Assistant Director of Technical Services

Rhode Island College invites applicants for the position of the Assistant Director of Technical Services in Adam’s Library. This is a full-time, calendar year, continuing position.

The Assistant Director of Technical Services is primarily responsible for managing and leading cataloging and metadata services and acquisitions for library collections. General responsibilities include original and complex cataloging, authority control, collection data analysis and reporting, collection development, and budget reporting. Oversees the Library’s use of the HELIN Consortium’s automated acquisitions and metadata modules, including technical training and supervision of staff.
 
Rhode Island College is a regional comprehensive public college that serves approximately 6,400 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students through its five schools; the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development, the School of Business, the School of Nursing and the School of Social Work. Established in 1854, we are Rhode Island’s first public institution of higher education. The college is located on a beautiful 180-acre suburban campus in the vibrant city of Providence, and has satellite locations at the Rhode Island Nursing Education Center in Providence’s Innovation District and the Rhode Island College Workforce Development Hub in Central Falls, RI. We are known throughout the Northeast for high quality academic programs, small class sizes, personalized, hands-on learning experiences, world-class faculty, and high value compared to other four-year institutions.

Required qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Library Science from an ALA-accredited program or Master’s Degree with related experience.
• A minimum of three years of experience in acquisitions and cataloging, including experience with substantial original cataloging, and supervision of staff.
• Experience using a bibliographic utility and an integrated library system.
• Experience classifying materials in LC classification system.

• Purchasing experience in a public institution using purchasing regulations; experience in an academic library, or through comparable service in an organization providing information to large numbers of people.
• Experience in academic libraries.
• Experience using OCLC WorldShare Management System (WMS).
• Experience with batch loading or bulk editing of local bibliographic and metadata records.
• Collection development experience.