Acquisitions and Discovery Manager

We are seeking an Acquisitions and Discovery Manager to join our dedicated Acquisitions and Discovery team. This newly established post will lead a recently restructured team following a period of exciting change and consolidation. In this pivotal role, you will:

• Support the Head of Collections and Discovery in all aspects of acquisitions, discovery, cataloguing and classification processes.
• Manage the team of Acquisitions and Discovery Librarians and the Acquisitions and Discovery Assistant.
• Streamline and develop the acquisitions processes, harnessing the full capabilities of the Library Management System (Alma).
• Take responsibility for the development of specific parts of the Library's collection.
  
  Sound knowledge and experience of online cataloguing, acquisitions work and familiarity with book selection/relegation.
• Knowledge and experience of working with and developing workflows with Library Management Systems, such as Ex Libris Alma.
• Ability to lead, manage and train staff, organising teams and own work effectively and engendering and maintaining consistently high-performance standards.
• Good communication, numerical, IT skills and good attention to detail.
Personal attributes include:
• Creative thinking beyond existing practices to identify and implement new approaches.
• Patience, persistence, and a good-humoured approach to problem solving and lateral thinking skills.
• A genuine commitment to delivering a first-rate user experience.
  
  For 180 years, The London Library has stood as one of the UK's greatest literary institutions, inspiring creativity, and ideas. Our esteemed members, past and present, include literary giants like Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, Virginia Woolf, and contemporary authors such as Kazuo Ishiguro and Sarah Waters. Our collection boasts around one million books, a vast eLibrary, and an invaluable postal loans service, making it a sanctuary for those who cherish the written word. We are championed by our President, Helena Bonham Carter CBE, and operate as a registered charity.