• Job Description

  Req#: 5013369

  Description

  Title: Librarian II or Librarian III (Resource Management)

  Position Number: 0073260

  Hiring Unit: Academic Affairs/Mookini Library

  Location: UH Hilo

  Date Posted: July 18, 2025

  Closing Date: Continuous, first review on or about August 20, 2025, and will continue until filled

  Salary Information: Commensurate with qualifications and experience

  Librarian II minimum $74,891; Librarian III minimum $89,858

  Monthly Type: 11 Month

  Tenure Track: Tenure Track

  Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time

  Temporary/Permanent: Permanent

  
  

  Other Conditions: Appointment to begin approximately September 2025, pending position clearance and availability of funding.

  The University of Hawaii-Hilo seeks a creative, collaborative, and patron-focused information professional to serve as Resource Management Librarian. This position provides comprehensive management of resources from start to finish; covering assessment, procurement, maintenance, coordination, and administration of the library’s digital resources; and ensuring optimal and accurate patron access to subscription resources, including databases, electronic journals, and ebooks. The successful candidate possesses a strong service ethic and shows evidence of teamwork, creativity, initiative, and flexibility. This is a full-time, tenure-track position. Librarians at UH Hilo have faculty rank and status and are expected to meet the requirements for tenure and promotion, including librarianship, scholarship, and service.
  

  
  

  Duties and Responsibilities

  1. Develops procedures and workflows for making the Library’s resources in all formats discoverable and accessible
  2. Establishes and maintains access to resources through ExLibris Alma management system
  3. Tracks and assesses issues, interventions, and follow-ups with library resources
  4. Assesses e-resource usage, creates resource usage reports for acquisitions, institutional assessment and accreditation needs
  5. Identifies, evaluates, and stays current with emerging trends, resources, practices, and standards in resource management, usage statistics, data management, access, and discovery to enhance library services
  6. Resolves cataloging problems and provides assistance with cataloging processes
  7. Works with vendors, consortial partners, and university business office to organize timely and effective ordering, access, payment, and performance
  8. Supervises full-time paraprofessionals in e-resources-related tasks
  9. Providing outreach to remote learners and faculty engaged in distance and online learning;
  10. collaborating with the University’s Instructional Designer to support faculty development and promote awareness of library tools and resources
  11. Serves as the subject librarian for assigned areas
  12. Participates in the general reference and instruction program of the library
  13. Serves actively on Library, college, university and professional committees
  14. Performs library website maintenance
  15. Some evening and weekend duties may be required
  16. Performs other job-related duties as required

  Minimum Qualifications

  Librarian II

  1. ALA-accredited MLS or equivalent

  Librarian III

  In addition to Librarian II minimum qualifications, must meet the following:

  1. Three years of appropriate professional experience
  2. 24 post-baccalaureate credits

  Desirable Qualifications

  1. Demonstrated strong communication abilities and strong analytical, organizational, and planning skills
  2. Familiarity with library search strategies and patron needs
  3. Experience delivering reference service and participation in library instruction activities
  4. Demonstrated ability to take initiative on projects and quickly learn new tools/skills
  5. Demonstrated strong commitment to service excellence
  6. Attention to detail and ability to interpret and apply standards
  7. Knowledge of Native Hawaiian language, history, politics, practices, and contemporary issues
  8. Supervisory experience
  9. Experience managing electronic resources
  10. Familiarity with the use of controlled vocabularies
  11. Demonstrated experience with cataloging and creating metadata
  12. Experience with ExLibris Alma and/or OCLC
  13. Knowledge of metadata and acquisitions best-practices

  
  

  To Apply: Click on the "Apply" button on the top right corner of the screen to complete an application and attach required documents. A complete application must include:

  1. Cover letter addressing each minimum and desirable qualification is met
  2. Curriculum vita/resume
  3. Evidence of scholarly productivity, such as copies of published research
  4. Names, addresses, email and telephone numbers of three [3] current professional references
  5. Transcript(s) (copies of unofficial transcripts are acceptable; however, original official transcripts will be required prior to employment). Copies of diplomas will NOT be accepted. Documents issued from an institution outside the United States of America require a course-by-course analysis with an equivalency statement from an agency having membership with the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services, Inc., verifying the degree equivalency to that of an accredited institution within the USA. Expense of the evaluation shall be borne by the applicant.

  
  

  Please do not include any self-identifying photos they will be redacted. PLEASE REDACT REFERENCES TO SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND BIRTH DATE ON TRANSCRIPT COPIES. All requested documents/information become the property of the University. All minimum qualifications must be met by the closing date. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Failure to submit all required documents and reference information shall deem an application to be incomplete.

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  Inquiries: Veronica Tarleton; tarleton@hawaii.edu

  EEO, Clery Act, ADA

  The University of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Institution and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment, including on the basis of veteran and disability status. For more information, visit: https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eeo/policies/

  
  Employment is contingent on satisfying employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; reference checks of previous employers; and for certain positions, criminal history record checks.
  
  In accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, annual campus crime statistics for the University of Hawai'i may be viewed at: https://www.hawaii.edu/titleix/help/campus-security/ , or a paper copy may be obtained upon request from the respective UH Campus Security or Administrative Services Office.
  
  Accommodation Request: The University of Hawai'i complies with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the EEO coordinator directly. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. For further information, please refer to the following link: https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eeo/accommodation-request/

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