HEAD OF ACQUISITIONS
- Employer
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Location
- Madison
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Job no: 100671-AS
Work type: Staff-Full Time
Department:LIBR\CENTRAL TECHNICAL SERVICE
Location: Madison
Categories: Library, Museum, Arts
The Head of Acquisitions provides leadership and oversight for the serial acquisitions, monographic acquisitions and financial services units of the Libraries' Acquisitions Department. Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Collections and Research Services, this position ensures the timely and effective acquisition of library resources in all formats for general and special collections.
The Libraries at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are dedicated to the practices of social justice, diversity, equality, and respect among our staff, students, collections, and services. We strive to overcome historical and divisive biases in our society and embrace diverse points of view as assets to the fabric of our community. All positions will be called on to contribute to building this environment.
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion
MLS/MLIS degree from an ALA-accredited (or equivalent) program
Minimum Years and Type of Relevant Work Experience:Required
- Minimum of 5 years acquisitions experience in a library setting
- Minimum of 3 years of professional experience managing acquisitions in an academic library
- Minimum of 3 years of staff supervision and performance management experience Excellent communication skills
Preferred
-Experience managing vendor, publisher or subscription agent relationships
- Experience analyzing, improving and maintaining complex business processes
- Experience with ExLibris' Library services platforms, such as Alma and Primo and related bibliographic utilities
- Experience with vendor databases, tools such as GOBI and approval plans
- Demonstrated commitment to maintaining a supportive work environment that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion for all
A495700-GENERAL LIBRARY/CENTRAL TECHNICAL SERVICE
Work Type:Full Time: 100%
Appointment Type, Duration:Ongoing/Renewable
Salary:Minimum $65,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
A cover letter and resume are required. All applications must be submitted through the Jobs at UW applicant system. Click on the 'Apply Now" button to submit your materias.
Contact:Anne Murphy-Lom
anne.murphylom@wisc.edu
608-262-2768
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )
SR ACAD LIBRARIAN(R04BN) or ACADEMIC LIBRARIAN(R04DN)
Employment Class:Academic Staff-Renewable
Job Number:100671-AS
The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://oed.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
Employment will require a criminal background check. It will also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.
The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department.
Applications Open: Sep 30 2019 Central Daylight Time
Applications Close:Nov 11 2019 11:55 PM Central Standard Time
Organization
In achievement and prestige, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has long been recognized as one of America's great universities. A public, land-grant institution, UW–Madison offers a complete spectrum of liberal arts studies, professional programs and student activities, and many of its programs are hailed as world leaders in instruction, research and public service. Spanning 935 acres along the southern shore of Lake Mendota, the campus is located in the city of Madison.
The university trace
s its roots to a clause in the Wisconsin Constitution, which decreed that the state should have a prominent public university. In 1848, Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin’s first governor, signed the act that formally created the university, and its first class, with 17 students, met in a Madison school building on February 5, 1849.
From those humble beginnings, the university has grown into a large, diverse community, with about 40,000 students enrolled each year. These students represent every state in the nation, as well as countries from around the globe, making for a truly international population.
UW–Madison is the oldest and largest campus in the University of Wisconsin System, a statewide network of 13 comprehensive universities, 13 freshman-sophomore transfer colleges and an extension service. One of two doctorate-granting universities in the system, UW–Madison’s specific mission is to provide “a learning environment in which faculty, staff and students can discover, examine critically, preserve an
d transmit the knowledge, wisdom and values that will help insure the survival of this and future generations and improve the quality of life for all.”
The university achieves these ends through innovative programs of research, teaching and public service. Throughout its history, UW–Madison has sought to bring the power of learning into the daily lives of its students through innovations such as residential learning communities and service-learning opportunities. Students also participate freely in research, which has led to life-improving inventions ranging from more fuel-efficient engines to cutting-edge genetic therapies.
The Wisconsin Idea
Students, faculty and staff are motivated by a tradition known as the “Wisconsin Idea,” first started by UW President Charles Van Hise in 1904, when he declared that he would “never be content until the beneficent influence of the university [is] available to every home in the state.” The Wisconsin Idea permeates the university’s work and helps forge close working relationships among university faculty and students, and the state’s industries and government.
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