Associate Dean for Research, Academic Engagement & Library Experience

Prairie View A&M University • Prairie View, TX

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Dean for Research, Academic Engagement & Library Experience provides strategic and administrative leadership for the people, services, partnerships, and experiences through which students, faculty, researchers, and visitors engage with the University Libraries. Reporting to the Dean of Libraries and serving on the senior leadership team, the Associate Dean leads approximately 13 full-time employees, plus student employees, across Research, Teaching, & Outreach Services and Access, Circulation & Experience Services.

The position integrates research, teaching, outreach, access, engagement, and user-experience functions around a coherent service philosophy; strengthens capabilities supporting the University’s research and academic mission; and advances accessible, user-centered library experiences across physical spaces, service points, digital interactions, branch locations, distributed services, partnerships, and operating hours. The Associate Dean collaborates with the Associate Dean for Collections, Digital Strategy & Content and other university leaders to align services, collections, technologies, spaces, and expertise with institutional priorities.

Requirements

• ALA-accredited master’s degree in library or information science.
• Six years of professional library experience following receipt of the master’s degree.
• Knowledge of contemporary academic-library services supporting research, teaching, learning, access, engagement, and user experience.
• Knowledge of service assessment, evidence-based decision-making, organizational improvement, and user-centered service design.
• Ability to communicate effectively and work collaboratively.
• Knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet applications.
• Knowledge of TAMUS policies and procedures.
• Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal, leadership, and organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated leadership accomplishment in one or more areas relevant to the position’s portfolio.
• Experience developing productive partnerships with faculty, students, academic leaders, researchers, external organizations, or other university stakeholders.
• Experience developing people, leading professionals with varied expertise, building effective teams, or strengthening organizational capability.
• Experience leading organizational change, developing new capabilities, redesigning services, integrating programs or functions, or using assessment and evidence to improve organizational performance.
• Experience contributing to strategic planning, resource allocation, personnel development, or other significant organizational responsibilities in an academic or research library environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and administrative leadership for Research, Teaching, & Outreach Services and Access, Circulation & Experience Services.
• Develop and implement an integrated service model spanning research, teaching, academic engagement, outreach, access, circulation, and user-experience functions.
• Lead liaison services, library instruction and information fluency, research consultations, advanced research support, graduate and doctoral support, scholarly communication, research impact services, faculty partnerships, outreach, programming, and community engagement.
• Build productive partnerships with colleges, faculty, graduate programs, researchers, students, academic leaders, external organizations, and other university units.
• Lead circulation and access services, interlibrary loan and resource sharing, stacks and collection access, student engagement, evening and weekend operations, facilities and space management, safety and security coordination, and improvement of physical and service environments.
• Coordinate designated branch and distributed library services, including the Music Library, Northwest Houston Center library services, and library support for the College of Nursing.
• Manage the institutional service relationship with the Texas Medical Center Library, including responsibilities, services, referrals, instruction, communication, and collaborative activities.
• Recruit, develop, supervise, and support managers, librarians, staff, student employees, and emerging leaders; build effective teams and organizational capability.
• Use assessment, evidence, and user-centered practices to improve service quality, discovery, navigation, organizational performance, engagement, and impact.
• Contribute to strategic planning, resource allocation, personnel development, and other significant organizational responsibilities.
• Serve on the University Libraries’ senior leadership team and collaborate across organizational boundaries.
• Provide leadership for services delivered during evening and weekend operating hours and across designated branch and distributed locations.
• Collaborate with the Associate Dean for Collections, Digital Strategy & Content to align the evolution of services, collections, technologies, platforms, and discovery environments with research, teaching, and user needs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior