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Cornell University Library is seeking applications for the Head of Research & Learning Services, Olin & Uris Libraries.

The Opportunity: Cornell University Library seeks an experienced librarian as Head of the Research & Learning Services (RLS) department in Olin and Uris Libraries, a central research hub, newly renovated and located at the heart of campus. Reporting to the Director of Olin and Uris Libraries, they are a key member of the Olin/Uris leadership team and work with other departments in the Library and across campus to help envision, establish, monitor, and evaluate services and programs to advance Library and University priorities and values. This position will oversee the development, delivery, and assessment of services supporting scholarship in the humanities and social sciences, directly supervising five Research, Teaching, and Extension (RTE) faculty librarians while leading the entire department of 18 in the evolution of research and learning services. They will also administer training programs for employee education and wellbeing. If you’re interested in how academic research and learning services are transforming, this would be a great opportunity to develop and grow innovative programs and hold a leadership role in public services at a major research institution.

As a Research, Teaching, and Extension (RTE) faculty member, this Head Librarian will engage in service, scholarship, and ongoing professional development to meet the requirements of promotion and reappointment at Cornell University Library.

Candidate Profile:

• 5-7 years of relevant professional experience, including 3-5 years of demonstrated successful professional supervisory experience, and a proven commitment to librarianship.

• Demonstrated interest in or professional focus on reference and research services.

• Proven experience in creating training programs that address the ongoing education and wellbeing needs of diverse employees.

• Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to fostering learning, research, service and/or outreach in communities of patrons with wide-ranging identities and goals.

• Experience in developing and implementing innovative programs with a user-centered approach to designing services.

• A master’s degree in library and/or information science from an ALA-accredited institution or an advanced degree in a relevant discipline.

• Demonstrated strategies for conveying complex and nuanced ideas.

Additionally, we would prefer applicants who have an interest or background in emerging focus areas and technologies and how they intersect with research services, such as AI or critical digital literacies.

Work Location: This position is located in Ithaca, New York. The incumbent will typically work on the Ithaca campus a minimum of 4 days per week, with potential for entering into a flexible work arrangement to allow remote work 1 day per week. The university reserves the right to modify, suspend, revoke or terminate the hybrid work arrangement at any time.

Our Vision: Empowering Cornell’s research and learning community with deep expertise, innovative services, and outstanding collections strengthened by strategic partnerships.

Our Mission: Cornell University Library promotes a culture of broad inquiry and supports the University’s mission to discover, preserve, and disseminate knowledge and creative expression. It engages with the ongoing transformations of society to deliver world-class physical and digital content and services critical to research, education, and outreach, now and in the future. The Library acts globally, supporting Cornell’s land grant mission in New York State and beyond, and builds partnerships within and outside the university. It invests in its staff, collections, and physical and virtual libraries. And, it serves as a neutral and trusted party supporting information access and scholarly communication.

Diversity and Inclusion: As a university founded to be a place where “…any person can find instruction in any study,” diversity and inclusion are at the core of our values and mission. We strive to be a welcoming, caring, healthy, and equitable community where students, faculty, and staff with different backgrounds, perspectives, abilities, and experiences can learn, innovate, and work in an environment of respect, and feel empowered to engage in any community conversation. As a member of the Cornell University community, it is important to recognize our shared responsibility to each other to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all. Cornell Core values

Benefits: Our comprehensive benefits package includes 22 vacation days, 13 paid holidays, health insurance, life insurance, university retirement contributions, childcare and adoption assistance, and child tuition reimbursement. Funding is available to support professional training and research. More information regarding Cornell’s generous endowed benefits can be found at https://hr.cornell.edu/jobs/benefits-snapshot .

We expect to fill this position at the academic rank of Associate Librarian. The anticipated salary range is $78,000-$110,000 and will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Relocation assistance may be provided.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. 

How to Apply:  All candidates must apply online via the Cornell Careers site. For full consideration, please include the following with your application:

1. A cover letter;

2. A Curriculum Vitae;

3. A statement supporting diverse communities which may be incorporated into the cover letter or presented as a separate statement. Candidates are invited to outline their experiences and approaches to working with diverse communities through their research, teaching and service. Guidelines for candidates are here.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until a viable pool of applicants is identified; early submission is strongly encouraged. Although we prefer to receive your application as one, multi-page pdf document, we will accept multiple documents in other formats.

University Job Title:

Associate Librarian

Job Family:

Research

Level:

004

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

Pay Range:

$78,000.00 - $110,000.00

Remote Option Availability:

Hybrid

Company:

Contact Name:

Bonnie Bailey

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• Prior relevant work or industry experience

• Education level to the extent education is relevant to the position

• Unique applicable skills

• Academic Discipline

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2025-02-10

The Board of Trustees of the Stevens Memorial Community Library (Attica, NY) seeks an energetic, innovative, and community-oriented director with proven leadership and supervisory skills. A successful candidate will have the passion and motivation required to strategically lead this library to a bright future.     

Attica Community 

Located on the border of Genesee and Erie County, Attica, NY is a town with history and a future. Located 40 minutes from Buffalo, and 45 from the City of Rochester, the Attica Library is chartered to serve 13,793 residents in the Attica school district. 

