Lead Library & Learning Resources Coordinator

Virginia Community Colleges; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 68,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Wytheville Community College seeks a strategic leader to coordinate library and learning resources in support of student success. The role provides collegewide leadership for library services and learning resources that enhance instruction, research, and information literacy across all modalities.

The coordinator directs library operations, supervise staff, manage budgets, and collaborate with faculty to integrate resources into curricula, while ensuring accessibility and quality across

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in library science or library and information science from an ALA-accredited institution.
• At least three years of professional library experience.
• Experience with reference and research services, information literacy instruction, collection development, electronic resources, and integrated library systems.
• Ability to plan, coordinate, evaluate, and improve library programs and services.
• Experience supervising employees including training, scheduling, and performance support.
• Experience managing budgets, subscriptions, contracts, or resource allocations.
• Strong organizational, communication, instructional, customer-service, and technology skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with students, faculty, staff, administrators, and external partners.
• Experience managing archives, special collections, or related historical materials.
• Provide accessible and responsive services to a diverse student population.
• Provide evening or weekend coverage as needed.

Responsibilities

• Plans, coordinates, promotes, and evaluates library and learning resource services in alignment with the College’s mission, priorities, academic programs, and student needs.
• Oversees the selection, acquisition, evaluation, maintenance, and deselection of print, electronic, and multimedia resources in collaboration with faculty.
• Oversees circulation, interlibrary loan, acquisitions, serials, and cataloging; manages archives and special collections; and provides local history and genealogical research assistance.
• Develops and administers the library budget, including expenditures, subscriptions, and resource allocations.
• Develops and delivers information literacy and research instruction in classroom, embedded, workshop, individual, and online formats.
• Provides reference and research assistance and collaborates with faculty to integrate library resources, research skills, and information literacy into courses and programs.
• Oversees library systems and digital services, including the ILS, electronic resources, online guides, instructional materials, and library web content, in coordination with IT staff, VCCS, VIVA, and vendors.
• Ensures accessible and responsive resources, services, facilities, and digital content for students at all locations and online environments.
• Supervises, trains, schedules, supports, and evaluates assigned LRC employees and oversees federal work-study students.
• Collects and reports library data to support planning, improvement, accreditation, and reporting.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Instructional skills

Collaboration

Customer service

Technology proficiency

Research support

Education

Master’s degree in library science

Tools

Integrated library system

Electronic resources management

Cataloging systems

Job description

Wytheville Community College seeks a strategic leader to coordinate library and learning resources in support of student success. The role provides collegewide leadership for library services and learning resources that enhance instruction, research, and information literacy across all modalities.

The coordinator directs library operations, supervise staff, manage budgets, and collaborate with faculty to integrate resources into curricula, while ensuring accessibility and quality across