THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES

IOWA CITY, IOWA

 

Position Vacancy

 

HEAD, DIGITAL LIBRARY SERVICES

 

Position Description: This position serves as department head for Digital Library Services (DLS), a new unit in the University of Iowa Libraries that provides a variety of services to the library and the campus community in support of digital initiatives. Reporting to the Director of Library Information Technology, the head of DLS supervises two full-time librarians and 1.0 FTE student employees and provides leadership, coordination, and advice for digital activities in the Libraries and, in collaboration with the campus community, for the University as a whole, and works closely with collection management, preservation, technical services, and other library staff in developing and expanding digital activities. The head of DLS also works closely with academic units across the University to identify, convert, preserve, and share digital objects; identifies assets in need of services, develops relationships with those responsible for managing such assets, and shares expertise about archiving and metadata with the campus; and seeks opportunities for statewide, national, and international partnerships.

 

The incumbent shapes and implements the department’s strategic plan and manages digital library projects through their lifecycle, from identifying potential projects that meet stated selection criteria to designing timelines and implementation plans to maintaining collections after projects are completed. The head of DLS participates in the larger digital library community by actively exploring questions related to digital repositories, and works to share that knowledge through professional service, presentations, publications, and other means.

 

Qualifications:

Required:

·         An ALA-accredited masters degree in library or information science;

·         Demonstrated planning and project management skills;

·         Demonstrated understanding of emerging standards in digital library systems in an academic setting;

·         Familiarity with best practices for digitization, metadata, and archival storage

·         Excellent written and oral communication skills;

·         Ability to work in a complex organization, build and nurture a cross functional team, and collaborate with a wide variety of partners;

·         Ability to work well with faculty and other academic staff;

·         Demonstrated commitment to diversity in the workplace or community; and

·         Demonstrated interest in related professional development activities, such as committee work (at the library, university, state, regional, or national level), research, publication, teaching, and/or continuing education.

 

Desired:

·         Two or more years of growing responsibility and accomplishment in digitization or digital repository development;

·         Experience with the creation and capture of a wide variety of digital formats;

·         Familiarity with digital asset management tools such as DigiTool and/or CONTENTdm;

·         Supervisory experience; and

·         General understanding of the mission and functions of a research library and the information needs of academic users.

 

Additional Expectations of the Position:

·         Civil and Respectful Interactions:

o        Demonstrates respect for all members of the University community in the course of performing one’s duties and in response to administrators, supervisors, coworkers, and customers.

o        Establishes and maintains standards of collaborative interaction among peers and employees that is characterized by respect, honesty and service; assures that all unit members are held to similar standards and ethics.

·         Diversity and Inclusion:

o        Welcomes the richness of talent from a diverse workforce and recognizes that diversity brings stimulation, challenge, and energy that contribute to a productive and effective workplace.

o        Manages the talents, strengths and behaviors of each individual in a diverse work group, while providing each employee with the opportunity to contribute to the goals of the unit. Works to assure that all employees are respected and treated in a manner consistent with University policies in regard to equal employment opportunity and diversity.

·         Leadership Accountability:

o        Represents the interests of the University and of unit leadership in the use of resources to meet service and productivity demands within unit goals and budgets; strives to promote continual process and quality improvement.

o        Inspires and motivates others to high performance by exercising strong stewardship of University resources, setting expectations, measuring success through individual performance evaluations, and driving organizational results.

·         Learning and Professional Development:

o        Seeks opportunities to enhance one’s own professional knowledge, skills, and abilities as they relate to one’s current position and/or to prepare for potential future roles and overall career development.

o        Identifies opportunities for and creates development plans that encourage employees to attend to the growth of their personal and professional capacity; engages self and staff in collective reflection of the University’s greater role in society.

 

Salary and Appointment: Appointment will be made at the Librarian I or II level with a salary range of $40,000 to $46,000. The University of Iowa offers an attractive package of benefits including 24 days of paid vacation per year, TIAA/CREF retirement, and a flexible selection of medical, life, and dental insurance, childcare credit, and additional options.

 

The University of Iowa Libraries: The University of Iowa library system consists of the Main Library, the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences and 10 branch libraries (Art, Music, Business, and the sciences). With more than 4 million volumes, the Libraries ranks 30 out of 113 among the Association of Research Libraries for size of collections. InfoHawk, the Libraries’ integrated online system, uses ExLibris’ Aleph 500 software. The Libraries has been innovative in the development of services related to digital technologies with the creation of such units as the Information Arcade and Information Commons. The University Libraries is an active member of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), and the ARL SPARC Project. The Libraries provides a program of support for professional development activities and its staff members are actively engaged in national cooperative efforts.

 

The University and Iowa City: A major research and teaching institution, the University of Iowa offers internationally recognized programs in a diverse array of academic, medical, and artistic disciplines, from otolaryngology to fiction writing, printmaking to space science, hydraulic engineering to dance. The University consists of a faculty of 2000 and a permanent staff of 15,000 serving 29,000 students, close to 10,000 of whom are registered in graduate and professional degree programs. Approximately 8% of the University’s workforce is minority faculty and staff, 9% of the student body are members of minority groups, and 7% are international students.

 

Iowa City is a community of some 63,000 people with excellent educational, recreational, and cultural advantages and is consistently cited in the national media as a city with an excellent quality of life. The community is growing in its diversity; within the Iowa City Community School District, 13.4% of the students are African American, 7.2% are Asian American, 6.6% are Latino, and .5% are Native American. The Latino population is increasing at a rate of .5% per year. The city is readily accessible via interstate highways and a major airport only 30 minutes away.

 

Application Procedure: To apply for this position, please visit the University of Iowa Jobs@UIOWA website at http://jobs.uiowa.edu. To help facilitate your application process, note the requisition number -- 53355. Applications must be received by December 1, 2006.

 

THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER. WOMEN AND MINORITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

 

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http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/

For more information about the University of Iowa, please see

http://www.uiowa.edu/