Posting Summary:
The Gottesman Libraries is seeking a Resource Management and Access Librarian to oversee electronic serial acquisitions, course reserves, and interlibrary loans. The incumbent plays a vital role in delivering technical services that meet research-level demands for physical and digital access to library materials via the library services platform, learning management system, and resource sharing.

Job Summary/Basic Function:

The Resource Management and Access Librarian supports course reserves and electronic resource management for the Teachers College community. This role collaborates with faculty and staff to ensure compliant, accessible access to materials and provides user support and training.

Responsibilities include managing the lifecycle of electronic resources (acquisition, licensing, usage analysis, and fund tracking), resolving access issues, and coordinating subscriptions and shared resources with campus partners. The role also supports interlibrary loan services, including physical lending, digitization of course materials, and digital resource sharing, while contributing to initiatives that enhance discovery and access to library collections.

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduate degree from an ALA-accredited program
• Minimum of 3-5 years of technical services
• Strong understanding of technical workflows
• Ability to conduct responsive reference interviews, employ active listening skills and offer solutions in navigating scholarly publishing as it relates to course readings, materials access, accessibility, copyright, and open access
• Strong customer-service orientation
• Proficiency in Integrated Library Systems
• Familiarity with resource-sharing practices and protocols
• Ability to work well independently and also with others in a collegial environment
• Ability to adapt quickly to new standards and technologies
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Ex Libris’ Alma, Primo, and Leganto Systems
• Experience in academic libraries and understanding of issues in higher education
• Experience in interlibrary lending and related systems

Salary Range:

$85,000 - $89,000

Work Modality:

Hybrid

Competitive Compensation and Benefits 

The salary range reflects the College’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation for the position at the time of the job posting.  Salary decisions are dependent on several factors including but not limited to market and organizational considerations, experience, and qualifications of a selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.

Our benefits contribute significantly to the total compensation package that includes medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance plans; flexible and hybrid work schedules; tuition remission; life insurance; short and long-term disability insurance; an exceptional employer retirement matching program; health savings accounts (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility, and a robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Hybrid/Remote

Teachers College maintains a hybrid work environment, which provides employees with flexible work arrangements while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person college-campus culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite or in a hybrid model (a combination of in-office and virtual days). Employees are expected to live within a 150-mile radius of the College.  

About Teachers College, Columbia University

Teachers College, Columbia University, is the oldest and largest graduate school of education in the United States, and also perennially ranked among the nation's best. Its name notwithstanding, the College is committed to a vision of education writ large, encompassing our four core areas of expertise: health, education, leadership and psychology.

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