Director of Academic Library Services

About the Role

This position involves leading the library, overseeing its operations, collections, and services. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring alignment with the college's academic mission, promoting research and student learning, managing staff, developing strategic plans, and advocating for the library's needs to faculty, administration, and the broader community.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing collections and delivering services that support and encourage the academic endeavors of faculty, students, and staff building a community of knowledgeable and critical consumers of information.
• Plan, organize, direct and evaluate the programs and services of the library. Set goals and objectives for the library.
• Develop and implement assessment for library services and resources, including collections, public services (instruction, reference), access services (circulation, interlibrary loan), space, events and new programs. Communicate library assessment data internally, campus wide, and externally as appropriate.
• Provide adequate and appropriate library and learning/information resources, services, and support for its mission and accreditation.
• Ensure an adequate number of professional and other staff with appropriate education or experiences in library and/or other learning/information resources to accomplish the mission of the institution and accreditation.
• Provides (a) student and faculty access and user privileges to its library services and (b) access to regular and timely instruction in the use of the library and other learning/information resources.
• Work with NCF Office of Information Technology to enhance library services using most appropriate information technology tools.
• Provide administrative leadership to all departments within the library.
• Ensure compliance with applicable state and federal laws, Board of Governors Regulations, College regulations and policies.
• Develop and maintain effective liaisons with all segments of NCF and the local community.
• Be responsible for library budget analysis and formation, including analyzing budget and library purchasing needs. Direct the preparation of budgets; authorize expenditures.
• Direct library collection development and evaluation of library donations.
• Work closely with Provost to recommend and set all Library policies and procedures. 
  Develop, implement, and review library policies and procedures.
• Recruit, select, and evaluate professional and paraprofessional personnel.
• Provide information, assistance and support to the New College Foundation in their fund-raising and development efforts. Participate in donor development and stewardship and other fundraising activities.
• Develop and maintain effective liaisons with all segments of NCF and the local community.
• Represent NCF and the library on statewide groups such as FLVC Library Services, Council of State University Libraries (CSUL), Tampa Bay Library Consortium (TBLC).
• Serve as NCF representative to the Council of State University Libraries (CSUL) and the Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC) Members Council.
• Serve on NCF, or community-based committees, councils, working groups and task forces as appropriate.
• Participate in local, national, and international professional library organizations.
• Liaise with institutional membership organizations, such as HathiTrust, Center for Research Libraries (CRL), and Lyrasis.

Requirements

The AVP of Library and Information Services must have the ability to develop and to articulate a forward-looking vision for academic libraries in the 21st century. Candidates should have demonstrated successful administrative and financial management experience in an academic library, a thorough understanding of the use of technology in a library setting, a service orientation, a collegial leadership style, and an understanding of and respect all the stakeholders in the library and the institutions it serves.

About Us

New College of Florida is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment, and we seek a colleague who shares this commitment. The successful candidate will join a dynamic team dedicated to providing exceptional educational opportunities for students and contributing to the advancement of knowledge in their field.