London Business School Library has a vacancy for the following role:

E-Resources Manager (part-time 24.5 hours per week, shift pattern negotiable)

Department: Library, IT–Operations

Career Group C, Level 4

Salary: circa £35,000-40,000 pro-rata per annum 

Closing date: 20th September 2013


*** The Position ****

The post-holder will manage, promote and develop the Library’s portfolio of e-resources and administer associated e-Library systems for the School’s various user communities, ensuring value for money and research relevance at all times with active management of supplier partnerships. The post-holder will offer tailored enquiry support and training as appropriate and contribute to the staffing of the Library Helpdesk.

*** The School ***

It is the Vision of London Business School to have a profound impact on the way the world does business.

*** The Department ***

IT (Information Technology) is responsible for the School’s IT and Library Services.

The department’s vision is to be an exemplar of excellence in technology.  We aim to provide a world class information and technology support service to our community. We believe in business excellence, and will continuously improve services, expand content and extend access to corporate, remote and mobile clients. 

The Library is recognized as one of the best dedicated business libraries in Europe. Whilst still offering a large business and management book collection of 25,000 titles and a dedicated financial dataset lab on site, the Library is now implementing a move to e-only strategy. A major digitization project of its significant corporate annual reports collection is nearing completion offering enhanced researcher access as part of a growing and well used e-Library of 22,000 e-journals, 5,000 ebooks and 69 datasets with associated state of the art search systems. The Library has an annual information resources budget of just under £1 million which places it in the upper quartile of North American and European business school libraries in terms of resource expenditure.  

*** The Individual ***

The ideal candidate will be of graduate calibre and will hold a relevant Library, information or electronic publishing postgraduate qualification.

Successful applicants will have experience of Library e-resource procurement or contract administration along with supplier liaison and negotiation and usage data collection / analysis. An understanding of academic e-libraries and associated support needs would be advantageous.

*** Benefits ***

London Business School offers its staff a wide range of professional development opportunities. Other benefits include generous holiday entitlement, season ticket loan, generous pension scheme and on-site swimming pool, sauna and gym. For a full list of benefits, please visit our website. 

*** To Apply ****

Please review the full job description and apply on line on our website by registering at http://bit.ly/9LyJOe and submitting your CV, and a covering letter addressing the essential job requirements along with details of your eligibility to work in the UK.

For an informal discussion about the role before applying, please contact Tim Wales, Head of Library (email:[log in to unmask], tel:+44(0)207 000 7629.

Due to the high amount of interest that we receive for each of our roles unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually. Therefore successful applicants only will be contacted within four weeks of the closing date.

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