What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head of Public Services position at South Dakota State University?
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South Dakota State University’s Hilton M. Briggs Library seeks a forward-thinking Head of Public Services to lead, coordinate, and administer the library’s Public Services Department encompassing circulation, reference, library instruction, interlibrary loan, government documents, and outreach. This is a 12-month, 100% time, benefits-eligible position that reports to the Dean of the Library. The successful candidate must meet the requirements for the rank of Associate or Full Librarian.
The Hilton M. Briggs Library fosters academic excellence, collaborative endeavor, creative scholarship, student engagement, and lifelong curiosity. The library serves all SDSU academic disciplines and holds approximately 775,000 bound volumes and 600,000 government documents and provides access to over 100,000 electronic journals as well as e-books and streaming videos. The library building offers a variety of collaborative and individual workspaces.South Dakota State University promotes access to and opportunities for all to receive the benefit of and participate in education, research, and service and is especially interested in candidates that can contribute to this land-grant mission of access.Must be authorized to work in the U.S. Sponsorship is not available for this position. RESPONSIBILITIES
- Plan, coordinate, and facilitate departmental activities and provide leadership in setting goals and priorities.
- Supervise Public Services faculty and staff.
- Work with the Dean of the Library, the Head of Technical Services, and the Archives & Special Collections Librarian to foster collaboration, sharing in policy-making decisions, planning, and management responsibilities.
- Determine unit and individual work priorities and routines, assign tasks, and schedule staffing.
- Manage personnel, equipment, software, space, and fiscal resources.
- Develop and strengthen campus, local, statewide, and regional partnerships.
- Lead library assessment and user experience efforts and actively participate in the improvement of library services.
- Compile, analyze, and report on statistical data regarding information services.
- Participate in collection development.
- Serve as a liaison to selected academic departments.
- Provide general information services to library users. Occasional evening and weekend duty is required.
- Provide leadership in applying existing and emerging technologies.
- Participate as an active member of the university community and promote the library and its resources.
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PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :
SALARY : The minimum salary for this position is $100,000. Both salary and rank are contingent upon qualifications and experience. BENEFITS : South Dakota State University offers a wide range of excellent benefits including medical, dental, and flexible benefits, retirement plans, compensation packages, paid holidays, and vacation leave. Employees also have access to internal and state-sponsored training as well as reduced tuition for state-supported courses at all State of South Dakota academic institutions.
Salary : $100,000
