, and staff — as well as other library employees.

Responsibilities of the Electronic Resources Librarian include, but are not limited to, the following:

● Manage the library’s e-resources collections, including access, budgeting, analysis, and assessment, and work closely with faculty to ensure that library resources continue to support the curriculum. 
● Promote alternatives to fee-based information resources such as open access publications. 
● Maintain awareness of trends and ongoing developments in areas related to the entire life cycle of e-resources.
● Manage the library acquisitions budget.
● Manage the activation and maintenance of subscribed and freely available collections in the library’s electronic resource management system (WMS); interact with publishers, vendors and aggregators to establish and ensure consistent access to library holdings across multiple platforms.
● Participate in all aspects of serials and e-resource acquisitions including: trials, licensing, ordering, receipt/activation, access, maintenance, assessment, and renewals/cancellations.
● Investigate consortial offers and other partnerships supporting the provision of scholarly information resources.
● Perform data gathering and evaluation of pricing, usage, and other metrics to support collection development and assessment, budget processes, decision making, and annual reporting requirements.
● Develop and implement proactive workflows and processes to identify electronic access issues before they become problems.
● Work closely with the Metadata & Acquisitions and Systems librarians to ensure effective serial and electronic resource description and access from on and off campus.
● Serve on relevant library and consortia committees as they relates to functional expertise and/or professional development.