Acquisitions Specialist – Dartmouth College Libraries (Hanover, NH)

Dartmouth Libraries seek an Acquisitions Specialist with a special focus on electronic resources management. As part of the continuations team, this position (remote/hybrid eligible) collaborates with subject librarians and vendors to ensure the timely ordering and renewal of continuing resources, including invoice processing, resource activation in discovery systems, and access troubleshooting. Ideal candidates are detail and process oriented, experienced using modern ILS systems, and have a tolerance for ambiguity in a complex and dynamic acquisitions environment.

Interested?
You can learn more about the position, its starting salary range, and submit an application at: https://searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/73465

Do you have other questions?
Contact Acquisitions Supervisor Tim Wolfe, tim.wolfe@dartmouth.edu

Review of applications will begin May 15, and will continue until the position is filled.

Dartmouth Libraries values diversity in all forms and believes that each employee brings a set of diverse experiences and identities to the workplace that makes us stronger, encourages innovation, and enhances our collective contributions. We encourage candidates to evaluate and explore our department as they move through our interview process. We continue to develop our hiring process to ensure our candidates are empowered to bring their whole selves to the interview process, and are encouraged to learn about our workplace.

We do this by:

  • Making all efforts to avoid scheduling interviews on religious or cultural days of observation.
  • Requiring all search committee members to be trained on understanding and reducing implicit bias.
  • Providing employees opportunities to learn, grow, and be challenged.
  • Fostering an inclusive and respectful work environment.

ABOUT DARTMOUTH Founded in 1769, Dartmouth is a member of the Ivy League and consistently ranks among the world’s greatest academic institutions. The Dartmouth Library is dedicated to supporting teaching, learning, and research and works in partnership with the students and faculty of the School of Arts & Sciences, the Thayer School of Engineering, the Tuck School of Business, the Geisel School of Medicine, and the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies. Dartmouth Library is supported by a highly committed staff of about 145. The Dartmouth College Library is a member of the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation, the Association of Research Libraries, CRL, NERL, HathiTrust, CLIR/DLF, and the Library Publishing Coalition.

Dartmouth College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status. Applications by members of all underrepresented groups are encouraged.

– Posted 5/2/24