Head of Teaching, Research, & Outreach, Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Posted March 11, 2025

Description

Are you interested in a leadership role that offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of teaching, research, and outreach? The J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah seeks a Head of Teaching, Research, & Outreach to lead engagement with the academic programs serving 12 colleges and schools and related disciplinary and interdisciplinary programs across the University of Utah. The ideal candidate will be a pragmatic leader committed to building partnerships, enhancing academic and community engagement, and conducting needs assessments to understand the research, teaching, and learning needs to support the research enterprise and student success initiatives. Reporting to the Associate Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication, the position provides leadership for teaching, academic and community engagement, collection building, research support, and student success in supporting the research and teaching needs of the community. As a member of the Dean’s Cabinet, the position contributes to divisional and library-wide planning and assessment, and collaborates with peers internally and externally to support student success and the research enterprise.

We welcome applications from qualified candidates of all backgrounds, including those who
may not have followed a traditional career path. We are especially interested in identifying and
interviewing candidates with experience and expertise that will contribute to advancing our
mission to provide everyone with access to information resources and educational opportunities.

As a member of the Dean’s Cabinet—the primary coordination body for library operations—you
will have a voice in decisions about policies, programs, and services across the library. The
library is currently undergoing a strategic planning process including input from a comprehensive space study, with the Dean’s Cabinet playing a vital role. Our strategic plan will ultimately align with the University’s evolving Strategy 2030 (https://strategy.utah.edu). Creating a culture of assessment is an emerging priority for the library, evidenced by the recent creation of a full time Assessment Analyst position. At the core of the Marriott Library is a responsive and adaptive service culture, which our emphasis on assessment will strengthen. We are attuned to the evolving needs of our students and faculty; in Spring 2024, for instance, we invited all members of the University of Utah community to submit specific, big-ticket, one-time purchase suggestions to enhance Marriott Library’s research and teaching collections. We engage and support the campus research community through endeavors such as our Patent and Trademark Research Center’s 40th anniversary celebration/lecture and our NEH-funded Summer Institute focusing on responsible AI. Recognizing student success as the U’s top priority, we have invested in making course materials and technology more accessible, and developing resources to support groups with specific needs such as first-generation students and students with childcare responsibilities.

Primary Responsibilities:

Leads the Teaching, Research, and Outreach unit, ensuring collaboration, active engagement, and alignment of library liaisons within supported academic and research communities.
Manages, mentors, and develops 13 liaison library faculty. Continually assess and enhance the liaison support model, ensuring liaison portfolios are balanced, strategically aligned, and responsive to the college’s needs.
Works with academic and research communities, department heads, and liaisons to understand teaching and research needs to design educational programs and identify new or expanded collections opportunities.
Collaborates with liaison librarians, users, and the Collections & Resource Description unit to prioritize information resource acquisitions and support collection management projects as necessary. Monitors scholarly communication trends, consults researchers, and provides support for campus-level initiatives.
Works with functional specialists and library faculty providing support for the research infrastructure (for example, research data management and systematic reviews) to find points of collaboration to better support academic and research communities.

Required Qualifications:

ALA-accredited MLS/MLIS or equivalent
Strong management skills, including experience successfully mentoring, training, coaching, inspiring, and evaluating performance
Experience delivering library instruction, integrating technology, providing research support, and developing partnerships
A record of cultivating strong relationships and building consensus within teams
Demonstrated ability to manage change effectively at both the operational and personnel level
Excellent interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with assessment tools and strategies
Knowledge of trends and issues in scholarly communications

Compensation:
Salary will be dependent on qualifications and rank appointment. The budgeted salary range is $100,000-$120,000, which includes an administrative stipend. Our excellent benefits include a 14.2% retirement contribution to TIAA-CREF/Fidelity, medical and dental coverage, and generous paid sick and vacation time.

Please see here for a full job description: https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/179670

How to Apply:

Please see here to apply.

Candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a cover letter describing the strengths you would bring to the role/organization, and contact information for five professional references. Reference letters are not requested.

Preferred consideration will be given to all applications received by April 20, 2025.