[Lacasis-l] Job Announcement: University of Southern California, Head of Acquisitions

[Winyuan Shih]

** Please excuse cross posting **

 

The University of Southern California (USC) Libraries seeks a knowledgeable,
experienced, innovative information professional to lead the acquisitions
functions of the Technical Services Department through the multifaceted,
rapidly changing environment of acquisitions librarianship.  The Head,
Acquisitions will help position the Technical Services' staff to meet the
challenges of new systems, new technologies, and new ways of envisioning
traditional acquisitions functions.  Reporting to the Director of Technical
Services, the Head is responsible for the overall management of serials
acquisitions,

monographic acquisitions, and electronic resources, including management of
the ordering and receipt of materials in all languages and formats, approval
of invoices and the expenditure of regular and restricted funds for a
multi-million dollar budget.  The Head manages three unit supervisors; the
section has a total of sixteen staff.  The Head sets goals and direction for
the section consistent with those set by USC Libraries, assesses workflow,
and creatively reorganizes the section, if appropriate. The successful
candidate is expected to be up-to-date on relevant library and scholarly
information trends and practices and be able to apply this knowledge to have
a significant, positive impact on the USC community.

 

For full position description and application procedure, please see:
http://www.usc.edu/libraries/jobs/librarians/documents/278B-HeadAcquisitions
.pdf

 

Best,

(Mr.) Win Shih

Director of Integrated Library Systems

University of Southern California

UVI 206B, MC 7004

Los Angeles, CA  90004

O: 213-740-9250; M: 720-936-9097

http://www.usc.edu/libraries/

ILS Request: ils at usc.edu

 

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