Associate Dean for Library Research and Engagement
Raynor Library sits at the intellectual and geographic heart of Marquette University, serving as a vibrant center of scholarship and community for the campus. The library has embarked on an exciting transformation, with strategic planning and several key initiatives under way to strengthen its impact on learning and research. Notably, in fall 2024, the library will become the gateway to Marquette’s new Lemonis Center for Student Success, an innovative hub for academic support services for students.
Raynor Library is seeking an associate dean to oversee the Research and Engagement Division and to provide strategic direction, planning, and operational management for a broad range of essential service areas. This new position will focus on developing library faculty and staff and setting strategies to foster engaging user-centered library services and spaces.
The associate dean will oversee the following areas:
- Access Services (circulation, service desk, interlibrary loan, and stacks maintenance)
- Research, Teaching and Learning (instruction, research support, outreach)
- Digital Scholarship Team (a cross-unit strategy and advisory team)
Additionally, the associate dean’s responsibilities will include organizational development, managing compliance with university HR policies, and the library faculty promotion process.
The successful candidate will have the vision and drive to increase student, faculty, and community engagement with the library—from in-person programming to online exhibits—in support of library and university priorities. This position will be well suited to individuals who enjoy solving problems and developing people, and who thrive in the role of educator, scholar, and advocate.
Raynor Library offers a collegial work environment that makes space for creativity, innovation, and personal growth. Broad collaboration is encouraged with fellow librarians, faculty, and others on innovative initiatives that enhance student success, faculty research, and sustainable scholarship. Resources for professional development are provided to allow librarians to grow in their positions and be successful.
With a workplace culture that centers on inclusion, equity, and diversity, the library seeks candidates whose lived experience is culturally diverse and who enjoy working with individuals of diverse backgrounds, races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, and perspectives.
Duties and Responsibilities
Provide leadership for the Research and Engagement Division, focusing on developing a unified culture of user-centered service.
Supervise the Head of Research, Teaching & Learning and the Access Services Manager, working with them to evaluate services and workflows and maximize the use of technology, staff, and resources. Supervision also includes but is not limited to hiring, terming, disciplinary actions, performance management, development, etc.
As a member of the library’s leadership team, contribute to strategy, planning, and operational efficiency in support of campus strategic priorities, especially those that support student success and research.
Plan and deliver user-centered services that increase the library’s integration into Marquette’s research and teaching.
Guide the cross-departmental Digital Scholarship Team that supports faculty and student needs for web publishing, digital humanities, and data analytics.
Coordinate the library’s human resources and employee development—including organizational development, interpretation of policies, and faculty promotion—with support from Marquette’s Human Resources Department and in collaboration with department heads.
Responsible for basic financial /budget activities within department.
Performs all other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Master’s degree in library/information science from an ALA accredited program.
A minimum of 8 years of librarian experience.
A minimum of five years in academic-library leadership role(s).
An approach to leadership that fosters mutual respect, collegiality, and collaboration; embraces creative thinking; and is comfortable taking appropriate risks.
Experience supporting the research and learning needs of students and faculty.
Familiarity with approaches to digital scholarship, such as digital humanities, web publishing, and data analytics.
Demonstrated ability to establish strategic campus partnerships.
Demonstrated engagement in activities that advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the library, campus, or community.
Familiarity with the implementation of HR policies and procedures.
Evidence of professional service and a record of scholarly contribution through presentations and/or publications.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Experience with change management and implementation of HR policies and procedures.
Experience supporting digital scholarship in an academic library.
Experience using assessment strategies to improve library services or instruction.
Appointment will be made at the associate or full librarian rank.
About the Marquette University's Raynor Library
Marquette University is in the heart of downtown Milwaukee, a beautiful, diverse, and walkable city with a rich history on the shores of Lake Michigan. The university is an independent, Catholic, Jesuit doctoral-granting institution with 7,700 undergraduates, 3,600 graduate students, and 2,500 faculty and staff.
Raynor Library offers welcoming, learning-centered 24/5 spaces with a host of services and resources that support discovery, research, and knowledge-sharing. Its research collections include robust print and electronic resources and archival collections that span J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings to the papers of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement. In Fall 2024, the library will become the new gateway to the Lemonis Center for Student Success, an innovative hub for academic support services for students.
Marquette offers an outstanding benefits package including competitive health and other insurance policies, 4 weeks of vacation and tuition remission for employees, their spouses, and dependents. http://www.marquette.edu/hr/documents/2016MarquetteSummaryofBenefitsFaculty.pdf
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