Department: University Libraries
Classification: Professional Faculty
Job Category: Administrative or Professional Faculty
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)
Location: Fairfax, VA
Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible; up to 2 days of telework
Sponsorship Eligibility: Not eligible for visa sponsorship
Salary: Commensurate with education and experience; no less than $80,000
Criminal Background Check: Yes
About the Department:
The University Libraries fosters innovation, creativity, and imagination by facilitating and preserving access to scholarship and information, providing expert consultation in the research process, and actively teaching the effective and critical use of information. The Access & Resource Management (ARM) division works across the Libraries to support the University's strategic goals and plan by acquiring, managing, and providing access to scholarly resources that enhance curricular and research needs. The division manages the lifecycle of the University Libraries' scholarly collection from budget development to point of ordering to provision of access and all associated maintenance and assessment. The division is comprised of three departments: Collection Management, Discovery Services, and Access Services. The Collection Management department brings together the units of Resource Acquisition, Collection Assessment & Research Impact, and Resource Sharing to provide holistic management of the Libraries' research collections. The Collection Assessment & Research Impact unit focuses on the assessment and analysis of the Libraries' collections, the implementation of collection priorities, and the understanding and communication of the impact of research, scholarship, and creative contributions in alignment with those priorities.
About the Position:
Within the Collection Management department of the ARM division, the Head, Collection Assessment and Research Impact coordinates assessment of the Libraries' research collections, whether owned, subscribed to, shared, opened, accessed, or otherwise made available to the George Mason University scholarly community. This position develops and provides services related to research and scholarly impact and serves as the expert on trends and issues in research impact. The Head, Collection Assessment and Research Impact supports and participates in collection development for the Libraries and supports the Collection Assessment & Research Impact unit. The position reports to the Director, Collection Management. They participate in committees, task forces, and/or workgroups as required to share knowledge, develop best practices, and implement and advance the work of the Libraries.
Responsibilities:
Collection Assessment:
- Oversees evaluation of the Libraries' research collections to help ensure they effectively meet the needs of its users and aligns with the Libraries' goals;
- Works with the unit's Specialists to prepare product and program analysis for the Collection Management Council's review and use;
- Works collaboratively with the Data Discoverability Unit in applying ever-developing and increasingly sophisticated methods for assessing all aspects of the Libraries' collections and their use;
- Assesses the intellectual component and usage of the Libraries' approval plans and related models such as demand-driven or evidence-based purchasing of content; and
- Maintains awareness of new developments in librarianship, information access, and assessment methodologies.
Research Impact:
- Builds and maintains knowledge of bibliometric approaches, citation analysis, available data and resources in the field, and researcher profile development;
- Provides resources and support for subject and liaison librarians to provide consultation for faculty and students on their research, scholarly, and creative impact, providing direct consultations in collaboration with subject and liaison librarians as time allows;
- Works with data from a variety of sources, such as citation counts, h-index, journal impact factors, and altmetrics, to analyze institutional research impact; and
- Develops and maintains a deep understanding of scholarly communication models and how these relate to the libraries' collections and institutional res