Assistant Director for Research and Instruction Services, Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA
Posted August 6, 2014
Worcester Polytechnic Institute is looking for a new head of Research and Instruction Services at the Gordon Library. We are a small, but dynamic library, and over the last five years we have made good progress moving into new and innovative areas. Our team has 20 people, 6 in Research and Instruction, which shows the emphasis we put on our core mission to teach and support research. The Assistant Director for Research and Instruction Services is a senior level management position that has primary responsibility for planning, coordinating, and promoting the research and instruction program of the Gordon Library. This position is a part of the library’s administrative team and contributes to decisions on policies, operations and library budget. We are doing some exciting things such as establishing our institutional repository, expanding our digital collections, and moving to a next generation library system. The library building houses all library departments and two IT departments – academic technology faculty support and the technology helpdesk – as well as our campus center for teaching and learning.
WPI students are the best you can find. The campus is compact and very traditionally “brick and ivy” with most of the standard amenities. Worcester and its surrounding area are home to over 30,000 college students at 13 colleges and universities, and are within easy reach of Boston, Hartford, Providence, Cape Cod, the Maine seacoast and the mountains of New Hampshire and Vermont. Worcester, the second largest city in New England, has a growing cultural community with museums, performance venues, and historical sites. Benefits at WPI are competitive and include free parking in a new garage facility. (How many schools can say that?)
We are looking for a new head of the department to move us to the next level in information literacy and research support. Our team is ready now for new leadership and new challenges.
If you are interested in moving ahead with us, please let us know. A position description along with required and preferred qualifications is posted on the WPI Human Resources website at https://careers.wpi.edu/