Description: Western Carolina University’s Hunter Library seeks an enthusiastic and highly qualified librarian to lead its Access, Research, and Instruction Services (ARIS) Department. The head of ARIS is responsible for: departmental strategic planning, budgeting, and management, including coordinating and guiding recruitment, program review and assessment, mentoring and performance evaluation, and overseeing the collegial and peer review process; developing, coordinating and assessing innovative and proactive research services; overseeing the instruction and information literacy program; collaborating with library and academic departments to develop information services; and serving as a member of the library-wide leadership team. The successful candidate will: be responsive to user needs and services in an academic library environment and serve as a mentor, manager, and leader to the staff and faculty in ARIS; be current with technology and emerging trends; and participate in departmental and library-wide committees and work groups and function in a Position Description full range of professional departmental responsibilities.
Qualifications: MLS from ALA-accredited program of library or information science or international equivalent. Demonstrates significant experience in an academic library environment Demonstrates previous supervisory experience.
Salary: 70,000