The Associate University Librarian (AUL) for Research & Learning
The Associate University Librarian (AUL) for Research & Learning provides leadership and direction for Humanities, Social Sciences, and Area Studies; Special Collections; East Asia; and the Sciences. The AUL ensures a coherent and responsive information and service environment for the highly interdisciplinary research and teaching needs of the campus and will take a leadership role in building new programs and partnerships that empower faculty and students, advance digital scholarship, extend the University’s impact, and ensure the Library evolves in response to a changing environment. The position is responsible for inspiring and maintaining a strategically-focused, collaborative, and highly knowledgeable staff, and nurturing an organizational culture of innovation, evidence-based investments, and responsive program development. Direct reports include the Director of the Science Libraries, Director of the Special Collections Research Center, Curator of the East Asian Collection, and the Director of Research and Teaching Support.
The AUL for Research & Learning strategically engages in campus-wide initiatives, consortial partnerships, and regional, state, national, and international programs; works with academic departments to align services proactively and effectively with current and emerging academic priorities; and identifies trends in higher education and research librarianship to inform strategies for providing innovative and transformative services to the University community.
Reporting directly to the University Librarian and serving with two other AULs as the Library’s senior leadership team, the AUL for Research & Learning works collaboratively to develop and implement library priorities that align with the mission and vision of the University, and contributes to Library-wide strategic planning, resource management, policies, and assessment.
The successful candidate must have a Master of Library Science degree from an ALA-accredited institution (or equivalent advanced degree); a minimum of seven years of leadership, with a focus on the delivery of user-centered services, in managing units, departments, teams or projects in an academic research library; record of scholarly engagement and professional service, including presentations, publications, and committee service on campus, regional, or national-level organizations.
The Search Committee will evaluate candidates’ record and academic accomplishments in order to determine their understanding of the scholarly process; their ability to value and encourage diversity, inspire, build trust, lead organizational and cultural change, foster innovation, and empower staff growth; their ability to interact collegially and effectively, both orally and in writing, with wide and diverse constituencies including faculty, students, alumni, donors, and members of the wider community; their experience in financial management; their organizational and analytical skills; and their knowledge of technology and its application for innovation in service.
To Apply: Submit cover letter, curriculum vitae and reference contact information. Applications must be submitted through adademiccareers.uchicago.edu or use Quicklink: http://tinyurl.com/zd2meyl
Contact Shauna Babcock, Library HR, sbabcock@uchicago.edu, with questions. Review of applications will begin November 28, 2016. Screening of applications will continue until the position is filled or the search is closed.
Salary and Benefits: Appointment salary based on qualifications and experience. Benefits include retirement plan, insurance, and paid time off. There is a tuition benefit plan for college age and younger children.
About the University of Chicago
Founded in 1892 by John D. Rockefeller, the University of Chicago is one of the world’s leading universities, with an extraordinary history of world-renowned research and education across a broad spectrum of fields. More than 80 Nobel laureates are associated with the University of Chicago, including eight current faculty members. One former senior lecturer is currently President of the United States. The University of Chicago is known for its excellent faculty, an increasingly strong and diverse student body, and a distinctive urban campus with strong community connections. In 2016, US News and World Report ranked the University of Chicago 3rd in its annual survey of the Best Colleges.
The University is home to over 2,274 faculty and academic personnel and students from 50 U.S. states and 72 countries. In the fall of 2016, the University enrolled 5,860 students in its undergraduate College and 9,866 students in its graduate and professional schools.
Additionally, the University operates a major medical center; the nation’s largest academic press; two national laboratories (Argonne National Laboratory and Fermilab); the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole; the renowned N-12 Laboratory Schools that have led many innovations in education; and four charter school campuses on the South Side of Chicago. The University also has a growing global presence with centers in Paris, Beijing and New Delhi.
Located in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood on Lake Michigan, the University’s 211 acres were designated a botanic garden and feature traditional English Gothic and modern buildings designed by world-class architects.
About the University of Chicago Library
The University of Chicago Library is a center of intense intellectual inquiry. It shares with the University an aspiration to be the most dynamic research and learning environment in the world, supporting research and teaching in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, law, business, and medicine. The library is an active participant in the activities and programs of the Ivy Plus and the Big Ten Academic Alliance Center for Library Initiatives, and embraces open sharing of collections and collaborative collection building.
One of the world’s largest research libraries, it houses over 12 million volumes in print and electronic format, 62 thousand linear feet of archives and manuscripts, and 153 terabytes of born-digital archives, digitized collections, and research data. Forty-five percent of the Library’s collections are in languages other than English, supporting faculty research with a global impact and making the Library a mecca for international scholars.
The Library serves its users from 6 locations at the heart of campus, providing faculty and students with rapid access to its collections, research and study spaces, and diverse services. Its most recent building, the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, was designed by renowned architect Helmut Jahn, and has been recognized with a Distinguished Building Citation of Merit by the American Institute of Architects’ Chicago chapter and a Patron of the Year Award by the Chicago Architecture Foundation for its soaring elliptical glass dome capping a 180-seat Grand Reading Room, state-of-the-art conservation and digitization laboratories, and underground high-density automated storage and retrieval system.
The Library participates in two extended access programs, BorrowDirect in collaboration with the IvyPlus and UBorrow in collaboration with the Big Ten Academic Alliance, that provide expedited interlibrary loans and on-site visitor privileges. The popular Scan & Deliver program provides faculty, students, and staff with scans of book chapters and articles from the general collections.
The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Disabled/Veterans Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University’s Notice of Nondiscrimination at http://www.uchicago.edu/about/non_discrimination_statement/. Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-702-0287 or email ACOppAdministrator@uchicago.edu with their request.