Head of Research and Learning, Arts & Humanities.

About the role

The Head of Research and Learning, Arts & Humanities provides strategic leadership and vision for a team of liaison librarians advancing the Dartmouth Libraries’ engagement with research and learning for the arts and humanities. The role also establishes collaborative strategies with academic departments and campus partners to support forward-looking research, teaching, and learning initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Establish collaborative strategies with academic departments, key library departments, and relevant campus centers and programs to lead liaison librarians in exploring, planning, delivering, and assessing forward-looking research support strategies.
• Create opportunities and guide liaison librarians as they connect and engage with discipline-specific and interdisciplinary programs and centers mindful of current trends related to research and publication practices in arts and humanities fields.
• Cultivate teaching and engagement partnerships across Dartmouth, collaborating on the strategic integration of the Libraries into the curriculum, facilitating student academic success, and advancing information literacy practices.
• Enable liaison librarians to connect and engage directly, proactively, and productively with faculty, students, and the broader academic community.
• Establish collaborative strategies to assess the Libraries’ impact on student learning.
• In partnership with the acquisitions and collection development team and the collections management and preservation team, advise and recommend on school, divisional, and disciplinary-based needs to guide collection development and management in the arts and humanities.
• Recruit, supervise, and mentor a diverse and inclusive staff; create opportunities for their growth and professional development.
• Serve on relevant Libraries and Dartmouth committees, task forces, and initiatives; stay informed of advances in academic librarianship; and maintain involvement in relevant regional and national professional organizations.

Requirements

• Education and Years of Experience: Masters plus 6 or more years' experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities: ALA-accredited MLS/MLIS, MIS or the equivalent combination of a relevant advanced degree or experience working in an academic library; 3+ years experience supervising and/or mentoring staff, chairing committees, and leading projects; proven leadership, management, and interpersonal skills which encourage teamwork, collaboration, and relationship building; demonstrated capacity to foster and manage change in a rapidly changing environment and with a diverse community; demonstrated success in applying critical, analytical, and innovative thinking to work; ability to work independently and collaboratively in a wide variety of small-group and team environments; knowledge of the evolving scholarly communications landscape with an understanding of the library’s role in the research environment; experience providing research and learning services related to the arts or humanities in an academic library environment; experience participating in collection development in an academic library; evidence of ongoing professional growth and awareness of current and emerging trends in librarianship.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years of progressively higher administrative responsibilities in an academic library.
• Degree in an arts or humanities discipline.
• Understanding and interest in educational technology and its applications in an academic library.
• Experience with data-intensive research methodologies and related library services.
• Experience with grant writing and development.

Qualifications

• ALA-accredited MLS/MLIS, MIS or the equivalent combination of a relevant advanced degree or experience working in an academic library.
• 3+ years experience supervising and/or mentoring staff, chairing committees, and leading projects.
• Proven leadership, management, and interpersonal skills which encourage teamwork, collaboration, and relationship building.
• Demonstrated capacity to foster and manage change in a rapidly changing environment and with a diverse community.
• Demonstrated success in applying critical, analytical, and innovative thinking to work.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a wide variety of small-group and team environments.
• Knowledge of the evolving scholarly communications landscape with an understanding of the library’s role in the research environment.
• Experience providing research and learning services related to the arts or humanities in an academic library environment.
• Experience participating in collection development in an academic library.
• Evidence of ongoing professional growth and awareness of current and emerging trends in librarianship.
• 5 years of progressively higher administrative responsibilities in an academic library.
• Degree in an arts or humanities discipline.
• Understanding and interest in educational technology and its applications in an academic library.
• Experience with data-intensive research methodologies and related library services.
• Experience with grant writing and development.

Benefits

This is an onsite only work location position. Employment in this position is contingent upon consent to and successful completion of a pre-employment background check, which may include a criminal background check, reference checks, verification of work history, conduct review, and verification of any required academic credentials, licenses, and/or certifications, with results acceptable to Dartmouth College. A criminal conviction will not automatically disqualify an applicant from employment. Background check information will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.

Pay

Hiring Range: Minimum $92,100, Maximum $115,100

Schedule

Scheduled Months per Year: 12
Scheduled Hours per Week: 40
Schedule Location of Position: Hanover, NH Berry 178
Remote Work Eligibility: Onsite only

Special Instructions to Applicants

Dartmouth College has a Tobacco-Free Policy. Smoking and the use of tobacco-based products (including smokeless tobacco) are prohibited in all facilities, grounds, vehicles or other areas owned, operated or occupied by Dartmouth College with no exceptions. For details, please see our policy. https://policies.dartmouth.edu/policy/tobacco-free-policy

Express interest in this role by filling out our Talent Profile, https://talent-profile.dsgco.com/search/v2/23360, or emailing the search team directly at DartmouthHeadAH@dsgco.com. All inquiries and discussions are strictly confidential.

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