Director of Library Job at Washington Adventist University in Takoma Park

Job Title: Director of the Library
Department: Weis Library
Reports To: Provost
Salary Range: $55,000-$65,000
Position Grade: Staff
FLSA Status: Exempt
Prepared Date: July 2021

OVERVIEW OF THE UNIVERSITY
Washington Adventist University (WAU) is a Christ-centered institution of higher education that supports a culture of excellence where all feel valued. WAU offers its faculty and staff an environment where professional expertise is valued, and lasting connections between co-workers are formed as we work together to ensure the success of our students.

SUMMARY
Responsible for the overall functioning of the Theofield G. Weis Library and the Curriculum Library, including recruitment, administration, and supervision of staff. With the approval of the Provost, formulates policies for the library and prepares the operating budget. Works with department chairs to ensure that resources and allocations are sufficient to meet the curriculum needs of the University and that students and faculty receive library instruction as needed and appropriate.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

General Library Administration

• Provide leadership for and management of the University’s library services.
• Provide information, operational and usage reports and schedules to the Provost.
• Assist University faculty, staff and students in resolving problems associated with library services.
• Formulate policies and procedures.
• Achieve financial objectives by preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures; analyses variances; initiating corrective action.
• Recruit, train, supervise, and appraise library personnel.
• Delegate supervisory/administrative responsibilities to library personnel as appropriate.
• Foster marketing and public relations activities.
• Supervise the purchase of resources, supplies, and equipment.
• Exercise responsibility for library equipment and inventories.
• Maintain essential library records.
• Manage the library facility, including space allocation, maintenance, and repairs.
• Prepare various reports.

Resources Management and Education

• Organize the library’s resources for optimum access and usage.
• Disseminate information about the current library services to students, faculty and staff.
• Develop subject-specific informational material for academic support.
• Assist the Webmaster in ensuring information is current on the Weis Library web page.
• Acquire needed resources as identified by departmental requests and library staff research and recommendations.
• Consult with departments in regard to existing and needed resources.
• Develop and provide for professional development and in-service training of library staff.
• Provide library instruction.

Technology

• Coordinate the introduction of technological advances in information access into the library to support student learning outcomes.
• Make recommendations for the upgrade of library technology as needed.

Consortial Relationships

• Maintain satisfactory working relationships with consortiums, including:
• Adventist Library Information Cooperative (ALICE)
• Maryland Digital Library (MDL)
• Attend consortium meetings as scheduled.
• Participate in consortium-wide planning and budgeting.

Professional Development

• Encourage library personnel to develop professionally by being members of professional organizations and by attending conferences, seminars, workshops, etc.
• Participate personally in local, regional, and national professional organizations.

Statistics and Reports

• Keep and tabulate pertinent library statistics.
• Prepare narrative and statistical reports as required.

Additional Duties

• Share evening and weekend supervisory and reference responsibilities.
• Perform other duties as requested/assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervise all library employees, including professional librarians, paraprofessional staff, and student library assistants.
• Delegate supervisory/administrative responsibilities as appropriate.
• Plan, assign, and direct work.
• Appraise performance.
• Reward/disciplines.
• Address complaints and resolve problems.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's Degree in Library or Information Science from an ALA accredited program or its foreign equivalent.
• Demonstrated commitment to the use of new information technologies.
• Experience using print and digital resources, online databases, and the Internet.
• Understanding of and commitment to the concept of information literacy.
• Active service orientation.
• Effective oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent managerial and organizational skills.

Preferred

• Experience working in an academic environment that is associated with a consortium.
• Experience with OCLC WorldShare Management Services.
• At least five years of appropriate library administrative experience.

Other Skills and Abilities

• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse and multi-cultural student body and staff.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse constituencies.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to see, talk, and hear; to use hands to handle books and other objects; and to reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must regularly use stairs.
• The employee must regularly lift books and occasionally lift boxes of books and other heavy objects, such as computers and printers.
• The employee will frequently be called upon and must be able to work long hours under stressful conditions.

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• The employee is occasionally required to travel.

Title VII Exception Notice
Washington Adventist University is a religiously qualified Equal Opportunity Employer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. As such the University has the legal right to prefer a member of the Seventh-day Adventist ("SDA") Church in its hiring process.