Head, Collection Strategies
Core
Provide strategic leadership for the development, stewardship, 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 collection strategies, budget allocations, and transformative licensing frameworks for the university's research and teaching collections.
Domain
Higher Education Library Science
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Collection development strategy, budget management, vendor negotiation, data analysis for collection decisions, leadership and mentoring, consortia/networked library experience, knowledge of open access and scholarly communication, written and oral communication
Preferred skills
Financial planning for library collections, copyright and rights management, physical collection management and deselection, emerging technologies in collections
Technologies
None explicitly stated
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, hands-on IC with strategic leadership