58 Association of Research Libraries Research Library Issues 294 — 2018 In order to achieve this goal the primary services needed are: • Collection Assessment: development and maintenance of focused, data-driven print and e-resource license, acquisition, and organization • Access Services: rapid response to resource access requests in support of teaching, learning, and research • Stakeholder Engagement in Collections Activities: internally, predominantly through proactive communication with the Teaching and Learning and Research Departments externally, predominantly through faculty and staff/student collaborations • Strategic Planning: knowledge and proactive planning regarding developing and changing local needs and national/ international transformational collecting models Core Competencies • Expertise in best-practices around selection, acquisition, access, and discovery of resources • Collection assessment skills • Understanding of discipline area unique research, teaching, and format needs • Proactive and reactive ability to adjust to initiatives, new pedagogies, and collecting models • Communication skills proactive communication skills with all stakeholders • Building effective vendor relations • Ability to navigate electronic resources troubleshooting • Ability to effectively work with technologies such as integrated library management systems and platforms and statistics aggregators • In addition, all collection strategists have at least one non- disciplinary related area of expertise around which they are expected to develop competencies.