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Associate University Librarian for Research and Instructional Services --
Rutgers University at New Brunswick -- New Jersey
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES ASSOCIATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN FOR RESEARCH
AND INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES
Rutgers University has a distinguished history as a colonial college, a
land-grant institution and a state university. Chartered in 1766, the
eighth institution of higher learning founded before the Revolution,
Rutgers has grown to become one of the nation's top public research
institutions. The Rutgers University Libraries, comprised of libraries on
the university's Camden, New Brunswick and Newark Campuses, all reporting
to the University Librarian, operate as a unified library system with
coordinated public services, technical services and collection
development. The Libraries' holdings include more than three million
volumes with a staff of 304 and a budget of $25 million. The Rutgers
University Libraries belong to ARL, CNI, CRL, METRO, NERL, NMC, PALCI,
PALINET, and VALE. The Libraries use SIRSI, RLIN, OCLC and a variety of
online resource interfaces. The university includes over 50,000 graduate
and undergraduate students and 2,500 faculty engaged in numerous
degree-granting, research and professional programs in all disciplines as
well as a broad spectrum of service programs for the state. Rutgers is a
Carnegie I research institution and a member of the Association of
American Universities. Specific ResponsibilitiesThe Rutgers University
Libraries seek a creative, innovative and experienced library leader to
fill the newly created position of Associate University Librarian for
Research and Instructional Services. Reporting directly to the University
Librarian, this position is a member of the University Librarian's
Cabinet, the Libraries' senior management team. This new position is
responsible for providing leadership in the development and implementation
of system-wide public service programs that support and advance the
university's mission and goals for research and instruction across the
three campuses of the university, including reference, instruction and
information literacy, access services, interlibrary loan and document
delivery, imaging services, off-campus and distance learning, and the Web
presence of the Libraries. The AUL will work closely with other members of
the Cabinet, academic administrators and the library and teaching faculty
to plan and deliver new services that integrate the Libraries more fully
into the research and instructional programs of the university. The AUL
will have direct management responsibility, including recruitment,
appointment, evaluation and budget authority, for the public service units
of the seventeen New Brunswick/Piscataway campus libraries and 43 library
faculty, 90 staff and a significant student and hourly support staff. The
AUL will partner with members of the Cabinet in seeking external support
for programs and initiatives through grants, gifts and external fund
raising and will represent the Libraries within the university and the
state and on national committees and forums.QualificationsThe position
requires a MLS from an ALA accredited institution; minimum of five years
of significant and progressively responsible experience managing public
services operations in a research library; ability to articulate the role
of academic libraries in the support of research and instruction in a
digital environment; demonstrated ability to engage librarians and staff
in the collaborative planning and delivery of user-centered services;
knowledge of new information technologies, scholarly communication and the
presentation of services in a Web environment; excellent analytical,
interpersonal, oral and written communication and a record of
accomplishment in dealing with change. Ability to meet the requirements of
faculty tenure with a record of scholarly accomplishment and professional
service upon appointment required. Additional advanced degree preferred.
The appointment will be at faculty rank (Librarian I or II) with a salary
commensurate with qualifications and experience. The successful candidate
must be eligible to work in the U.S.The complete position profile is
available at http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/.Resumes received by January
15, 2007 will receive first consideration. Submit resume in word format,
cover letter and names of three references to Sandra Troy (APP 173),
University Libraries Human Resources Manager, Rutgers University
Libraries, 169 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1163, email:
[log in to unmask], fax: 732-932-7637.Rutgers, the State University of
New Jersey, is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action employer. The
Libraries are strongly and actively committed to diversity and seek
candidates who will contribute creatively to the University's
multicultural environment.
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