 
Essential Duties Include:

• Administer budget, finances, and library personnel.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate library services.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with the OWWL Library System, its member libraries, and community organizations.
• Promote community visibility.
• Develop policies in collaboration with the Board of Trustees.
• Supervise the direction and training of staff.
• Provide leadership in future planning for the library, programs, and facility.  

The Successful Candidate

1. Excellent organizational, interpersonal, problem-solving, and project management skills.
2. Commitment to providing high-quality service in an ever-changing public library environment, including familiarity with emerging technologies.
3. Experience in managing public library personnel and budgets.
4. Strong commitment to community relations. 

Education and Experience

A Master’s Degree in Library Science from a library school that is accredited by the American Library Association; two years of post-MLS professional library experience. 

Job duties include but are not limited to the following:

1. Special Collections Support

• Providing support and guidance for member’s special collections through in-person and direct and indirect communications
• Seeking opportunities for collaboration with external groups to promote special collections
• Assisting members in identifying processed collections for digitization and contributing to our asset management systems
• Identifying and promoting grant opportunities
• Promoting and encouraging participation in our shared repositories
• Assisting members in creating finding aids for both physical and online collections
• Promoting special libraries and small repositories by building relationships and providing assistance as needed
• Supporting metadata needs for special collections and digital platforms
• Assisting with developing digital and print exhibits
• Managing lending of print exhibits

2. Digital Projects

Serving as liaison and work with ESLN’s staff to facilitate member participation in ESLN’s Empire Archival Discovery Collaborative, ESLN Academic Institutional Repository, and ESLN’s dark archive, and other services as adopted or implemented.  These tasks include but are not limited to:

• Communicating directly with WNYLRC contributing institutions and librarians to ensure their complete understanding of the project, the software, and any other relevant issues
• Providing clear pathways for processing content including uploading members collections
• Conducting training on digital platforms as needed including uploading content, use of metadata templates and/or requirements 
• Promoting digital initiatives to members to increase usage and participation 
• Publicizing new collections in ESIE and ESLN Air collections via WNYLIB-l, NYLINE, relevant national and regional listservs, websites, and social media.
• Assisting members in marketing newly digitized or already digitized collections to the region as well as statewide and to their users
• Collaborating, engaging, and attending meetings with other ESLN/Member digital services liaisons on enhancements, strategic directions, and marketing plans and initiatives
• Maintaining and analyzing a record of statistics for each of the services

3. Communications and Outreach

• Collaborating with staff and other Councils and outside organizations on special collection initiatives
• Engaging and educating outside organizations about the digital platforms available and the collections included
• Contributing to WNYLRC digital and print communications channels on new collections and digital initiatives to improve product name recognition

4. Committee Liaisons - Preservation Committee

• Working with the Committee to plan and implement programs and services that meet the goals of the Committee and the WNYLRC 5-year Strategic Plan of Service
• Assisting in scheduling meetings and meeting location
• Mentor committee Chair as needed
• Working with Chair, keep current committee listserv membership, roster, associated LibGuide, and meeting minutes
• Recruiting members to fill open spots on the roster
• Work with Member Engagement Coordinator on any committee sponsored events

5. General Operations

• Communicating with office visitors and member communication via phone, email, and in person
• Managing correspondence as needed
• Creating agendas, recording minutes and facilitating meetings as needed
• Promoting WNYLRC programs/services to members
• Participating as a WNYLRC liaison to other WNYLRC committees, subcommittees, task groups or special interest groups as needed
• Attending school library system council meetings as requested
• Representing the interests of WNYLRC and WNYLRC member libraries in appropriate regional, state, and national organizations, associations, meetings, and user groups
• Assisting in setting goals and direction for the organization and in evaluating effectiveness of services and programs offered to members
• Adhering to WNYLRC’s guiding principles
• Performing other duties as assigned by the Executive Director
• Providing regular updates to staff and the Executive Director
• Participating in regularly scheduled staff meetings and attending required staff events such as the Annual Meeting of the Membership, Committee Chairs Meeting, Board/Staff luncheon, New York Library Association annual conference, advocacy meetings, and other meetings as needed and required by the Executive Director
• Identifying relevant grants and assisting with grant writing and development
• Advocating for WNYLRC as a system and for our member libraries and cultural organizations by participating in local legislative visits, advocacy day in Albany, and through other events that help to improve visibility and funding levels

Required Qualifications

• MLS Degree from ALA accredited institution
• Demonstrated knowledge of office software (e.g. MSOffice Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing environments
• Ability to work a flexible schedule
• Ability to work from home when required
• Ability to work effectively and productively with minimal supervision in a team oriented collaborative environment
• Demonstrated interpersonal and customer-oriented communication skills (written and oral) with ability to socialize with and engage constituents via virtual communications, email, phone, and in-person meetings
• Ability to educate and speak in front of groups for training or promoting purposes
• Ability to travel and stay overnight while attending required local, statewide and national meetings, conferences, and events
• Willingness to learn new skills and knowledge

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of professional experience in a library organization, museum, or archives
• Archival certification or coursework completed
• Project management experience
• Ability to analyze the selection, technical and potential copyright issues that impact the success of digital projects
• Ability to apply established protocols and metadata standards to provide access to digital objects in digital asset management systems

To apply, please email a cover letter, resume or curriculum vitae, and a list of 3 professional references to: Sheryl Knab, sknab@wnylrc.org