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4. [LibraryJobline]: Library Branch Manager
5. [LibraryJobline]: Senior Librarian (Digital Services)
1. [LIBJOBS] Singapore, Associate Director, Library / College Librarian
Responsibilities
Yale-NUS College embraces a complex curriculum that reaches across a variety of disciplines and introduces a range of global perspectives, encourages active student participation in their education through small discussion-based classes and research projects conducted with classmates and faculty mentors, offers extensive opportunities to learn and work away from the campus, and promotes a vigorous residential-based co-curricular life. The Associate Director, Library / College Librarian provides strategic and intellectual leadership in support of these educational priorities, keeping abreast of ways in which to take advantage of advances in library services and resource technology.
The Associate Director, Library / College Librarian, reporting to the Director, Educational Resources & Technology will works closely with the College faculty to explore the curricular, pedagogical and technological innovations possible when introducing the best qualities of a traditional liberal arts education, supported by the active participation of two dynamic universities and a campus designed from the outset to support these efforts.
The duties of the incumbent include:
· Ensure that print and electronic resources meet the ever-changing demands of this dynamic scholarly and educational community
· Build the library’s collection in ways that serve the faculty and students (both print and on-line materials)
· Anticipate advances in educational resources and shape the budget and staff accordingly
· Nurture close relations with both the Yale and NUS libraries
· Develop and deliver a robust set of education programs designed to train students to navigate successfully in the information age
· Assist faculty in identifying materials, including databases, required to properly equip the library for faculty and student research needs
· Promote an engaged, proactive style of service supportive of the College’s living and learning environment
· Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
· Master’s degree, preferably in Library Science from an accredited program
· At least 10 years of experience in Library Administration
· Evidence of successful management and leadership within a College or University library
· Demonstrated ability to lead new initiatives consonant with the liberal arts learning environment
· Strong communication and interpersonal skills
· Demonstrated proficiency in budget management, ability to lead, evaluate and supervise staff
· Evidence of leadership in collaborative activities
· Knowledge of emerging trends and issues in College and University libraries and related instructional/information technologies
· Demonstrated knowledge of technological applications and trends in College and University libraries, preferably experience in devising and implementing innovative library services
· Experience in project planning and management
· Demonstrated record of a commitment to professional development
To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter to [log in to unmask].
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Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
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2. [LinkedIn] Director of Library and Information Services
The Director is responsible for:
Depending on interests, skills, and experience, the Director may also be invited to:
Applicants must hold an MLS/MILS degree or equivalent from an ALA-accredited program. Experience in library services and electronic resources, familiarity with religious materials, and strong customer service skills are required. First consideration will be given to candidates with experience in website administration and/or online education. Faculty rank requires at least a second Master’s degree and subscribing to the Statement of Faith of the National Association of Evangelicals.
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3. [LinkedIn] Technical Services Mgr., Charlotte Mecklenburg Library - Charlotte, NC
Responsibilities/Qualifications
Incumbents are responsible for supervising Library Supervisors, who also supervise Librarians, and other library staff. Incumbents are responsible and accountable for a regional or large branch.
Masters in Library Science from a program approved by the American Library Association and three years of increasingly responsible experience as a librarian or Library supervisor, including two years of supervisory experience or an equivalent combination of training and experience. Licensing Requirements: NC Public Librarian Certification.
Responsibilities
The Library seeks an innovative and knowledgeable manager to lead the Technical Service division as Technical Services Manager. This librarian plans, manages, evaluates and supports a range of library technical and systems services and operations. This position is responsible for overseeing the receiving, cataloging and processing of library material, providing bibliographic database control, and information pertaining to changes in the field of processing and cataloging print, multimedia, and digital materials. Major areas of focus for this position include managing the bibliographic database; overseeing and coordinating technical services operations, including future RDA and RFID-related conversions; keeping current with and exploring technologies which especially impact library technical services and systems; supporting resource description and access activities (cataloging) of staff in a public library comprised of twenty locations, and collaborating with colleagues and staff on Library working groups. The Technical Services Manager is responsible for maintaining communication with other departments and branches, including Materials Management (acquisitions), Logistics (distribution), and database specialists at twenty locations. S/He is involved in project management for system-wide initiatives affecting technical services, including supporting the Library's local history and genealogy collection, digital strategy, and RDA and RFID initiatives, as well as overseeing the hiring, training and managing of personnel and measurement and analysis of key efficiency and quality control measurements of the department.
Supervision
This position reports to the Associate Director of Operations and supervises a staff of four including catalogers and administrative support staff.
Qualifications
The successful candidate will work well in a collegial and team environment, will possess strong communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, and will have an understanding of the important and evolving role library technical services and systems play in supporting, expanding, and improving access to print and digital resources, supplemented by three years of management experience in a library environment. This position requires a Master of Library Science Degree issued by a Library School of recognized standing or comparable Graduate Degree, and demonstrated experience with project management, cataloging, integrated library systems, as well as experience with using OCLC and Baker and Taylor Title Source and providing access to digital resources in a public or undergraduate academic library. Effective problem-solving, communication, technology, decision-making and organizational skills are imperative. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience with ILS migration, RDA conversion, and/or RFID implementation, providing access to Spanish language materials, digitization, and bibliographic records for e-books, digitized materials, and materials ‘born digital', as well as highly developed, demonstrated teamwork skills; the ability to coordinate the efforts of a large team of diverse creative employees; and demonstrated ability to increase productivity and continuously improve methods, approaches, and departmental contribution.
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4. [LibraryJobline]: Library Branch Manager
http://www.libraryjobline.org/job/4097/Library-Branch-Manager?ref=email
Apply by August 21st, 2014 
$48,401.00 to $76,939.00 per year 
Public Apply by August 21st, 2014 $45,073.00 to $72,113.00 per year Public