DEAN OF THE LIBRARY

California State University, Bakersfield invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean of the Library. The person selected for this position will serve as the university’s administrative leader for the library and library services and will report to the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Centrally located on a 375-acre site in the southern San Joaquin Valley, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles, California State University, Bakersfield is a growing comprehensive regional university that serves over 8000 full-time equivalent students. A member of the 23-campus California State University system, CSUB is a designated Hispanic-serving university with a student body that reflects the diversity of the southern San Joaquin Valley. The University includes a branch campus in the Antelope Valley. TIME magazine recently recognized CSUB as one of the top colleges and universities (#39) in the United States based on accessibility, affordability, and completion.

The Walter W. Stiern Library on the main campus opened in 1994 and houses nearly half a million volumes and provides electronic access to more than 34,000 periodical titles via its hundreds of computer terminals. The library is managed and operated by 26 staff members and faculty librarians. The library also maintains a branch library at the CSUB Antelope Valley campus in Lancaster, California.

For complete advertisement, application instructions, and detailed job description for this position, please visit our webpage at http://www.csub.edu/provost/MPP%20Searches/index.html.

California State University, Bakersfield is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity.  Applicants will be considered without regard to gender, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, disability or covered veteran status.