• Full-time, Continuing position
  
• Salary Level HEW 6 + 17% Superannuation
  
• Based at the Bundoora West campus, and hybrid ways of working
  

About the role
As Librarian, Monographs and Digital Collections, you will be responsible for acquisition and access of mainly non-subscription resources and textbooks. Your primary focus is to acquire, maintain and troubleshoot library resources requiring a higher degree of complexity or workflow in both electronic and physical formats.

You will lead projects for Digital Collections, which comprise of a variety of RMIT-created, digitised or licensed resources for learning, teaching, marketing and promotional purposes. You will contribute and assist with the development and testing of new workflows and/or software, including the provision of training and explanation of procedures. Technological advancements, such as AI will be an integral part of the role.

To be successful in this position, you will have:

• Demonstrated problem solving skills, including critical analysis and evaluation for the acquisition, access and management of library resources.
  
• Proven ability to lead library collection related projects.
  
• Well-developed knowledge of automated Library systems, preferably Ex Libris products (eg. Alma and Specto), with a solid understanding of relevant library resource data formats, industry description standard types and schemas (such as HTML, Dublin Core, XML, RDA and MARC), and acquisitions and access workflows.
  
• Demonstrated interpersonal and communications skills including the ability to liaise with a diverse range of stakeholders.
  
• Demonstrated proficiency for using a range of software applications (e.g. Microsoft Excel, MarcEdit, FTP and S3) to manipulate bibliographic and associated records, and large datasets.
  
• Ability to identify opportunities for improvement with a readiness to be adaptable while working in an agile environment
  

Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children and National Police Check.

About the Portfolio
RMIT University Library is a creative partner in the achievement of RMIT University's teaching, learning and research strategic goals. It engages with other groups within the University to design initiatives that have a positive impact on the student experience including the provision of direct support, peer mentoring facilitation, advice and guidance for students' academic skill development. It provides accessible and inclusive resources, services and facilities to support the information needs of RMIT's large and globally distributed student and staff population and supplies expertise for the management of the University's archives and business information.

To support the goals and operations of the University, the Library is arranged into three main functional areas: Learning, Teaching and Research; Collections; and Quality and Engagement. The Library increasingly delivers digital collections and services to maximize access by the RMIT user population.

At RMIT Melbourne, the University Library operates from 4 locations: the Swanston Library; the Bundoora Library; the Carlton Library and the Brunswick Library and manages a Makerspace on the city campus. At RMIT Vietnam, the Library supports over 9,000 students from 2 locations: Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. All libraries are networked for wireless. They provide flexible spaces for individual and group study, computer equipped group study rooms and seminar rooms for academic and library research skills training.

www.rmit.edu.au/library

To Apply
Please submit your CV and covering letter addressing your suitability for this position by clicking on the 'Apply' link at the top of this page.

For further information about this position, please see the Position Description hyperlinked below or contact Amanda Martimbianco (Manager, Acquisitions and Access) via email [email protected].

Position Description - Librarian, Monographs and Digital Collections

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