Chair, Teaching Partnerships; University Libraries Faculty

Chair, Teaching Partnerships (Open to University Libraries Faculty Only)

The Chair of Teaching Partnerships leads the Libraries’ curricular and co‑curricular teaching and learning efforts, focusing on developing students’ information proficiency for academic, professional, and civic success. The role partners with faculty to integrate information literacies into courses and with students to cultivate critical information practices, managing the Libraries curriculum strategy and ensuring meaningful connection with campus curricula.

The Chair works closely with the Chairs of Research Partnerships and ISLES, as well as other library departments and campus stakeholders, forging collaborations that advance student outcomes. The department partners with students as creators in exploratory, experiential practices, helping them make and share their own information. The Chair has primary responsibility for teaching within the Libraries, for supporting faculty and staff in teaching proficiency, and for representing the Libraries in teaching and learning initiatives on campus and beyond.

• Leads departmental personnel in setting and achieving departmental goals and objectives in line with the Libraries’ and the Research & Learning division’s strategic priorities.
• Facilitates the development of an inclusive and collaborative culture within the department.
• Manages the department, including strategy, planning, policy, personnel, and assessment matters.
• Holds accountability for the department’s work; shares and delegates responsibility as appropriate for the successful delivery of services and the success of individuals and the organization.
• Contributes to departmental efforts to ensure that every person and every interaction matters.
• Supervises directly the work of 6‑9 full‑time individuals.
• Supports the development of all personnel in the department, including ongoing support for faculty members pursuing tenure and/or promotion.
• Collaborates with other department leaders, library administration, and campus and state stakeholders to ensure effective, efficient, and user‑focused services.
• Contributes to divisional strategy and planning efforts within Research & Learning.
• Engages in university‑wide conversations, committees, and other forums relevant to areas of leadership and responsibility as a representative of the Libraries’ distinctive role.
• Participates actively in the professional community relevant to areas of leadership and responsibility.

• UNL Libraries’ faculty member at or above the rank of associate professor (tenure‑line or practice‑line).
• Minimum of five years of experience in an academic library or closely related work.
• Demonstrated commitment to and support of departmental efforts to ensure that every person and every interaction matters.

Preferred qualifications are listed by the hiring administrator.

Lincoln, NE

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