Acquisitions Specialist job – ProQuest – Bethesda, MD

As an Acquisitions Specialist with ProQuest, you will be working with a suite of products that feeds into the ProQuest Statistical Insight . The Acquisitions Specialist will ensure the currency and completeness of serial hardcopy, electronic or other formatted publications.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identifies source materials for coverage based on product coverage criteria and/or negotiates and obtains access to source materials.
• Researches and reviews published and unpublished sources, monitors Web sites, electronic and other sources, and /or personal contacts with outside individuals both onsite and offsite; or monitors internal file management systems.
• Develops and maintains contacts within assigned sources or internal editors.
• Creates and updates bibliographic document records, fulfills requirements of publishing systems.
• Performs documents control, end-of-production cycle completeness and accuracy tasks.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree plus at least 1 year related experience in a technology-focused or professional services firm, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to maintain and develop good business relationships with assigned sources in order to maximize content acquisition.
• Ability to work well both independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to interact effectively with outside contacts by telephone, in person and all forms of written communication.
• Attention to detail and an ability to synthesize information rapidly; ability to manage and meet multiple and frequent deadlines.
• Excellent technical skills, with ability to deftly enter and manipulate data, run reports, and learn software and database programs.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
• Ability to show initiative and contribute to team development.
• Strong organizational skills.

Ancillary Qualifications:

• Graduate coursework or equivalent experience in Publishing, Business, Library/Information Science, and Customer Service.
• Experience working with periodicals, periodical acquisitions or a related area.
• Working experience with databases (i.e., Microsoft Access, TRACS).
• Experience organizing and presenting trainings.
• Understanding of delivery methods for electronic content (i.e.: FTP, Web, RSS, Email) and various media storage methods and devices.
• Understanding of data formats for electronic content (i.e.: TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PDF, HTML, SGML, XML, ASCII, MARC).
• Knowledge of searching protocol or archival experience in a library or research environment.
• Reading/writing knowledge of a foreign language.
• Publishing knowledge and knowledge of ProQuest’s products.

Other important information about this position:

• This position may be based in a variety of ProQuest office locations and may be appropriate for full or partial remote work, subject to approval.
• Occasional travel may be required.
• This position requires weekday (Monday – Friday) attendance with some scheduling flexibility available around core working hours.
• Every position requires certain physical capabilities. ProQuest seeks to make reasonable accommodations that enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties when possible.

The preceding job description is not intended to describe in detail the multitude of tasks that may be assigned, but rather to provide a general overview of the expectations and responsibilities of this position. As the nature of business demands change, so may the functions of this position. Additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned.

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

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