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UC San Diego Library
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Luis Libros
Librarian I, Career Status
Viticulture and Enology Librarian
July 1, 2013 – December 31, 2013
Academic Liaisons program
Reference & Research Advisory Services program
Collection Development and Management program
Engages with faculty, graduate students, upper level undergraduates, and researchers, providing a
combination of targeted or specialized services within viticulture and enology. Evaluates user needs and
curricular trends in these areas, and uses subject expertise to customize activities involving
communications about Library resources and for delivering specialized instruction, in-depth research
consultations, collections building, and other services. Effectively communicates academic research and
teaching needs and priorities back to the Library.
Serves as the primary viticulture and enology specialist for research assistance. Provides general
reference services that support the teaching, learning, research, public service, and patient care
missions of the University. Helps users in person or virtually, via walk-in library locations, phone, email,
chat and text messaging. Conducts viticulture and enology reference training (new and ongoing) for
reference providers and facilitates communications about viticulture and enology resources as needed.
Manages the print and electronic reference collections.
Within the scope of allocated funds, selects materials in all applicable formats to meet curricular and
research needs of the campus. Participates in collection management activities including assessment of
holdings, de-accessioning and selection of materials to be relocated including to the Annex, SRLF, or
other repositories. Reviews and provides subject-appropriate feedback for Library-wide and/or UC-wide
collections projects as needed. Maintains communication and gathers feedback from patrons and/or
Library liaison in the discipline in order to build a collection which best meets the current user needs.
Provides leadership and functional expertise for the viticulture support team. Coordinates daily
operations; designs workflows, oversees projects, promotes the continuous improvement of work
processes and resolves problems. Directs the work of two support staff. Responsible for training, goalsetting, performance management, performance evaluations, and staff development. Coordinates the
viticulture support team’s needs and services with other Library programs and with the Library’s overall
goals.
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