Associate Librarian/University Librarian

Responsibility for a collection that includes: 140,000 books and scores, 300 online and print periodicals, 40,000 sound recordings in all formats, 1,500 video recordings and growing Special Collections. The Music Librarian oversees two faculty librarians, four full-time staff, and between fifteen and twenty-five part-time students in a facility open more than 80 hours per week. Although the Allen Music Library is an administratively autonomous unit within a larger university community, this librarian will actively communicate with staff and leadership teams of other campus libraries in order to build and maintain joint initiatives beneficial to university library services. The successful candidate will also serve as the Music Library’s advocate to a variety of internal and external constituencies.

Management Responsibilities include: coordinating the operations of the library for efficient workflow and patron services; short- and long-term strategic planning; organizing full-time staff work schedules and assignments; interpreting and implementing library and university policies; developing and sustaining bibliographic instruction within the college; facilitating programming within the Music Library to enhance patron experiences; and commitment to goal-oriented preservation and expansion of the collection.
Additional duties may include: leadership and participation within the Music Library in collection development, reference, and technical services; pursuit of internal and external funding; participation in professional activities including university, state, and regional meetings; attendance at regional and national Music Library Association conferences.