Campus Library Services Director & Innovation Lead

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences seeks a Director of Library Services to lead the University Libraries across campuses and to serve as Campus Librarian on the assigned campus.

The role emphasizes innovation, customer service, and accountability in library operations. The Director will supervise staff, manage budgets, develop library strategy, and advance information literacy, digital resources, and scholarly communications to support faculty, students, and staff on all

Qualifications

• MLS/MLIS or equivalent from an ALA-accredited program required.
• Terminal doctoral degree in a related discipline required.
• Health sciences education, graduate education, or academic health sciences library environment preferred.
• A minimum of 8–10 years of progressively responsible professional experience in academic libraries, health sciences libraries, information sciences, or a closely related field.
• Experience working collaboratively with faculty, academic leadership, and other university stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; internet navigation; file downloading; basic web editing; email; and instant messaging tools. Experience managing and designing websites is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction for the institution to expand and adopt innovative approaches to delivery of library services.
• Design, develop, implement, and evaluate a library strategy that addresses graduate level student needs, and the program needs of faculty and staff.
• Develops and maintains a centralized Library budget.
• Manages, oversees, and directs staff. Assigns staff duties and projects, and manages performance.
• Recruits, hires, trains and supervises Library staff.
• Creates, manages and participates in a regular, assigned schedule of monitoring the library’s chat service and general library email inbox, responding to questions and requests that come in during that time.
• Maintains and manages the physical library space on the assigned campus.
• Develops, implements, and reports on a system of service standards and metrics for the delivery of library and information services and resources and prepare reports as requested.
• May perform routine library administration duties, as needed: assists students and faculty with checking in / checking out / renewing library materials; provides customer service support; troubleshoots library technology; trains and supervises part-time student workers; etc.
• Teaches information literacy and library skills to students and faculty; collaborates to embed resources in courses; provides reference and research assistance.

Education

MLS/MLIS or equivalent

Terminal doctoral degree

Health sciences library experience preferred

Job description

The University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences seeks a Director of Library Services to lead the University Libraries across campuses and to serve as Campus Librarian on the assigned campus.

The role emphasizes innovation, customer service, and accountability in library operations. The Director will supervise staff, manage budgets, develop library strategy, and advance information literacy, digital resources, and scholarly communications to support faculty, students, and staff on all