Technical Librarian jobs in Olympia, WA

S aint Martin’s University, invites applications for an Electronic Services Librarian.

Salary: $57,900

• Provides leadership, strategic vision, and effective management of the library’s web presence, enhancing the discoverability, usability, and access to information resources. Works collaboratively with librarians and library staff, Marcom, and ITS to create coherent, consistent, and accessible web services.
• Coordinates the selection, acquisition, implementation, administration, and support of electronic resources, working with consortia, vendors, library staff, and faculty. Negotiates and manages license agreements, promotes use, analyzes usage data, and ensures effective discovery and access.
• Manages the local acquisitions and resource management configurations of the integrated library system (Ex Libris) and trains staff on the use of the clients.
• Manages the library’s web site and administers a variety of library technologies and web services (e.g., LibGuides, LibAnswers, EZProxy).
• Develops and maintains written policies, procedures, and support documentation related to electronic resources, web services, and library technologies.
Monitors spending out of collection budget for database and other electronic subscriptions; verifying and processing invoices and generating financial reports as needed. Works closely with the university's finance office and the library director to carry out these functions.

• Participates in the library’s liaison program, overseeing collection development and providing instruction in assigned liaison areas. Fosters a collaborative relationship between the library and faculty in assigned academic departments to support student and faculty research.
• Participates in the library’s information literacy program, which includes teaching both course-integrated sessions and individualized research consultations, in face-to-face and online settings. The librarian will be a liaison to specific departments, with primary responsibility for instruction in those areas, but may also be asked to participate in instruction in general education or courses in other departments as needed.
• Provides traditional and electronic reference services to students, faculty, and other patrons by appointment.
Creates instructional materials, such as subject and course class research guides, and online tutorials for assigned subject areas.

• Keeps current on trends and developments in electronic services and librarianship by reading professional literature, participating in professional organizations and committees, attending workshops, seminars, and conferences at the local, regional, consortial, or national level.
• Serves as Saint Martin's Systems representative and the Discovery & User Experience (DUX) representative to the Orbis Cascade Alliance, monitoring email lists and participating in conference calls as appropriate to understand and contribute to developments in our shared platforms and services. The individual will also attend the monthly meeting for Shared Content & Technical Services (SCTS)
• Actively contributes to field librarianship, participating on collaborative projects with colleagues at Orbis Cascade Alliance libraries, serving in professional organizations, and/or conducting research for publications or presentations in areas of library and information science.
Monitors emerging technologies and practices in the field, recommending new services to adopt and coordinating their implementation.

• Actively participates in university governance and planning by serving on standing committees, working groups, search committees, and other teams as appropriate. Takes part in full-faculty meetings, convocation, commencement and other significant university events.
• Actively participates in library planning and projects, attending library faculty and staff meetings. Serves on library working groups, search committees, and other teams as appropriate.

• Project management & evaluation skills
• Data analysis
• Budget management
• Ability to teach undergraduate and graduate students in person, in the classroom, or online following local and national information literacy standards

• Ability to effectively conduct a reference interview in both face-to-face and virtual settings
• Familiarity with the tools and resources available for collection development
• Strong communication skills
• Adaptable to changing needs and work responsibilities
• Effective problem solver

• Demonstrate strong multicultural knowledge, awareness, and skills needed to perform the tasks of promoting diversity and social justice.
• Knowledge of best practices related to supporting diverse student population, including students of color , students of diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, first generation students, students with disabilities, and other historically marginalized identities.

• Is supportive of a Catholic, Benedictine philosophy of education and able to articulate and support the University’s mission statement.

• Master’s degree in library science or equivalent from an ALA-accredited institution obtained by June 30, 2022.
• Experience or demonstrated coursework in electronic resource management and/or web development.
• Experience providing instruction and reference in a diverse educational setting, preferred.
Successfully pass a criminal and sexual misconduct check(s).

• Moves objects (less than 20 pounds) long distances (more than 20 feet).
• Ability to be mobile campus wide for appropriate business needs.
• Operates a variety of standard office equipment requiring continuous or repetitive arm-hand movements .
• Reading, writing, speaking, hearing, standing, bending, sitting.
• Learning and comprehending.
• Requires visual concentration on detail.

• Manual dexterity and precision required for keyboarding
• Must be able to sit for long periods at a time at a computer
• May occasionally be required to deal with distraught people.
• Must be able to concentrate on details and process complex information while experiencing frequent interruptions.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with people at all levels under stressful conditions.
• Must maintain strict confidentiality relating to all issues in the department and Saint Martin’s University