Associate Library Director, Boston Architectural College, Boston, MA
Posted October 7, 2014
The position of Associate Library Director is a full-time, exempt position of 40 hours per week. The Associate Library Director works with the Library Director in managing the day-to-day operations of the BAC Library. In addition, the Associate Library Director develops the annual budget with the Library Director, oversees the Information Literacy Program and its staff, supervises library clerks, and manages special projects and planning. The Associate Library Director reports to the Library Director.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Assists the Library Director with budget preparation, accreditation reports, grant research and writing, and short and long-term planning
- Prepares invoices for monthly reports, working closely with Accounts Payable and the Bursar
- Supervises circulation activities, including hiring, training and scheduling library clerks
- Manages Information Literacy Program, including working with faculty to integrate information competencies into the curriculum and coordinating and scheduling all library instruction and information literacy activities.
- Supervises the application of the Collection Management Policy by assisting the Director with the management of the physical collection through evaluating and selecting items for binding and/or storage
- Guides library staff in providing information literacy instruction
- Oversees thesis document microfilming and binding
- Represents the Library and the BAC through membership in professional organizations and participation in both internal and external meetings and conferences
II. Standards of Professionalism
A.Team and Interpersonal skills: Success in this position requires positive relationships with other team members including support staff and more senior staff. These persons must thus be approached in a way that makes them feel valued as individuals and team members and takes into account the necessities of work as seen from their perspective.
B.Service orientation: Success in this position requires a service-oriented perspective in which, to the greatest extent possible, students and faculty are treated in such a way as to feel valued and well served in their contacts with the school through you.
C. Confidentiality and discretion: Success in this position requires the ability not only to maintain the confidentiality of prospective/student and faculty records, but also the ability to discern when it is appropriate to divulge privileged, if not necessarily confidential, information.
III. Qualifications
ALA accredited MLS required
Experience with the budgeting process required
Excellent organizational skills; must be able to prioritize multiple responsibilities, and train and supervise library clerks
Facility with information literacy standards
A minimum of three years of teaching experience in a classroom setting
A minimum of three years of progressively more responsible experience is necessary
IV. Requirements
- Must be able to work one evening per week.
V. To Apply
Please submit an online application consisting of a résumé, cover letter and three references at https://home.eease.adp.com/recruit/?id=11038251.Review of candidates will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.