Associate Librarian, User Services & Tech Innovation

University of Alabama Libraries; Riverside, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of California, Riverside Library is inviting applications for the Associate University Librarian (AUL) for User Services, Research and Technology. This senior administrator will provide strategic leadership and oversee access services, reference, instruction, research services, and cyberinfrastructure to create a seamless, user-centered library experience for students and researchers.

Qualified candidates will have a strong track record in leadership, information literacy

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in library and/or information science or equivalent.
• Minimum of five years of administrative or leadership experience in an academic or research library.
• Experience working in and managing a user-facing function, such as reference, teaching and learning, research services, and access services.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver user-centered services.
• Demonstrated success in coordinating or integrating services to enhance user experience.
• Familiarity with or active involvement in the research lifecycle.
• Technology expertise in support of teaching and research and to enhance library services.
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work successfully with a broad range of people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• As a member of the senior library leadership team, provide strategic leadership and collaborate on policy issues affecting library services, budget allocation, human resources, space planning, communication, development, technology, cyberinfrastructure, and digital initiatives.
• Collaboratively define goals and implement strategic plans for library operations, services, programs, and infrastructure. Position the Library as a partner on campus to promote student success, research excellence, and community engagement.
• Integrate operations of access services, reference, instruction, research services and cyberinfrastructure for seamless and user-oriented access to library services. Strive to save time for library users.
• Foster collaboration, bring people together and effectively work through them.
• Promote welcoming environment both onsite and virtually.
• Develop, implement, and refine programs to enhance information literacy including artificial intelligence (AI) literacy, research data management, and digital scholarship, directly supporting the academic mission of the University.
• Plan, design, and operationalize both onsite and online user services for the University of California Riverside (UCR) Library, which includes but is not limited to: instructional services; research services; access services including circulation, interlibrary loan, and security; web and digital scholarship infrastructure; and user-facing technologies.
• Coordinate and streamline reference, instruction and research services across the two libraries: the Tomás Rivera Library and the Raymond L. Orbach Science Library.
• Collaborate with the University Librarian and other senior library leaders on space planning so that the Library's spaces are welcoming and user-oriented.
• Foster partnerships with campus academic, research, instruction and technology-related units to deliver high-impact user services.
• Effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders keeping them apprised of the services being provided by the User Services, Research and Technology division, engaging in routine environmental scans of stakeholders’ needs, and ensuring that faculty and student teaching, learning, and research needs are kept in the forefront in the decision‑making process of the division.
• Serve as a delegate for the University Librarian when requested.
• Represent the UCR Library and provide leadership in local, regional, and national forums, and in system-wide planning for user services and related technologies.
• Participate in general administrative duties, library-wide activities, committees, special projects and library programs; represent the UCR Library on various University of California standing committees and ad‑hoc groups.

Job description

The University of California, Riverside Library is inviting applications for the Associate University Librarian (AUL) for User Services, Research and Technology. This senior administrator will provide strategic leadership and oversee access services, reference, instruction, research services, and cyberinfrastructure to create a seamless, user-centered library experience for students and researchers.

Qualified candidates will have a strong track record in leadership, information literacy