Job Post: Head of Acquisitions and Collection Development at Dartmouth College

[Robin Maddalena]

Dartmouth Libraries

Hanover, NH

Reporting to the Associate Dean of Libraries, Collections & Content Strategies, the Head of Acquisitions and Collection Development leads the coordination of selecting, licensing, and collection analysis activities for the Dartmouth Libraries. Within the Libraries’ strategic framework, this role contributes to the implementation of collection development strategies with a growing emphasis on support for various models around open scholarship and emerging licensing models. This role engages in vendor negotiations for electronic resource licensing, approval plans, and analysis of collection use. As the department head, this role leads and coordinates a staff of 12, with five direct reports, working on collections, acquisitions, purchasing, and receiving. 

Bring your unique skills, grow them through professional development and engagement, and help us empower students by unlocking their individual potential.

As a potential staff member at Dartmouth Libraries, you will be joining our organization at a pivotal moment. After consulting and collaborating with our academic community, campus partners, and library colleagues, Dartmouth Libraries have a new strategic direction – Research Engine, Powering Knowledge. Grounded in our Purpose and Vision, this strategic framework supports us in achieving our goals and aspirations. Those aspirations are to:

• Empower students by unlocking individual potential

• Accelerate advanced research

• Elevate scholarship with powerful research tools and methods and

• Amplify Dartmouth’s impact across the scholarly ecosystem

Learn more about this position and apply at:  https://searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/72461/

Hiring range: $84,800 – $105,900

Review of applications will begin March 11, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled.