Head, Collection Strategies
Core
Provide strategic leadership for the development, stewardship, assessment, and long-term direction of research and teaching collections at Penn State University Libraries.
Role type
Senior academic administrator (Head of Collection Strategies)
Builds
Unified collections strategy, budget allocation, and transformative licensing frameworks
Domain
Higher Education Library Science
Required skills
Collection development strategy, budget management, vendor negotiation, data analysis, leadership, scholarly research, consortia management
Preferred skills
Financial planning, copyright management, physical collection management, emerging technologies
Technologies
None explicitly listed
Responsibilities
Articulate and implement vision for sustainable collection building; co-lead the Collections Council; supervise and mentor faculty and staff; synthesize data to develop collections budget strategy; lead strategic vendor and publisher negotiations; serve as representative to membership organizations; maintain scholarly and professional engagement
Seniority
Senior, tenure-track faculty appointment