Health Sciences Library Director - AI-Driven Services Hybrid

University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Grand Forks (ND)

Hybrid

USD 113,000 - 117,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

The University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences seeks a Director of Library Resources and Information Services to lead the SMHS Library Resources department, guiding staff and coordinating services for students, faculty, and health professionals across campuses.

The role focuses on strategic planning, fiscal stewardship, and innovative information resources, with emphasis on AI-enabled research support, learner success, and collaboration with the CNPD and UND libraries.

Qualifications

Master of Library and Information Science or equivalent from an American Library Association-accredited institution.
Five years of progressively responsible library and information services experience in an academic library.
Three years of administrative and managerial experience, including personnel, fiscal management, planning, and information technology.
Three years of instructional experience at the undergraduate, graduate or professional level in information literacy, research, and/or evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and management for SMHS Library Resources operations and staff.
Lead the development, implementation and evaluation of information resources and services to students, faculty, and staff of the SMHS and College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines as well as other health professionals and constituencies throughout the state.
Collaborate with the faculty and staff to establish a shared vision and develop a comprehensive strategic plan for the next phase of growth.
Prepare and/or manage the preparation of reports for SMHS administration and external organizations or granting agencies as requested.
Envision and implement a vision for a 21st century academic health sciences library.
Allocate departmental funds; collaborate with research and education librarians to select and maintain resources and services to meet the needs of the students, faculty, and staff of SMHS.
Prepare proposals for external funding through grants, contracts, and awards; monitors expenditures from these sources to ensure they are within guidelines of the granting agencies and the university.
Provide leadership for collection development and negotiates allocation for materials and resources necessary to acquire and maintain an optimal collection in alignment with the school’s strategic goals and available financial resources.
Prioritize allocated, income-generated, and grant/contract funds to optimize library resources and services in accordance with the mission and goals of the library and university.
Review expenditures to ensure budgetary compliance; adjusts category budgets, as appropriate.
With the research and education librarians and the clinical campus librarians, develop and sustain a strong and responsive user education program, identify resources and instruction needs, promote scholarly communication and effective data management practices, and ensure the design and delivery of curricular content in formats effective to meet the needs of faculty, staff, medical residents and students.
Identify research education needs across constituencies in medical, health and basic sciences.
Maintain currency with latest developments in Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning technologies, and trends in AI-driven content creation to contribute to ongoing innovation.
Analyze state-of-the-art AI techniques to improve prompt generation models and algorithms to ensure AI prompt generation is integrated effectively in research and instructional settings.
Provide leadership in the development of electronic and technology-enhanced information resources, services, and systems by reading and attending meetings, conferences and workshops, and by sponsoring extramural educational resources and invited speakers.
Engage in professional research and publication.
Market and evaluate library and information services and programs.
Design instruments to evaluate library services and programs.
Monitor programs and services to ensure they are carried out effectively.
Monitor developments in library administration and information technology to ensure that the library's information services and technologies are current.
Participate in accreditation self-study review committees; provide information on the library for accreditation organizations of the SMHS and CNPD.
Represent the library in professional associations and the local, state, and national library community through attendance at appropriate conferences.
Maintain a visible presence in the community and seek opportunities to advance the school through philanthropy and community foundation partnerships.
Develop and sustain strong relationships with SMHS and CNPD senior leadership, affiliated health systems and UND libraries.
Cultivate a sense of community and actively involves faculty, staff, students, and alumni in supporting a collectively shared strategic vision.
Contribute through service roles to the school, university and profession.
Participate in institutional governance and serve on appropriate SMHS committees.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand user preferences and tailor technology, including AI usage, to improve services.
With clinical campus librarians, plan, develop and evaluate outreach programs and events for health professionals and the public throughout the state.