Collections Services Technician

**Job Description**:
:
**About the Library**:
Housed in the Riddell Library and Learning Centre, the University Library is an integral part of the MRU experience. The services, facilities, programming and expertise available in the Library support innovative teaching, learning, and scholarship across campus.

The Library includes the Archives and Special Collections, and specialized and technology-enriched teaching and learning spaces, including information literacy classrooms, a Maker Studio, audio production rooms, and a range of visualization, simulation, and immersive spaces. The Library team consists of approximately 60 employees. The Library values a healthy inclusive workplace, encourages a culture of innovation and teamwork, and provides support for professional development.

**About the Role**:
**This position is a permanent full-time position(35 hours per week on-campus, working Monday to Friday).**

**Responsibilities**:

- Order Processing: Processes orders supporting various purchasing models (e.g., one-time, subscription, patron-driven) using ILS and acquisitions tools, and reconciles invoices and credit card statements to ensure accurate and timely payments.
- Workflow Optimization: Adopts new tools and methods and optimizes ALMA LSP functionality to improve acquisitions processes.
- Inclusive Practices: Applies critical and inclusive cataloguing principles to enhance user access and address representation in metadata.
- Communication and Collaboration: Works collaboratively with colleagues to identify and address collection issues; prioritizes clear and effective communication across all levels of the organization (including faculty, staff, students and vendors) to support smooth workflows and shared goals.

**Qualifications**:

- Library Information Technology diploma required, in combination with 3 - 5 years of experience in academic libraries.
- Experience working in an academic library’s collection services is preferred.
- A Bachelor’s degree or a Masters in Library and Information Science, or equivalent, would be considered an asset.
- Knowledge of acquisitions and access models (e.g., approval plans, firm orders, subscriptions, open access).
- Familiarity with library ordering systems (e.g., GOBI) or online bookstores (e.g., Amazon).
- Familiarity working with order information, as well as handling and reconciling invoices and statements.
- Strong knowledge of cataloguing principles and standards for bibliographic records (eg MARC, RDA, LCC), inclusive cataloguing and metadata management practices, as well as experience with original or copy cataloguing.
- Industry knowledge of current and emerging metadata standards (e.g., Dublin Core, OAI, MODS, BIBFRAME, linked data), integrated library systems, electronic acquisitions processes, and resource management processes.
- Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and collaboratively with high accuracy.
- Comfortable with spreadsheet and office software for workflow management (eg. Google Workspace, Microsoft suite)
- Understanding of and familiarity with the post-secondary environment and the needs of academic Library users.
- Strong written and oral communication.

Experience with Alma LSP, Primo discovery layer, GOBI, MARCEdit, OpenRefine, or Springshare products, and experience in managing electronic resources and/or an understanding of trends in electronic resource management are assets.

**Salary**:$55,982 - $70,841 per annum

**Closing Date**:
**A cover letter and resume should be submitted in one.pdf document. Please title your.pdf document as follows: [Last Name], [Requisition Number], [Document Title].pdf (ex. Smith, 999999, CV.pdf).