UC Davis – Associate University Librarian for Research and Learning

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Requisition Number:  03019280 

Recruitment Open To:  UCD/UCDHS Employees and General Public 

Final Filing Date:  12-31-2017 

Closing Date: Open Until Filled 

Position:  ASSOCIATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN FOR RESEARCH AND LEARNING 

Payroll Title:  Manager (Functional Area) 

Number of Positions:  1 

Salary:  $125,000-$175,000 DOE 

Appointment Type:  Career 

Appointment Description:  100%, M-F, 8-5 

Overtime Eligible (FLSA):  Exempt 

Union/HEERA Representation:  This position is not represented by a collective bargaining unit 

Department:  LIBRARY - 060500 

Department Description:  The University Library consists of the Peter J. Shields Library, the Carlson Health Sciences Library, and the Physical Sciences & Engineering Library in Davis, and the Blaisdell Medical Library in Sacramento. For more information about the library, visit: http://library.ucdavis.edu. 

Location:  Davis 

Allow Applicants to Attach:  Resume, Cover Letter, and References 

Position Details 

Job Summary:  The Associate University Librarian (AUL) for Research and Learning is the leader most directly responsible for information services to enhance research within and across disciplines and promote student learning and academic success in and beyond the classroom. The AUL directly supervises four department heads and one program lead responsible in toto for library-oriented undergraduate and professional student learning and academic success; research-support services for faculty, researchers, and grad students; scholarly communication; the medical library; and special collections. The successful candidate will lead user-focused information services in support of the university's mission and its evolving academic and research programs, and have a vision for ongoing development of library personnel as educators and research partners.

The AUL provides strong and inspirational leadership, strategic and entrepreneurial vision, expert policy and program development, and relevant deep expertise as the library reimagines how to achieve these responsibilities in the 21st century. Information services is defined broadly and embraces education, student academic success, and information literacy and skill in information analysis and management; scholarly communication; and activities that help users examine research problems and identify, interpret, and manage relevant information resources. Important contexts include changing theories and practice of education, increased accountability for student academic success and career preparation, along with changing natures of incoming student preparation, needs, and expectations. Other contexts include institutional collaborations to support students, diversifying information channels and media, dramatic growth in (and pressures to secure) funded research, interdisciplinary academic communities, and emerging trends in scholarly communication.

The AUL for Research and Learning is a member of Executive Council, the library's senior leadership group, along with the University Librarian, the Deputy University Librarian, the Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources, the Associate University Librarian for Administrative Services, and the Director of Online Strategy and Discovery. Reporting to the Deputy University Librarian, the AUL for Learning and Research works closely with the University Librarian and the rest of the library's senior leadership team, represents the library in areas of strategic importance, contributes in the library's fundraising program, and, most important, is expected to play a leadership role in articulating and executing an innovative and forward-looking vision of library support of learning and research.

The library emphasizes cross-unit work. As a senior leader in the library, the AUL builds and sustains successful collaborations with creative approaches to mentoring and empowering employees, fostering and leading cross-unit teams, and solving organizational problems and issues, while emphasizing user-centered service. The AUL works in close collaboration with library colleagues and faculty and researchers across both UC Davis and the entire University of California system. 

Qualifications 

Minimum Qualifications:

• MLS or PhD or equivalent advanced degree.
• Increasingly responsible administrative roles in an academic or research library or similar relevant setting.
• Demonstrated deep understanding of the role of the library and its role in supporting undergraduate education and academic success, and in developing, providing, and evaluating services and programs for researchers, faculty, and students concerning identification, use, interpretation, and management of information and data in higher education and research.
• Experience in undergraduate-oriented library education programs and in faculty and graduate student research support services.
• Demonstrated capability to develop new models of supporting student learning and academic success and of researcher, faculty, and graduate student support.
• Experience with assessment of relevant services and programs.
• Robust knowledge of issues and trends in library support of research and scholarship, faculty and graduate student support, and undergraduate learning and student academic success.
• Deep expertise in one or more areas of the position's primary responsibilities: teaching and learning in higher education, undergraduate academic success, scholarly communication, and developing, providing, and evaluating integrated services and programs for researchers, faculty, and students concerning identification, use, interpretation, and management of information and data.
• Demonstrated leadership experience and evidence of flexibility and initiative in a collaborative and rapidly changing environment.
• Effective personnel and matrix management skills, including goal setting, mentoring and personnel development, change management, and performance evaluation.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively with multiple constituencies in a complex environment utilizing a variety of skills, such as managing change, setting goals, managing time, promoting teamwork, and meeting deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain deep collaborative partnerships to serve shared goals.
• Strong and demonstrated record of effective priority setting, policy coordination, and program and process development, and use of analytical, problem solving, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Effective budget management and analysis skills.
• Capability to represent the library in UC Davis, University of California, and multiple regional, national, and international organizations and initiatives.
• Ability to work successfully in a collegial environment, foster and advance diversity, inclusion, and the UC Davis Principles of Community, and service as a role model for others.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with initiating grant opportunities and working on grant-funded projects.
• Experience and success with fundraising.
• Record of research, publication, formal presentation, and participation in relevant professional or scholarly organizations that demonstrates experience, leadership, and vision.
• Familiarity with library services to and support of human and animal healthcare practice, research, and education.
• Demonstrated project management skills.