• Job Description

  Req#: 91825
  The Assistant University Librarian (AUL) for Special Collections is responsible for the development and management of the ECU Libraries Special Collections and related services to students, faculty, staff, alumni, retirees, researchers, and community members. Areas within Special Collections include Digital Curation, Health Sciences History Collections, Manuscripts, North Carolina Collection, Rare Books, University Archives, and University Records Management. The division has close working relationships with the library’s Preservation/Conservation staff and with Library IT Services. The AUL is a member of the ECU Libraries’ senior management team and helps establish and execute its strategic plan and goals and allocate resources. The AUL must meet the criteria for hiring at either the Associate Library Professor or Library Professor level. The position reports to the University Librarian.
  
  
  Primary responsibilities:
  
  
  • Leads a division of approximately 7 faculty, 7 permanent staff, and numerous student employees and interns.
  • Leads strategic planning for the division and sets priorities for donor relations, collection development, preservation, exhibits, events, and digital initiatives.
  • Promotes awareness of Special Collections’ services to the campus, local communities, and broader research communities.
  • Leads the delivery of research, reference, instruction, and consultation services provided by Special Collections to internal and external patrons.
  • Leads assessment of Special Collections functions and activities.
  • Works collaboratively with members of the division and ECU Libraries to meet the operational, security and facilities management needs of the division, including space planning and use.
  • Participates in Special Collections’ public service activities, including instruction, reference, and consultations.
  • Collaborates with others in the division and library to cultivate and steward donors, particularly those who seek to donate materials and/or funds to Special Collections.
  • Collaborates with internal and external partners to identify and pursue funding opportunities; may manage grant-funded projects.
  • Serves on the ECU Libraries’ senior management team and works collaboratively to advance the library’s mission and achieve its strategic goals.
  • Represents ECU Libraries and Special Collections on appropriate library, university and UNC system committees.
  • Participates in library and university governance.
  • Fulfills library faculty obligations relating to job performance, service, and research, and participates in appropriate state, regional and/or national professional associations.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  This is a 12 month, fixed-term permanent position. Contingent upon availability of funds.

• About the company

  East Carolina University is a public research university in Greenville, North Carolina.

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