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Cornell University Library stands at the center of intellectual life at the university, fostering connections and knowledge that help faculty, students, staff, and researchers from around the world excel in research, scholarship, and creative expression. It supports and enhances faculty and student productivity through its extensive collections, cutting-edge services and facilities, and a deep network of digital resources.
The Library seeks a forward-looking Director, Science and Agricultural Libraries. Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Public Services, the Director provides vision, leadership and administration for the programs, collections, and services of Cornell University Library’s science libraries, including Albert R. Mann Library, the Mathematics Library, the Edna McConnell Clark Physical Sciences Library, and the Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library. The Director manages staff supporting physical and life sciences, agriculture, and several applied fields in the social sciences; current direct reports include heads for collections, instruction, and outreach, and the lead for evidence synthesis. The Director builds and maintains awareness of programs and strategic directions for the sciences and agriculture at Cornell and works with other library directors to ensure that library services meet the needs of those communities.
The Science and Agricultural Libraries unit currently includes 16 full-time Research, Teaching, and Extension faculty librarians and 15 full-time staff members. In addition to providing services related to collections, instruction, and research, the libraries collaborate with other unit libraries and with the Digital Scholarship Services and Research Data and Open Scholarship units. The libraries also work in coordination with state, national and international networks and organizations such as Cornell Cooperative Extension, USDA (United States Department of Agriculture), USAIN (United States Agricultural Information Network), AgNIC (Agriculture Network Information Collaborative), the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), and SUNY (State University of New York).
Required Qualifications :
- Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science from an ALA-accredited program or related field or international equivalent.
- At least 6 years of professional librarian experience combined with at least 3 years of demonstrated evidence of leadership and management in an academic or research library setting, including supervising, developing, and coaching staff.
- Demonstrated ability to foster an environment of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
- Demonstrated ability to foster effective working relationships with University faculty, students, staff, and administrators.
- Record of scholarship, professional involvement, community engagement, and service.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills : ability to listen actively, speak and write clearly, and effectively present information and ideas to groups.
Preferred Qualifications :
This position is located in Ithaca, New York. The selected candidate will work on the Ithaca campus at least 4 days per week, with potential for entering into a flexible work arrangement to allow remote work 1 day per week. The university reserves the right to modify, suspend, revoke or terminate the hybrid work arrangement at any time.
Relocation assistance may be provided.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Benefits : Our comprehensive benefits package includes 22 vacation days, 13 paid holidays, health insurance, life insurance, university retirement contributions, childcare and adoption assistance, and child tuition reimbursement. Funding is available to support professional development. More information regarding Cornell’s generous benefits for contract college employees can be found here. This appointment will be at the Associate Librarian or Librarian rank with an anticipated salary range of $86,000-$136,000, dependent on experience and qualifications.
How to Apply : All candidates must apply online via the Cornell Careers site : See job requisition ID WDR-00043435. For full consideration, please include the following with your application :
3. A statement supporting diverse communities which may be incorporated into the cover letter or presented as a separate statement. Candidates are invited to outline their experiences and approaches to working with diverse communities through their research, teaching and service. Guidelines for candidates are here.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until a viable pool of applicants is identified; early submission is strongly encouraged. Although we prefer to receive your application as one, multi-page pdf document, we will accept multiple documents in other formats.
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Salary : $86,000 - $136,000
