University Librarian and Chief Knowledge Officer

Position Information

The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and the Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library seek a forward-thinking, innovative, and data-driven leader to serve as the University Librarian and Chief Knowledge Officer (UL/CKO).

Reporting to the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the UL/CKO serves as the senior academic and administrative leader of Criss Library and as the university’s executive leader for institutional knowledge strategy. As a member of the university’s senior academic leadership team, the UL/CKO plays a central role in shaping UNO’s academic, research, and digital future.

Essential Functions

Broadly speaking, the UL/CKO is responsible for the development and implementation of a bold strategic vision that aligns the library’s priorities with UNO’s mission and vision as an urban, public-serving, research university. This includes serving as the university’s executive leader for institutional knowledge strategy, guiding how knowledge is created, organized, and accessed across the university. The UL/CKO provides leadership for scalable digital infrastructure, AI-enabled scholarship, and research data systems that advance interdisciplinary innovation, research growth, and student success. Through enterprise-wide approaches to information lifecycle management, open scholarship, and artificial intelligence literacy, the UL/CKO positions UNO as a national model for innovative knowledge stewardship and digital scholarship as well as an indispensable and future-ready academic partner for the campus community.

The UL/CKO is also charged with executive leadership over all aspects of library administration and operations with the goal of ensuring that the library offers both welcoming and functional physical facilities and also meets the needs of the campus community, advancing student success and retention, teaching and learning, scholarship, and engagement. The position is also responsible for overseeing library faculty and staff and for fostering collegial and collaborative working environment and supporting excellence in librarianship.

For additional information about the position including the full Leadership Profile, please visit the University Librarian and Chief Knowledge Officer webpage: here. The University of Nebraska at Omaha is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to preventing and eliminating discrimination against employees and prospective employees based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation. The University of Nebraska at Omaha does not condone or tolerate discrimination. In support of this policy, the University has implemented employment programs to recruit, employ, and promote qualified individuals based solely on their knowledge, skills, abilities and talents. These factors, along with our commitment to recruit, assess and select all candidates/employees using job-related criteria, ensure fairness, equal evaluation, and treatment in our selection decisions and processes.

Work Schedule

N/A

Additional Duties

N/A

Required Qualifications

• An ALA accredited Masters Degree in Library and Information Science (or a related degree)
• with five (5) years of progressive experience in administering library budgets, staff and resources.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preference will be given to applicants with an additional MA or PhD in a relevant discipline
• and a history of supporting traditional library functions as well as forward-looking initiatives.

Physical Demands

Regularly sits; may stand, walk. See, hear, speak and use of hands.

Work Environment

Regularly works indoors. Noise level is low to moderate.

Salary

Negotiable based on qualifications and experience

Posting Details

| Posting Number | 2026F-00121 |

| Open Date |

| Close Date |

| Open Until Filled |

| Special Instructions to Applicants | All application materials must be submitted digitally through the UNO Employment site and should include a) a letter of application describing the applicant’s interest in the position, relevant qualifications and experience, and vision of an academic library with a metropolitan mission like UNO’s, and b) a current CV that includes names and contact information for four (4) professional references. For full consideration, application materials should be submitted by Friday, July 31, 2026. The review of applications will continue until the position is filled. |

Supplemental Questions

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Documents Needed To Apply

• Cover Letter
• Curriculum Vitae