University Dean Libraries and Information Resources

The City University of New York (CUNY) seeks a dynamic and innovative leader to serve as University Dean for Libraries and Information Resources. The successful candidate will provide strategic vision and advance the mission of the CUNY federation of 31 campus libraries at 26 colleges, ranging from community colleges to graduate and professional schools. The University Dean provides leadership in developing, implementing, and assessing CUNY library initiatives and digital resources for the University.

The Dean maximizes library resources by promoting innovation, shared library services and collaborations, and the full integration of library and digital resources in teaching, learning, and research activities at CUNY.

The University Dean leads the CUNY Office of Library Services (OLS) to provide centralized services to the University’s libraries. The OLS is responsible for managing the third largest university library system in the United States, with nine million print volumes, 250 faculty and professional staff, 370 additional staff, and 230,000 students. The OLS budget includes $14 million annually, in tax-levy and grants, for e-resources, enterprise technology platforms, and discovery and delivery services that support all CUNY libraries.

OLS is responsible for managing and coordinating the CUNY-wide library services platform, discovery, and authentication; cataloging and records management; centralized e-resource procurement and licensing; a centralized scholarly communications office and repository platform;
Open Educational Resources (OER) funding, implementation and oversight for compliance, and a grant funded archival initiative.

Reporting to the Vice Chancellor for Academic and Faculty Affairs, the University Dean is a member of the Office of Academic Affairs Leadership team. This position works collaboratively with CUNY’s Council of Chief Librarians, the offices of Academic Technology, Research Services, General Counsel, Procurement, other senior administration, and stakeholders to develop materials acquisition, OER and publishing platforms, and digital preservation initiatives that raise CUNY’s profile and share its scholarship with global communities.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Provide strategic leadership on the use of library and information resources across CUNY in support of its academic, pedagogical, and research mission.
• Manage the acquisition, licensing, and management of electronic, print, and digital resources to optimize access across all colleges.
• Lead CUNY’s OER initiative to promote the use of open source teaching materials in CUNY classes to reduce textbook costs. Increase the number of zero-textbook-cost and low-textbook-cost course sections at CUNY to include the allocation and management of CUNY’s $4 million budget to support OER initiatives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to enhance library and information resources and services, ensuring they meet the needs of students, faculty, and staff.
• Manage centralized technical support services to the libraries, including book processing and cataloging.
• Oversee the strategic management of CUNY’s institutional repository to facilitate access to CUNY scholarship.
• Provide professional development opportunities to CUNY library faculty and staff on issues related to copyright compliance, fair use, authorial rights, open access publishing, and alternative forms of publishing.
• Manage OLS’s $5.3 million operating budget for personnel, CUNY-wide electronic resources, and technology contracts.

NOTE
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Until further notice, this position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule.

Minimum:

This position is in CUNY’s Executive Compensation Plan. All executive positions require a minimum of a bachelor’s degree and eight years’ related experience.

The successful candidate will possess:

• A Master’s degree in Library and Information Studies (MLIS) or a closely related field from an ALA-accredited institution, with a second graduate degree required.
• A strong background in higher education setting and a record of scholarly accomplishment.

• Extensive experience in leadership and interdisciplinary…