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Acquisitions Librarian (Librarian II) 24-02916

Manages ordering of library collection materials and is the subject matter expert for acquisitions at the Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL).

Responsibilities:

1. Understand managing and reporting on funds.
2. Work with Receiving staff and vendors to reconcile order and shipping issues.
3. Ensure outstanding orders are claimed in a timely manner.
4. Collaborate with collection services coordinator and assistant coordinator for timely and accurate fund spending.
5. Promote knowledge of acquisition ordering policy and practices through training.
6. Work with vendors for appropriate configuration of templates for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) ordering.
7. Ensure library brief/vendor record profiles are up-to-date.
8. Identify, select, acquire, receive, and distribute federal, state, county, and local documents.
9. Oversee the distribution of informational materials for cultural, educational, recreational, and governmental agencies.
10. Manage the distributed selection and centralized ordering of periodicals.
11. Ensure standing orders are loaded into acquisition module appropriately.
12. Work with collection data analyst to create effective reporting of acquisition data.
13. Answer inquiries from the public and staff.
14. Perform other duties as assigned to further the goals and objectives of the FCPL.

Works under the direction of the collection services coordinator.