Reporting to the Vice Provost for Academic Excellence and Effectiveness, 
Academic Affairs, the Director of Pfeiffer Library develops the strategic 
direction for our academic library and works with all our campus and consortia 
partners. Duties encompass the administration of library staff, resources, and 
services in order to drive student success, to provide dynamic customer 
services, and to provide meaningful learning resources. The position is 
accountable for ensuring patron satisfaction through effective personnel 
management, interpersonal relationships, project management, budgetary 
oversight, and continuous quality improvement. The Library Director is also the 
point of contact for library services on campus representing the department for 
archives, instruction, and outreach initiatives. Success in the position 
requires diverse understandings of librarianship as well as strong project 
management and interpersonal skills.

 

The position of Director of Pfeiffer Library is a full-time staff position with 
faculty status that is responsible for the following:

 

·         Visions, plans, directs, and communicates library activities that are 
meaningful and strategic for long- and short-range programs and services that 
are supportive of the academic goals of the university.

·         Leads the library staff and student workers to achieve the library’s 
and the university’s strategic initiatives.

·         Prepares the annual departmental budget and effectively manages 
expenditures throughout the year.

·         Manages the library’s physical space and assets in coordination with 
facilities management to further develop the library as a collaborative 
research and learning environment.

·         Collaborates with the institutional advancement office to further 
grant opportunities and develop the donor base for the university library.

·         Collaboratively develops, markets, and implements policies and 
procedures that ensure the effective delivery of services to all users.  
Includes working closely and cooperatively with faculty and staff from all 
departments and locations. 

·         Maintains the highest quality of library resources and services 
needed to support the university’s curriculum and other information needs of 
faculty and staff. Leads all library collection development and material 
acquisitions.

·         Serves as liaison to academic departments providing insight on 
information literacy development, library resource integration, and collection 
development.

·         Prepares end-of-the-year reports, accreditation evidence in regards 
to the library, the IPEDS Academic Libraries reports, and ACRL reports for 
Tiffin University.

·         Develops, promotes, and executes user-focused information literacy 
instructional initiatives for all levels of students and learning styles on 
campus.

·         Continuously advocates for the library and fosters a library culture 
across the campus. Engages in campus-wide opportunities to promote library 
resources and services to students and faculty.

·         Provides reference and research help in person or through video 
conferencing as well as by phone, chat, appointment, and email.

·         Performs copy and original cataloging and classification of materials 
in all formats as needed.

·         Maintains, curates, and promotes the university archive.

·         Represents Pfeiffer Library at various institutional, consortia, and 
professional events or committees. Participates in the OPAL and OhioLINK 
consortia. Serves as the coordinator of communications between OhioNET and 
Tiffin University.

·      Performs other duties as assigned.

 





 

Education:

●       Master’s degree in Library or Information Science required.

●       Second master’s degree in a discipline field or terminal degree is 
encouraged.
 

Experience:

·         Prior academic library experience, particularly in a consortia 
setting, is highly recommended.
 

Other:

●       Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and manage personnel.

●       Demonstrated ability in creating and sustaining library partnerships 
and programs.

●       Demonstrated knowledge of traditional and emerging roles and impacts of 
libraries in higher education.

●       Demonstrated strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication 
skills.      

 


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