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Dean of Libraries

Dean of Libraries

University of Kentucky Job Location: Kentucky Date Created: 11-27-2017

Dean of Libraries

The University of Kentucky is seeking a transformative leader to serve as Dean of Libraries. With one of the nation's largest book endowments for public university libraries, UK Libraries plays a vital role in ensuring student success, as well as enhancing the intellectual and economic capital -- both on campus and beyond. The Dean will lead with passion, creativity and excellence to cultivate an interactive environment for interdisciplinary discovery and research, while transforming our libraries into hubs of life-long learning. This position will work collaboratively with library and academic leadership, to direct the college and support the goals of Kentucky's flagship, land-grant University's strategic plan.

The Dean's primary responsibilities will be to:
* Lead faculty and staff to provide outstanding library services and transform facilities into centers of student success.
* Provide vision, strategic direction, and operational leadership for the libraries, working with librarians and staff to meet the College and University's educational and research missions and ambitious goals for growth.
* Build and cultivate relationships with alumni and other strategic partners to support the Libraries' research, scholarly, educational, service and fundraising goals.
* Foster a highly collaborative and inclusive environment, one that values and leverages the benefits of diverse perspectives to attract, recruit, and retain top faculty and staff.
* Serve, along with 18 other deans, as an equal member of the Provost's council
* Direct content management, acquisition, and promotion of materials to meet the needs of students, faculty, staff, and clinicians.
* Engage in professional activities within the University and across the state, region and nation as well as supporting continual professional development for library staff and faculty.

As the premier research library in the Commonwealth and the University's intellectual hub, UK Libraries is central to the institution's mission of excellence in education, research, service and health care to enrich the lives of Kentuckians and beyond. Our tenured and non-tenured faculty and staff operate as key collaborators across campus to prepare students for leadership in the knowledge economy and a global society. UK Libraries has combined holdings totaling more than four million volumes and provided key support for research awards resulting in over $330 million in FY2017.

Located in the vibrant city of Lexington, the University of Kentucky is a public, land-grant institution that plays a critical leadership role in promoting diversity, inclusion, economic development, and human well-being. The campus is home to approximately 30,000 students, 2,400 faculty, and 13,000 staff. The university is uniquely positioned, with a major academic health center and a full spectrum of academic colleges and professional schools on one campus. As such, UK is an incubator for multidisciplinary research, and these collaborations allow researchers to address the rapidly changing needs of a global society.

Priority application review will begin January 15, 2018 and will continue until the position is filled. For more information about the position, please contact Mary Beth Bracken at 859-257-3348 or via email at marybeth.bracken@uky.edu.

The University of Kentucky is an Equal Opportunity University that values diversity and inclusion. Individuals with disabilities, minorities, veterans, women, and members of other underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

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