Position Details

Job Title Associate Dean of Libraries for Content Services and Strategies

Position Title Associate Dean of Libraries for Content Services and Strategies

Position Number

Job Category University Faculty

Job Type Full-Time

FLSA Status Exempt

Campus Rogers Park-Lake Shore Campus

Location Code LIBRARY - CUDAHY (02910A)

Department Name LIBRARY - CUDAHY

Is this split and/or fully grant funded? No

Duties and Responsibilities
Loyola University Chicago (Loyola) seeks nominations and applications to identify innovative, flexible, and forward-thinking candidates for the position of Associate Dean of Libraries for Content Services and Strategies. This position will provide leadership within the library, work collaboratively across campus, and engage with the local community and national and international partners to develop and manage the libraries collections of scholarly information resources in support of Loyola s teaching, learning, research, and service missions.

Environment

Founded in 1870, Loyola is one of the nation s largest Jesuit, Catholic universities. Loyola is a private, not-for-profit institution consisting of eleven schools and colleges with four locations in Chicagoland and a campus in Rome, Italy, providing educational services to approximately 16,000 students in undergraduate degree, graduate, and professional degree programs. The University enjoys robust enrollments, an outstanding reputation for the quality of its teaching, and an increasing level of excellence in research. In 2011, it successfully completed and surpassed a $500 million comprehensive campaign goal. Recognizing Loyola s excellence in education, U.S. News and World Report has consistently ranked Loyola among the top national universities in its annual publications. Like the University itself, Loyola s libraries are in a growth mode with new facilities and initiatives, such as the eCommons, Loyola s institutional repository. With the opening of the $32 million Information Commons on the Lakeshore Campus in 2008, Loyola has one of the finest and most advanced academic library facilities in the Midwest. In addition to the Information Commons, the University Libraries includes Cudahy Library and an offsite storage facility at the main campus in Rogers Park, the Lewis Library at the Water Tower Campus in downtown Chicago, and a library at the John Felice Rome Center. The University Libraries has an annual materials budget exceeding $6 million. Collections include more than two million volumes, 430 databases, 60,000 journals, and a variety of physical and streaming media resources. The Libraries has an active Friends group and sponsors frequent cultural programs for the Loyola community and its neighbors. For additional information, please visit http://libraries.luc.edu.
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Dean of Libraries, the incumbent will work closely with library subject specialists to envision and build robust and responsive collections that contribute to student success and faculty productivity. S/he will provide leadership for and direction to library departments, committees, and groups engaged in content acquisition, licensing and renewal, metadata creation and management, resource access maintenance, and materials processing and preservation. Additional leadership opportunities may be available, depending on interest, aptitude, and experience.
As a member of the libraries administrative team, the associate dean will work to effect a user-focused agenda in support of teaching, learning, and research; ensure organizational efficiency and effectiveness; share responsibility for policy formulation, resource allocation, and organizational development; contribute to shaping strategic initiatives; and play a key role in establishing priorities, assessing outcomes, and accomplishing the vision for the Libraries future, in alignment with the University s strategic plan. In concert with Loyola s Jesuit values, the associate dean will consistently promote teamwork, respect, diversity, and inclusiveness.

Qualifications
Required qualifications
Master s degree or above from an ALA -accredited library and information science program or in a relevant discipline or professional area
Solid understanding of current issues and emerging trends in higher education and academic libraries, including in collections strategies
Clearly articulated commitment to the library as a holistic, user-focused organization, unifying programs, collections, and space as essential components of service
Demonstrated successful, progressively responsible professional experience in an academic library or research environment, with evidence of effectively working both solo and as part of a team and setting priorities
A minimum of 10 years at the level of middle manager or above, in units responsible for developing, managing, and/or mediating the use of library collections in all formats, with significant experience supervising staff, delegating responsibility, and mentoring
Experience managing collections budgets and assessing fund allocations
Familiarity with resource sharing through consortial and multi-institutional programs
Strong leadership skills, including a commitment to equity, shared responsibility, and accountability
Robust interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to serve as a spokesperson, representative, and advocate for the Libraries
Experience with strategic planning
Demonstrated willingness and ability to lead and participate in organizational change, innovation, and healthy risk taking
Consistent record of professional contributions in the areas of scholarship and service
Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusiveness
Resonance with the Jesuit, Catholic dimension of the institution

Preferred qualifications
Additional advanced degree
Working knowledge of Alma/Primo
Experience with project management
Familiarity with process improvement techniques
Involvement with library advisory boards
Experience with outreach, promotion, and marketing

Physical Demands None

Working Conditions None

Minimum Education and/or Work Experience
Master s degree or above from an ALA -accredited library and information science program or in a relevant discipline or professional area
Solid understanding of current issues and emerging trends in higher education and academic libraries, including in collections strategies
Clearly articulated commitment to the library as a holistic, user-focused organization, unifying programs, collections, and space as essential components of service
Demonstrated successful, progressively responsible professional experience in an academic library or research environment, with evidence of effectively working both solo and as part of a team and setting priorities
A minimum of 10 years at the level of middle manager or above, in units responsible for developing, managing, and/or mediating the use of library collections in all formats, with significant experience supervising staff, delegating responsibility, and mentoring
Experience managing collections budgets and assessing fund allocations
Familiarity with resource sharing through consortial and multi-institutional programs
Strong leadership skills, including a commitment to equity, shared responsibility, and accountability
Robust interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to serve as a spokesperson, representative, and advocate for the Libraries
Experience with strategic planning
Demonstrated willingness and ability to lead and participate in organizational change, innovation, and healthy risk taking
Consistent record of professional contributions in the areas of scholarship and service
Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusiveness
Resonance with the Jesuit, Catholic dimension of the institution

Preferred qualifications
Additional advanced degree
Working knowledge of Alma/Primo
Experience with project management
Familiarity with process improvement techniques
Involvement with library advisory boards
Experience with outreach, promotion, and marketing

Open Date 11/07/2017

Close Date

Special Instructions to Applicants
Applicants should submit a current curriculum vitae, and a letter of interest to www.careers.luc.edu. They also should provide the names and email addresses of three individuals prepared to speak to their professional qualifications for this position. Referees will not be contacted immediately but might be at subsequent points in the review process.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. For full consideration, applications should be received by January 2, 2018.
Please direct inquiries to the chair of the selection advisory committee:

Paul Voelker
Loyola University Chicago Libraries
1032 W. Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60660
773.508.3949
pvoelke@luc.edu

Loyola University Chicago is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer with a strong commitment to hiring for our mission and diversifying our faculty. As a Jesuit Catholic institution of higher education, we seek candidates who will contribute to our strategic plan to deliver a Transformative Education in the Jesuit tradition. To learn more about LUC s mission, candidates should consult our website at www.luc.edu/mission/. For information about the university s focus on transformative education, they should consult our website at www.luc.edu/transformativeed.

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