INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY - Senior Legal Deposit and Subscriptions Librarian
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and organised individual to join our Acquisitions Team. This is a varied and challenging role where the right candidate will make a key contribution to building the national collections by acquiring print and digital publications for the Library.
You will work closely with colleagues, publishers and other agencies to ensure that the Library receives titles via Legal Deposit, in print or digital format. This will involve negotiation with publishers as well as effective use of data and systems to monitor success. Promotion of Legal Deposit and building relationships with publishers is a key element of the role.
In addition, you will take the lead in ensuring the Library’s purchased subscriptions are administered effectively. This will include working closely with our subscription agents and colleagues to monitor progress and ensure actions are completed by the team to deadlines. You will review and update procedures and provide training to ensure best use of Alma and vendor systems in support of subscriptions acquisition.
We are looking for a colleague with excellent communication and problem-solving skills, who is focussed on working collaboratively to deliver high quality outcomes for the Library.
This is a busy role which requires attention to detail, excellent organisational skills, and the ability to display initiative to accomplish tasks efficiently. The successful candidate will be confident in communicating via telephone, videocall and email. They will be comfortable with delivering training and providing guidance to colleagues.
Experience of working with collection acquisitions in a library or similar organisation would give you an advantage. If this sounds like you, then we look forward to reading your application.
You can contact Nicola Stratton (n.stratton@nls.uk) if you have any questions about the post. The full job description is at the bottom of this page.
We encourage applications from people who belong to marginalised communities particularly people of colour, those from a working class background, disabled and LGBTQ+ people.
The National Library of Scotland
The National Library of Scotland preserves the memory of the nation with collections that span the centuries, from the earliest times to the digital age. Our collections document the influence of Scots at home and abroad, while reflecting the ideas and cultures of the world. They cover all aspects of human endeavour in multiple formats, including books, manuscripts, archives, websites, maps, music, moving image and sound.
We support education, research, business and innovation and our work enhances the reputation of Scotland as a country with a rich cultural heritage and a vibrant future. We are committed to providing easy access to our physical and digital collections and delivering services that are open and available to all. It is a place for inspiration, exploration and enjoyment, where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
There are around 320 of us working at the Library who all contribute in different ways, whether welcoming our visitors, planning our events and exhibitions, developing and caring for our collections or looking after our buildings and people.
The Benefits
For more benefit information see our staff benefits website page.
For more information on applying see our application process website page.
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