From: Michael Stoller <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 09:18:53 -0400

New York University Libraries
Associate Dean, Knowledge Access and Resource Management Services

This position leads, shapes, and oversees the work of 56 staff engaged
in acquiring and making accessible the research resources in all
formats of the NYU Division of Libraries.  The Associate Dean is a
member of the Libraries’ senior management team, which shares
responsibility for planning, budget allocation, and the development
and leadership of major strategic initiatives.  In collaboration with
senior management colleagues (including the Assoc./Assist. Deans for
Collections and Research Services, Public Services, Libraries IT
Services, and Digital Library Technology Services), the Associate Dean
has primary leadership responsibility for intellectual access to
materials in a changing mix of user-oriented online environments.

The Assoc. Dean oversees the creation, acquisition, integration and
lifecycle management of metadata and the supporting processes that
enable knowledge access. The Associate Dean oversees the operations of
the Libraries’ integrated library system (ILS), including its use by
non-NYU libraries that participate in consortia and related services,
and serves as liaison to those libraries.  The scope of KARMS units
comprises acquisitions, including licensing; serials and electronic
resource management; cataloging and metadata production, integration
and maintenance; and archival collections accessioning and processing.
Services are performed for the central, institute, and global campus
libraries, with selected services provided to consortium member
libraries.  The Associate Dean is also responsible for designing and
overseeing a wide range of special projects, e.g., with affiliate
libraries, digital library collections, specialized resources, and for
NYU’s branch campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai.

The Libraries’ strategic plan emphasizes the need for continual
organizational learning and innovation to meet the challenge of
integrating library resources and services with new, ever-changing,
powerful networked teaching, learning and research environments.
Critical objectives include powerful and effective resource discovery
and user experience, and integration and innovation in acquiring and
delivering access to all forms of research resources. The KARMS
Associate Dean will have the continuing opportunity to manage
significant new service development, to employ new technologies and
approaches to resource management and discovery, and to redesign
organizational structures and staff roles in this environment.

The Division of Libraries expends over $17 million on collections (65%
on electronic resources) and adds, in addition to electronic
resources, ca. 90,000 physical volumes and 3,000 linear feet of
physical archival materials annually.  KARMS staff comprises 16
librarians (who are faculty), 7 administrative staff (which includes
supervisors, archivists and technologists) and 33 support staff, as
well as 15 FTE of student casuals and adjunct assistants.  The
Libraries deploys the Ex Libris Aleph ILS, using PRIMO as its primary
end-user access system, ArchivesSpace for archival collections
management, and DSpace for its institutional and preservation
repositories.

New York University Libraries:  Library facilities at New York
University serve the school’s 40,000 students and faculty and contain
more than 5 million volumes.  New York University Libraries is a
member of the Association of Research Libraries, the HathiTrust, the
Research Libraries Group Partnership of OCLC, and the Digital Library
Federation, as well as regional resource sharing consortia.  The
Libraries also serves as the administrative headquarters of the
Research Library Association of South Manhattan, a consortium that
includes New School and Cooper Union.  The NY School of Interior
Design, New-York Historical Society and the Brooklyn Historical
Society also participate in use of the ILS.  For the NYU Libraries
Mission and Strategic Plan go to http://library.nyu.edu/strategicplan/

Qualifications:  Evidence of vision and leadership in the fields of
knowledge access and resource management; substantial successful
experience in acquisitions, cataloging, processing, and/or metadata
production processes in an academic/research library, including
evidence of successful and creative management of staff and
operations; operational knowledge of discovery and access methods and
systems; substantial knowledge of trends, issues and methods of
intellectual access to library resources coupled with a strong service
orientation and knowledge of user needs for teaching, learning and
research; excellent communications and interpersonal skills; excellent
administrative, management, planning, and organizational skills;
experience in coordination or management of integrated library system
functions; working knowledge of metadata standards; evidence of
creative problem-solving and innovative, results-oriented approaches
to processes and organizational development; evidence of successful
leadership in a complex organization, including demonstrated potential
for leading transformational change.  MLS from an ALA-accredited
program and a second masters degree required to be eligible for
tenure.

Salary/Benefits:  Faculty status, attractive benefits package
including five weeks annual vacation.  Salary commensurate with
experience and background.

To Apply:  To ensure consideration, send resume and letter of
application, including the name, address, and telephone number of
three references to: Enrique Yanez, Assistant Dean for Human
Resources, New York University Libraries, 70 Washington Square South,
New York, NY 10012 or via email to [log in to unmask]  Resumes will
be considered until the position is filled.

NYU is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer.