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Hybrid Research Librarian/Document Control Specialist

Job Summary

Location: Trevose, PA
Shift: M-F 8-5PM
Hybrid: 2-3 days in office, other days remote work from home
Hourly Pay Rate: $35-$40 depending on experience
This is a long term fully benefitted contract role with PTO, paid holidays, medical vision and dental insurance.

Job Description

In this role, you will:

• Enable access to information resources, journals, ebooks, databases, standards, etc.
• Liaison with suppliers, identify and deploy most cost-efficient access options.
• Manage subscriptions to different publishers by monitoring usage and guiding decisions on renewal/retiral of an information resource as needed.
• Respond to enquiries about subscriptions and e-access.
• Resolve subscription-related enquiries concerning journals supply and e-access and deal pro-actively with any problems as they arise.
• Implement new and evolving methods for knowledge management in the digital space.
• Work with vendors on contract negotiation and payment options.
• Coordinate with the marketing communication team on their needs and analyses.
• Serve as a specialist for reference and materials, or cataloging and classification, in a subject field(s) or special collection(s).
• Coordinate and collaborate with the team to create, curate, audit, and maintain a database of internal research reports, external publications, and knowledge articles.
• Create and maintain periodic newsletters.
• Provide copyright guidance and clearance on a need basis.
• Work with other teams to design and manage workflows and processes.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Science or Engineering.
• Degree in Library Science or Information Science.
• Experience working with online services and managing subscriptions.

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience working as part of Global Teams.
• Experience managing external vendors.
• Experience managing budgets and contracts/licenses.
• Strong understanding and knowledge of operations and vendor management.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Computer savvy, proficient with Microsoft Office tools (including SharePoint, BI).