• Lead the team that develops and manages the Australian National Bibliographic Database, the core at the heart of Libraries Australia and Trove
• Develop and implement strategies to meet the needs of Libraries Australia members in a time of rapidly changing business processes
• Liaise with national and international stakeholders to leverage new and developing technologies to gather and exploit bibliographic data

The Library requires a talented leader for its Database Services Branch, which is responsible for the development, management, and quality of the National Bibliographic Database (NBD), a core component of Libraries Australia, which serves 1200 member libraries. The Branch is also responsible for the Libraries Australia Document Delivery Service.

The occupant will be required to work with major contractors (including OCLC, the provider of the CBS system used for managing members’ bibliographic and holdings data, and the VDX system used for managing document delivery requesting), and with the Library’s Information Technology Division which supports other Libraries Australia systems.

The occupant will need to liaise with a broad range of stakeholder groups, including Libraries Australia User Groups, and bibliographic and related standards groups.

Applications must be received via the Library’s online recruitment system by 11:30pm Sunday 28 April 2013.