Assistant Librarian

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Discovery Systems Librarian

Digital Initiatives

Full-time, tenure-track librarian position (three years, with possibility of renewal

Salary minimum: salary commensurate with experience

The McGill Library seeks a technically-minded, collaborative, user-centred and highly motivated individual for the position of
_Discovery Systems Librarian_. This member of the McGill Library’s Digital Initiatives department will contribute to the overall management of the Library’s discovery layer(s) and Library Services Platform, support the integration of these systems with others, and serve as lead in designing, implementing, and maintaining additional tools for user discovery and inventory of Library-managed resources.

THE McGILL LIBRARY

Located in Montréal, one of the world’s great multicultural and multilingual cities, McGill University is internationally recognized for its excellence as a leading institution of higher education and research. For nearly 200 years, through the work of dedicated people, McGill has been breaking ground in diverse fields and contributing solutions to some of the world’s most significant issues. McGill is also the most internationally diverse research-intensive university in Canada, with over 32% of its students coming to McGill from more than 150 countries. The University systematically appears on the annual list of the best employers in Montreal.

The McGill Library is committed to delivering high-quality, innovative information products, services and programs that focus on client needs and support the University's strategic mission and directions. The Library proactively supports the teaching, learning and research needs of faculty and students to fulfill McGill’s strategic mission of excellence as a research-intensive, student-centred university.

The McGill Library has the largest collection in Quebec and is one of Canada’s largest academic libraries with over six million monograph titles and 150,000 e-journals and databases. The Library is a member of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire (BCI), the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), and the HathiTrust Digital Library.

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DUTY STATEMENT

Primary Purpose of Position

As one of two Discovery Systems Librarians in the McGill Library, serves as a key player in management of the Library’s discovery layer(s) and Library Services Platform, together with relevant staff from other library units and appropriate library committees and working groups. Manages design, testing, deployment, and maintenance of other discovery-related and inventory systems including those built with APIs from vendors. Supports other selected systems managed in Digital Initiatives.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Manage selected Library Services Platform (LSP), discovery, and inventory systems.- Test new functionality and systems upgrades for the LSP, discovery layer, and locally managed discovery and inventory systems; communicate with staff on changes.- Support integration of the LSP with self-checks, other peripheral equipment, and selected library or university systems.- Extract, manipulate, and transform data for selected discovery or inventory projects, and automate these processes for data cleanup, system migration, systems integration, or related purposes.- File problem reports with system vendors or local development staff; follow up with system providers, library staff, and individuals reporting problems on resolutions; track and troubleshoot reported problems internally.- Work with the Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire (BCI) libraries to implement, manage and support the consortial library Services Platform.- Oversee outage communication with selected vendors, staff, and users.- Provide feedback to vendors and open source development communities on development priorities.- Coordinate staff training and staff and user documentation on LSP, discovery layer, inventory, and locally managed discovery systems.- Serve as project manager for systems design and implementation of discovery and inventory tools using vendor APIs, and other selected technology projects.- Provide overall support to staff using the LSP and locally managed discovery and inventory systems.- Liaise with hospitals and other partner libraries regarding the LSP and discovery layer.- Serve as ex officio on on select library committees related to LSP and discovery layer configuration, borrowing policies, and other similar functions.-
- May occasionally be required to work non-standard hours for system implementation and upgrades, and/or resolve system issues.

Reporting relationship

The Discovery Systems Librarian