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UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
Library Associate: eCollection Assessment
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Library Associate: eCollection Assessment
Department: Library Effective Date: November, 2013
Grade: USG 7
35 hr/wk
Reports to: Head, Collection Development
General Accountability
The incumbent is accountable to Head of Information Services and Resources (ISR), Davis for
providing support to liaison librarians and managers for various facets of their work with electronic
and print collections, especially collections evaluation. In addition the incumbent participates in the
gathering and preparation of statistics for external annual reports and works regularly scheduled shifts
at an information services desk in the Davis and/or Dana Porter Library.
Nature and Scope
This position is one of 8 reporting to the Head of ISR, Davis. The other 7 are liaison librarians.
Depending on changing circumstances, the incumbent might re-locate to Dana Porter and report to the
Head of ISR, Dana Porter.
The incumbent provides support to liaison librarians at all locations as well as to managers with
responsibility for collections, including the Head of ISR in both Davis and Dana Porter and the
Associate University Librarian, Information Resources and Services.
The incumbent’s primary responsibility involves providing timely and accurate statistics to librarians
and managers needing such statistics to inform and support decisions related to developing and
managing electronic and print collections. Broadly speaking such statistics typically relate to costs and
expenditures, purchasing patterns, number of items in support of specific disciplines, and use of
material. From time to time information about current holdings compared to those available in
electronic bundles provided by specific publishers is also needed.
To provide effective support, the incumbent develops and maintains an in-depth working knowledge of
internal and external sources for collections information and statistics such as the TRELLIS
acquisitions and catalogue modules COGNOS the Scholars Portal statistics module the electronic
resources management system (Verde) and statistical data bases provided by e-resource vendors. The
incumbent also develops and maintains an in-depth working knowledge of electronic bibliographical
analysis tools such as Ulrich’s Serials Analysis System and Gold Rush. In addition to understanding
how each of these sources and tools work, the incumbent develops an understanding of their strengths
and weaknesses in order to evaluate their effectiveness for any particular objective.
Gaining an understanding about the use of electronic resources is increasingly important as we acquire
an ever growing number of resources in electronic format. Use statistics provided by vendors are an
http://www.hr.uwaterloo.ca/.jd/00005475.html
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
Library Associate: eCollection Assessment
http://www.hr.uwaterloo.ca/.jd/00005475.html
Library Associate: eCollection Assessment
Department: Library Effective Date: November, 2013
Grade: USG 7
35 hr/wk
Reports to: Head, Collection Development
General Accountability
The incumbent is accountable to Head of Information Services and Resources (ISR), Davis for
providing support to liaison librarians and managers for various facets of their work with electronic
and print collections, especially collections evaluation. In addition the incumbent participates in the
gathering and preparation of statistics for external annual reports and works regularly scheduled shifts
at an information services desk in the Davis and/or Dana Porter Library.
Nature and Scope
This position is one of 8 reporting to the Head of ISR, Davis. The other 7 are liaison librarians.
Depending on changing circumstances, the incumbent might re-locate to Dana Porter and report to the
Head of ISR, Dana Porter.
The incumbent provides support to liaison librarians at all locations as well as to managers with
responsibility for collections, including the Head of ISR in both Davis and Dana Porter and the
Associate University Librarian, Information Resources and Services.
The incumbent’s primary responsibility involves providing timely and accurate statistics to librarians
and managers needing such statistics to inform and support decisions related to developing and
managing electronic and print collections. Broadly speaking such statistics typically relate to costs and
expenditures, purchasing patterns, number of items in support of specific disciplines, and use of
material. From time to time information about current holdings compared to those available in
electronic bundles provided by specific publishers is also needed.
To provide effective support, the incumbent develops and maintains an in-depth working knowledge of
internal and external sources for collections information and statistics such as the TRELLIS
acquisitions and catalogue modules COGNOS the Scholars Portal statistics module the electronic
resources management system (Verde) and statistical data bases provided by e-resource vendors. The
incumbent also develops and maintains an in-depth working knowledge of electronic bibliographical
analysis tools such as Ulrich’s Serials Analysis System and Gold Rush. In addition to understanding
how each of these sources and tools work, the incumbent develops an understanding of their strengths
and weaknesses in order to evaluate their effectiveness for any particular objective.
Gaining an understanding about the use of electronic resources is increasingly important as we acquire
an ever growing number of resources in electronic format. Use statistics provided by vendors are an
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