Associate Dean, Library Technology

Duration: three years, with possibility of renewal

Salary minimum: salary commensurate with experience

The McGill Libraries seek a forward-thinking, collaborative and energetic leader with a keen sense of the evolving 21st century research library, to lead and to assume overall responsibility for the portfolio of Library Technology.

Located in Montréal, one of the world’s great multicultural and multilingual cities, McGill University is internationally recognized for its excellence as a leading institution of higher education and research. For nearly 200 years, through the work of dedicated people, McGill has been breaking ground in diverse fields and contributing solutions to some of the world’s most significant issues. McGill is also the most internationally diverse research-intensive university in Canada, with over 32% of its students coming to McGill from more than 150 countries.

The University systematically appears on the annual list of the best employers in Montreal. The McGill University Libraries contribute to society by advancing teaching, learning, and research in a supportive and welcoming environment. We anticipate and respond to the needs of users by providing outstanding collections, excellent services, and spaces that inspire. We work in collaboration with global scholarly and library communities to enhance and facilitate access to knowledge.

The McGill Libraries has the largest collection in Quebec and is one of Canada’s largest academic libraries with over six million monograph titles and 150,000 e-journals and databases. The Libraries are a member of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Partenariat des bibliothèques universitaires du Québec (PBUQ), the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), and the Hathi Trust Digital Library.

Information about the University and the McGill Libraries can be found on the University’s web site. The McGill Libraries have developed Strategic Priorities for  to guide its actions. As a tenure stream appointee, the successful candidate is expected to satisfy the requirements in the Regulations Relating to the Employment of Librarian Staff.

Primary Purpose of Position The Associate Dean, Library Technology contributes to the development of the McGill Libraries by taking responsibility for providing high-quality and robust information systems and technology services in support of research, teaching and learning activities. The incumbent provides strong leadership ensuring management, strategic direction and implementation of digital initiatives, discovery services, digitization, and digital preservation. Reporting to the Trenholme Dean of Libraries, the Associate Dean will focus on the development of McGill Libraries as an exemplary research library for its digital collections and information technology services.

The Associate Dean serves as an active member of the Library Cabinet, sharing responsibility for strategic planning and resource allocation.

• Plays a strategic role in leadership, planning, management, and implementation of innovative and responsive library systems, applications, technology services in support of teaching, learning, and research activities at McGill University.
• Is the primary technology strategist for McGill Libraries and works in collaboration with Library Cabinet and Library Management Group members.
• In collaboration with library, faculty and other campus partners, articulates an innovative vision and lead the development of McGill Libraries’ digitization strategy and programs to meet the growing needs of digital scholarship, preservation, and dissemination of rare and unique…