This job listing from The Chronicle of Higher Education (http://chronicle.com/jobs/) was forwarded to you by: [log in to unmask] _________________________________________________________________ The following message was enclosed: Apologies for duplication. _________________________________________________________________ This job listing is available online at this address: http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527099-01 _________________________________________________________________ What's the best investment you can make in your career? Answer: a subscription to The Chronicle of Higher Education. We'll keep you up to date on all the important news, controversies, and trends in academe. And a subscription gives you daily updates and complete access to our Web site, which includes an online archive of 12 years of back issues. You'll find a special subscription offer at http://chronicle.com/4free/?ej _________________________________________________________________ - The text of the job listing is below - Dean, University Library -- University of the Pacific -- California University of the Pacific seeks a dynamic and innovative leader for the position of Dean of the Library. The Dean provides leadership to the library personnel and overall management of its resources, programs, and services on the Stockton campus. The Dean works closely with faculty and administration in planning and provides leadership for the achievement of the Library goals consistent with the mission of the University. The Dean supports the Library and University through fundraising, public relations, and communications with University and external stakeholders. The Dean reports directly to the Provost, is a member of the Council of Deans, and may be a position with faculty rank, tenure-eligible. The University Library is committed to supporting the information fluency development of students and the teaching and research needs of faculty. The Library delivers services from both the William Knox Holt Memorial Library and the Health Sciences Branch. It is home to the internationally renowned Holt-Atherton Special Collections, whose holdings include the largest collection of original and rare works by John Muir and Dave Brubeck. The library has 370,000 volumes, a 28-member staff and a $2.3M budget. The main library building is 84,000 sf and was recently expanded (in 2005) and partially renovated (in 2006); a project to complete the restructuring and renovation is planned, pending additional funding. A Multimedia Studio was opened in Fall 2006 and a Cafe in July 2007. For more information about the Library, and a virtual tour, see http://library.pacific.edu/about.asp; for more information about the position, see http://www.pacific.edu/provost The University of the Pacific is an independent, comprehensive university offering undergraduate, professional, and graduate degrees to 6,251 students on three campuses. It offers a rare combination of small-university camaraderie while still offering a breadth of professional programs normally found only at larger universities. The University's main campus is in Stockton, a culturally and ethnically diverse city of more than 300,000 people, and part of the beautiful central valley of California. Bordered by a thousand miles of delta waterways, it is within a two-to-three hour drive of the Napa Valley, the Lake Tahoe-Sierra region and Yosemite National Park. The Stockton campus is 45 minutes from the University's McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, and 90 minutes from its Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco. More information about Stockton can be found at http://www.stocktonet.com. The University seeks to fill this position during the 2007-08 year, but not later than July 1, 2008. Please send nominations and applications to: Professor Robert Halliwell, Chair of the Library Dean Search Committee, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California 95211; electronic nominations/applications preferred to: [log in to unmask] Review of nominations and applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. The University of the Pacific is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer encouraging excellence through diversity. _________________________________________________________________ Visit Chronicle Careers at http://chronicle.com/jobs/ _________________________________________________________________ Copyright 2007 by The Chronicle of Higher Education