Director of Research, Teaching and User Services - Claremont Colleges Librar

Director of Research, Teaching and User Services - The Claremont Colleges Library

Final date to receive applications: 1/16/2026

Category:
Research Administration

Company:
The Claremont Colleges Services

Job Location:

US-CA-Claremont

At a glance:
Ready to lead at the intersection of research, teaching, and user experience? The Claremont Colleges Library is hiring a Director of Research, Teaching, and User Services in Claremont, CA. This leadership role supports a unique consortium of seven distinguished liberal arts colleges and calls for a collaborative, people-centered leader with strong supervisory skills and experience guiding teams through change. Ideal candidates bring experience in scholarly communication, open access and OER, information and digital literacy, AI in education, and user-centered service design, along with the ability to build partnerships and align services with evolving academic needs.

About the Role

The Director of Research, Teaching & User Services (RTUS) is a key strategic leader within The Claremont Colleges Library, shaping the vision and direction of how the Library supports teaching, learning, and research across a unique academic consortium of seven distinguished institutions. This role offers an opportunity to influence the academic experience of a diverse community of undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff through innovative services, learner-centered research support, and strong campus partnerships.

As the leader of three essential public-facing units—Research Services, Information Literacy & Student Engagement, and User Services—you will guide teams responsible for instruction, research consultation, scholarly communication initiatives, user experience, course readings, building and access services, and general collection circulation. Your work will directly impact how students and faculty engage with information, integrate primary sources and digital scholarship into their work, and navigate an evolving landscape of scholarly communication, technology, and AI.

In partnership with the Dean and the Library Leadership Team, you will help shape and implement the Library's strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with institutional priorities and emerging academic trends. This position is ideal for a collaborative, future-focused leader who excels at building relationships, strengthening service models, and guiding teams through change. The Director will play a pivotal role in fostering innovation, improving operational effectiveness, and ensuring that the Library continues to serve as a vital intellectual and cultural hub for The Claremont Colleges.

What you can expect to be doing:

65% of Time:
Divisional Leadership

• Identify and report on emerging trends in information literacy, assessment, research support, collection development, scholarly communication and copyright, artificial intelligence (AI) in libraries, access service design, and student success initiatives.
• Maintain the visibility and impact of the Library's research and teaching services through close collaboration with unit heads, faculty, and departmental constituencies across the undergraduate colleges.
• Implement best practices in scholarly communications outreach and develop public guides and instructional information that support Open Educational Resources (OERs).
• Develop a learner-centered research support model for all in-person service points in coordination with the Library Leadership Team (LLT).
• Build stronger synergies between User Services, Research Services, and Information Literacy/Student Engagement—particularly around orientations, outreach, and course readings.
• Collaborate with Distinctive Collections & Digital Scholarship (DCDS) to enhance public services and promote the sharing and integration of scholarly output, primary sources, digital scholarship, and data science methods.
• Partner with the Collections, Metadata & Resource Sharing (CMRS) division on Materials Budget allocation, strategic collection assessment, and collection maintenance projects.
• Represent the Library in professional associations, maintain currency with emerging standards and best practices, and foster a…