Director of the Auraria Library

$158,907 - $164,862/Yr

University of Colorado - Denver, CO

posted about 1 month ago

Full-time - Director
Hybrid - Denver, CO
Educational Services

About the position

The University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) seeks a highly skilled, agile, compassionate, and confident leader to serve as University Librarian and Director of the Auraria Library. The Auraria Library serves a downtown Denver campus with three higher education institutions-CU Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and Community College of Denver. While the library provides equitable support across all three institutions, comprising nearly 40,000 Auraria Campus students and thousands of faculty and staff, the position reports to the CU Denver Provost. This full-time university staff position manages 59 employees (including three direct reports) and a budget of $10.3 million. The Director works closely with faculty, students, and administration from all three partner higher education institutions in planning, resourcing, implementing, and evaluating library resources, programs, and services, in alignment with the missions of these institutions. The Auraria Library is one of Colorado's busiest academic libraries, with more than 650,000 physical books, nearly 2 million digital resource impressions, and 320,000 annual visits. Approximately 15 percent of all Colorado college students are educated on the Auraria Campus, in a highly diverse urban setting. The library has bold aspirations for supporting its partners' learning, research, and service missions, and is cultivating intersections across educational technology, innovative learning spaces, digital media, digital scholarship, researcher support, research instruction, and public services.

Responsibilities

  • Advance the learning and teaching of Auraria Campus students, staff, and faculty-and support their success and well-being-through robust and accessible library services.
  • Advance the strategic plans of each Auraria Campus higher education institution.
  • Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with executive leaders across campus.
  • Strengthen service partnerships with academic and support staff across Auraria Campus institutions.
  • Lead the library's budget planning and ensure sound management of library finances.
  • Implement, evaluate, and refine library services and spaces to maximize their impact and to ensure that they are inclusive, accessible, and supportive of diverse constituents and cultures.
  • Continuously seek ways to optimize customer service through the application of innovative technologies, policies, and services.
  • Employ inclusive leadership principles to foster collaborative decision-making.
  • Cultivate a welcoming and affirming organizational culture among library staff that promotes inclusive excellence and champions diversity in leadership.
  • Articulate the library's value and positive impact on campus and community constituents.
  • Participate in state, regional and/or national professional associations as appropriate and pursue scholarship to advance the profession.
  • Lead the library's fundraising, grant-seeking, and other revenue-generating efforts.

Requirements

  • Master's degree in library/information science from an American Library Association-accredited or equivalent accredited body program, or a degree in a related field from an accredited college or university, at time of hire.
  • A record of scholarship, librarianship/teaching, and service sufficient for appointment at the Associate Professor rank or higher at CU Denver.
  • A record of at least five (5) years of progressive higher education leadership experience in academic libraries, with substantial management skills in planning, finance, team building, and faculty and staff development.

Nice-to-haves

  • Demonstrated record of success in leadership of an academic library, with responsibility for leadership of multiple departments, including oversight of operations in planning, budgeting, collections, cataloging, and archival functions.
  • A record of scholarship, librarianship/teaching, and service sufficient for appointment at the rank of Professor at CU Denver.
  • Demonstrated success in fundraising and communications/marketing in an academic library setting.
  • A track record of successfully designing, leading or managing the implementation of innovative and inclusive collections, programs, and services in a higher education environment.
  • Demonstrated experience in shared governance settings and in cultivating trust-based, collaborative relationships with staff and faculty.

Benefits

  • Generous leave
  • Health plans
  • Retirement contributions
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