Job Summary – Reporting to the Provost, the University Librarian provides administrative leadership for Bush Memorial Library, the Law Library, and the University Archives and will serve as Hamline’s initial leader of its newly consolidated library system, with an annual budget of approximately $3 million and 27 staff members.

The University Librarian will be a dynamic and creative library leader with an advanced understanding of the changing information needs of faculty and students, digital technologies, proven communication and organizational skills, experience in strategic planning, budget management, and fund raising.

The incumbent will work with administrators and faculty in the College of Liberal Arts, the School of Law, the School of Business, and the School of Education to strengthen academic programs and promote the University’s strategic directions.

Duties and Responsibilities – Working with the Provost and other Hamline administrators, the University Librarian is responsible for planning and library service delivery during a period of rapid change in the information environment. Duties include:

• Leading the University Library staff in reimagining library learning spaces, services, and collections;
• Engaging the campus community in exploring the central role that the University Library can play at Hamline and developing library facilities and services that will enable the community to optimize opportunities for research and scholarship, undergraduate learning, and graduate/professional education in a collaborative environment;
• Developing and promoting new resources in electronic media and technology;
• Overseeing the recruitment, retention, professional development, and evaluation of high quality library staff;
• Managing the comprehensive needs of the University libraries, while addressing separate areas’ needs (including compliance with ABA Law Library Standards);
• Managing the University Library’s fiscal resources and actively participating in grant and fund raising activities; and
• Representing the University and its Library at the local, state, and national levels.

Minimum Qualifications -

• A Master of Library Science, or the equivalent, from an ALA accredited program;
• A minimum of five years of progressive experience at an academic, research, or law library;
• Outstanding communications and organizational skills; and
• Demonstrated experience in professional leadership, strategic planning, library financial management and library human resources.

Desired Qualifications -

• One or more additional graduate degrees such as a doctorate or subject masters;
• Demonstrated experience in a library system with an academic law library;
• Academic experience at an institution with a liberal arts undergraduate curriculum and Schools of Business, Education, and Law;
• Experience in planning and delivering innovative academic library facilities and services; and
• Demonstrated success in fund raising at an academic institution.

Application Process - Review of qualified applications will begin February 21st and continue until the position is filled. Initial interviews will begin by the second week of March. Letters of application with a current curriculum vitae and the names, titles, and contact information of three professional references should be sent electronically to: hujobs@hamline.edu

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