Associate Dean Research, Academic Engagement & Library

Job Title Associate Dean for Research, Academic Engagement & Library Experience

Agency Prairie View A&M University Department Library

Proposed Minimum Salary Commensurate

Job Location Prairie View, Texas

Job Type Staff

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The Associate Dean for Research, Academic Engagement & Library Experience provides strategic and administrative leadership for the people, services, partnerships, and experiences through which students, faculty, researchers, and visitors engage with the University Libraries. Reporting to the Dean of Libraries and serving on the senior leadership team, the Associate Dean leads approximately 13 full-time employees, plus student employees, across Research, Teaching, & Outreach Services and Access, Circulation & Experience Services.

The position integrates research, teaching, outreach, access, engagement, and user-experience functions around a coherent service philosophy; strengthens capabilities supporting the University’s growing research and academic mission; and advances accessible, user-centered library experiences across physical spaces, service points, digital interactions, branch locations, distributed services, partnerships, and operating hours. The Associate Dean collaborates closely with the Associate Dean for Collections, Digital Strategy & Content and other university leaders to align services, collections, technologies, spaces, and expertise with institutional priorities.

Provides strategic and administrative leadership for Research, Teaching, & Outreach Services and Access, Circulation & Experience Services. Develops and implements an integrated service model across research, teaching, academic engagement, outreach, access, circulation, and user-experience functions.

Leads liaison services, library instruction and information fluency, research consultations, advanced research support, graduate and doctoral support, scholarly communication, research impact services, faculty partnerships, outreach, programming, and community engagement. Builds productive partnerships with colleges, faculty, graduate programs, researchers, students, academic leaders, external organizations, and other university units.

Leads circulation and access services, interlibrary loan and resource sharing, stacks and collection access, student engagement, evening and weekend operations, facilities and space management, safety and security coordination, and continuous improvement of physical and service environments. Provides leadership and coordination for designated branch and distributed library services, including the Music Library, Northwest Houston Center library services, and library support for the College of Nursing.

Manages the institutional service relationship…