Senior Librarian

Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation (Deemed to be University)

1. Assist the Central Resource Team, especially the Advisor, in reviewing and monitoring the progress on, a vision, strategies and, plans for the development of library services at Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation in general and its constituent institutions in particular..
2. Coordinate with Librarians of constituent colleges in collection of data on resources and their utilization, information requirements of the faculty and students collected through online surveys, feedbacks, personal meetings and other means. Assist CRT in moderating and balancing such needs and work with the Central Resource Team, Heads of the constituent institutions, to implement the agreed strategies, and execute the specified plans.
3. To propose and execute, with the consent of management of VMRF and constituent institutions, a framework of integration of library resources and services through technological initiatives and continuous interaction among library professionals, users and administrators of constituent institutions.
4. To coordinate with the service providers for effective management of VMRF Digital Library, and generate relevant usage data for the benefit of the management of VMRFDU and constituent colleges.
5. Under the guidance of Advisor, Libraries and in coordination with other members of the Central Resource Team, synergise the development of print and digital library resources.
6. To help the University administration in development of VMRF Libraries by Implementing a quality management system across VMRF Libraries through performance standards and process optimization from various VMRF Libraries; so that VMRF Libraries, always remain compliant with standards prescribed by the regulating bodies . as well as internal standards, and play a pivotal role in attaining global standards.
7. Take a leadership role in developing relevant policies, and standard operating procedures for VMRF Libraries, and ensure their timely and effective implementation across all libraries. Plan and organise process audits in VMRF Libraries, and present reports of such audits to the Institutional and University Management.
8. To team up with other members of the Central Resource Team, and other VMRFDU Librarians to organise annual library meets, Coordinate the networking and resource sharing efforts among VMRF Libraries, explore possibility of resource sharing with other libraries in the region, and participate in the effort to develop a consortium of libraries.
9. Organise meetings of VMRFDU Libraries Board, circulate agenda and minutes and do follow up on the decision made. Organise monthly meetings of the VMRFDU Librarians.
10. Help University management in optimization of human resource provision for the libraries, organise staff development programmes, and oversee deployment of professional interns.
11. To assist Central Resource Team and University administration in monitoring development of VMRF Libraries by consolidating, and preparing reports from various VMRF Libraries for VMRFDU Libraries Board.
12. To serve or coordinate Research Support Services, and licensing of copyrighted material for use by VMRFDU Community.
13. To compile and provide information digest/bulletins on technological trends and enable VMRFDU Research Community to generate new research ideas.
14. To perform the digital initiatives or manage LMS as learning process
15. To manage digital media platforms and repositories for VMRFDU libraries
16. To manage or update the web site of VMRF Libraries Network.

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