Inside Higher Ed is hiring: Collections Strategist Librarian in Greensboro

Collections Strategist Librarian

Position Number: 998696

Functional Title: Collections Strategist Librarian

Position Type: Non‑Tenure Stream

Position Eclass: EP – EHRA 12 mo leave earning

Job Open Date: 10/27/2025

Recruitment Range: $68,000 – $75,000

FTE: 1.000

Type Of Appointment: Permanent

Percentage Of Time: 30%

Key Responsibility: Collection management and stewardship

Primary Purpose Of The Organizational Unit

UNC Greensboro University Libraries invites applications for the position of Collections Strategist Librarian. Reporting to the Head, Technical Services, the Collections Strategist Librarian has libraries‑wide responsibility for building and managing the libraries’ collections. The Collections Strategist coordinates strategic collection building with innovative management of existing content to embrace new models in scholarly publishing and communication to ensure that the collections meet the university’s teaching, learning, and research missions.

Position Summary

This position will manage central collection development funds (annual budget $3.5 million) under the direction of the Head, Technical Services; administer the selection and renewal of e‑resources and additional collections resources in consultation with the Collection Management Team and individual library liaisons; craft and implement strategies for collection development, budget planning, and management; lead and manage resource access activities including licensing review and negotiation and facilitating access to licensed content; collect and analyze cost, usage, and other relevant data to ensure that the collections budget is being spent as efficiently as possible. The role participates in evaluating vendor offers, preparing and presenting information to appropriate library groups to inform collections decisions, serving as the primary contact for collection assessment activities (program reviews, accreditation reports, and internal assessments), providing leadership for collections space planning, and encouraging a culture of innovation, collaboration, and shared stewardship. The position supervises one librarian and one support staff member.

Minimum Qualifications

• An ALA‑accredited master’s degree, or comparable graduate degree.
• Minimum of three years of professional experience in building and managing library collections in physical and digital formats, including management of funds.
• Demonstrated evidence of successful implementation of data‑informed strategies.
• Experience working with library consortia.
• Demonstrated evidence of success working independently, as well as collaboratively, in planning, coordinating, and implementing effective projects.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, orally and in writing.
• Excellent organization, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to develop and align collection strategy with local priorities.
• Knowledge and understanding of collections issues, emerging practices, standards, and trends relating to collection development and management in an academic library environment.
• Demonstrated skill in reading, interpreting, and negotiating license agreements.
• Evidence of successful and creative management of staff and operations.

Essential Tasks – Collection Management

• Manage central collection development funds (annual budget $3.5 million) and intermittent one‑time funding (up to $1 million annually) under the direction of the Head, Technical Services.
• Administer the selection and renewal of electronic resources and additional collections resources, making decisions informed by user needs, institutional priorities, and trends in scholarly communication and in consultation with the Collection Management Team.
• Craft and implement strategies for collection development, budget planning, and management.
• Lead and manage resource access activities including evaluating vendor offers, licensing review and negotiation, and facilitating access to licensed content.
• Pilot and assess new collection development approaches using knowledge of the scholarly publishing landscape and emerging trends in publisher agreements, including open access resources.
• Engage in and support consortial partnerships.

Essential Tasks – Assessment and Evaluation

• Incorporate data‑driven and user‑focused assessment methodologies to analyze the libraries’ current collection management program.
• Compile, analyze, and disseminate usage, cost, and other relevant data to ensure that the collections budget is being spent as efficiently as possible.
• Design interpretive reports and data visualizations to best present and communicate how the libraries judiciously develop its collections in an environment of change in scholarly communications and publishing.
• Prepare and present information to appropriate library groups to help inform collections decisions.
• Serve as the primary contact for collection assessment activities that may include program reviews, accreditation reports, and internal assessments.

Essential Tasks – Leadership

• Encourage a culture of innovation, collaboration, and shared stewardship responsibilities that serve the university’s needs and the libraries’ strategic goals.
• Meet with faculty members and academic departments as needed to provide information about budget decisions that affect collections, and the criteria applied to implement them.
• Communicate with subject librarians about collections decisions and policies to support their work with faculty.
• Serve on the Collection Management Team.
• Provide leadership for collections space planning in the library for physical resources.
• Directly supervise, hire, train, and evaluate one full‑time librarian and one support staff member.

Physical Effort

Hand Movement – Repetitive Motions - F, Hand Movement – Grasping - O, Reading - F, Writing - F, Eye‑hand coordination - O, Hearing - F, Talking - F, Sitting - F, Lifting 0‑30 lbs. - O

Work Environment

Inside – C