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On 2/24/15 9:46 AM, "April Aultman Becker" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Posting for a friend...great job at a great library! > > >Search Reopened, Spring 2015 -- Now accepting applications & nominations >Director of the Library and Media Center >St. Maryıs College of Maryland > >St. Maryıs College of Maryland invites applications and nominations for >the >Director of the Library and Media Center. Reporting to the Provost/Dean of >Faculty, the Director provides strategic vision and leadership for the >library, >archives, and media center in support of the Collegeıs liberal arts >mission. >The College seeks an enthusiastic and innovative leader with a deep >commitment >to the liberal arts and undergraduate education and a desire to actively >participate in a supportive campus community. > >Responsibilities > >Provides leadership and vision for the library, archives, and media >center; >Oversees all aspects of library administration including strategic >planning, >budget development and management, personnel and facilities management, >stewardship of collections, and ongoing assessment of library services and >resources; >Leads 6 FTE librarians and 9 FTE staff (including 6 direct reports), >fosters an >organizational culture of collegiality and provides opportunities for >professional development; >Collaborates with faculty to promote information literacy throughout the >undergraduate curriculum and to enhance student learning; >Advocates convincingly on behalf of the library, librarians and staff; >Provides direction for incorporating new technologies into services and >operations of the library; >Provides a framework for the future role of the library in an academic >setting; >Encourages a responsive culture that welcomes change, innovation and >risk-taking; >Takes an active role in faculty governance and other campus-wide service >opportunities; >Represents the College as a member of the University System of Maryland >and >Affiliated Institutions (USMAI) Library Consortium and other resource >sharing >groups. > >Required Qualifications: > >M.L.S. or equivalent Masterıs degree from an ALA-accredited program. A >history of progressively more responsible leadership positions in academic >libraries. A demonstrated commitment to undergraduate education. Excellent >communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective >working relationships with faculty, staff and students. An understanding >and >appreciation of all aspects of library work. Experience advocating for the >library in a college or university setting. Experience fostering a >collegial >working environment and building consensus. > >Preferred Qualifications: > >Experience in strategic planning and budget management. Experience with >library >facilities management, including creative space planning. Experience >promoting >professional development and growth opportunities for librarians and >library >staff. Experience working with consortia. Evidence of scholarly and/or >professional achievement. > >Any combination of acceptable education and experience, which provides the >necessary knowledge and skills to fulfill the requirements of this >position, >may be considered. Employment will be contingent upon successful >completion of >a criminal background check. > >About the Library > >The Library at St. Mary's College of Maryland provides an inviting >environment, >dedicated librarians and staff, and excellent collections that promote >learning >and scholarship. Focused on teaching and learning, the librarians are >integral >to the Collegeıs core curriculum, which is grounded in the four liberal >arts >skills of critical thinking, written expression, oral expression, and >information literacy. The library is committed to providing high-quality >instruction and research assistance to all students, faculty and staff. > >The library itself houses a collection of over 200,000 items that support >the >curriculum of the College. The library also provides access to over 125 >research databases and 100,000 individual e-books and e-journals. The >archives >hold unique materials documenting the history of the school as well as >Southern >Maryland. The media center provides a wide variety of digital media tools >in >support of the teaching and learning mission of the College. Students, >faculty >and staff have access to over three million books through the libraryıs >membership in the University System of Maryland & Affiliated Institutions >(USMAI) Library Consortium. > >About St. Maryıs College of Maryland > >Chartered by the State of Maryland and designated as the state's official >Honors College, St. Mary's is a premier public, non-sectarian, >co-educational >liberal arts institution. Founded on the site of Maryland's first >capital, at >the place where the separation of church and state was first enacted as an >ideal in this country, the College stands as a living legacy to the >ideals of >freedom and inclusiveness, in a setting that continually renews its >commitment >to the environment. Located in a beautiful rural waterfront setting on the >banks of the St. Mary's River, the College has forged a singular identity >as an >institution offering a small college experience comparable to that found >at >exceptional private colleges, with commitments to affordability, access >and >diversity. Its faculty excels in teaching, scholarship, creative thinking, >community engagement, and an appreciation of and commitment to the study >of >world issues, cultures and communities. > >Application Procedures: > >Applicants should send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and contact >information for at least three references to Pamela Mann, Library, St. >Maryıs >College of Maryland, 18952 E. Fisher Rd., St. Maryıs City, MD 20686-3001, >or >by email to [log in to unmask] > >Nominations of potential candidates are also welcome. Please send >nominations >to Pamela Mann by email at [log in to unmask] > >Review of applications will begin March 30, 2015 and continue until the >position is filled. St. Mary's College of Maryland (www.smcm.edu) is an >affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.