Associate Vice President, Library and Information Services

Salary: Negotiable

Location: 5800 Bay Shore Road Sarasota

Job Type: Full-Time

Job Number: 00511

Division: Office of Academic Affairs

Opening Date: 01/09/2025

Closing Date: 6/30/2025 11:59 PM Eastern

Description

This position involves leading the NCF library, overseeing its operations, collections, and services, 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 and relevant experience in academic libraries with accreditation related to the library's standards and practices within the institution's accrediting body.

Examples of Duties

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 Jane Bancroft Cook 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.

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. Develop, implement, and review library policies and procedures; set goals and objectives for the library; Recruit, select, and evaluate professional and paraprofessional personnel; direct the preparation of budgets; authorize expenditures.

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 fund-raising 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. Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

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. Excellent communication skills are required for this important position. The successful candidate will be expected to cultivate an organizational climate based upon respect, service, open communication, and cooperation, and will develop and execute a strategic plan to support the missions and visions of NCF.

Demonstrated success in fundraising and skills in building and developing donor relations are desirable.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's Degree in Library or Information Science from an ALA accredited program and a record of scholarly achievement (research and teaching) and professional engagement (service) commensurate with the level of the position. An additional advanced degree in an academic discipline within the Arts and Sciences. Five years of successful administrative and financial management experience in an academic library.

New College of Florida (NCF) is an equal opportunity employer and educational provider committed to a policy of non-discrimination for any member of the NCF community on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veterans' status, marital status, or any other legally protected group status. This policy applies to faculty, staff, students, volunteers, visitors, applicants, and contractors in a manner consistent with applicable laws, regulations, ordinances, orders, and University policies, procedures, and processes.

New College of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer