Head, Library Systems & Information Technology University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon
Applications are invited for a tenured or tenure-track appointment with the University Library at the University of Saskatchewan. We are seeking a dynamic, innovative and flexible leader with strong professional practice to provide leadership in the planning, development and implementation of technology to enhance library services and access to information, as well as the integration of librarysystems with other business and information systems on and off campus. The ideal candidate will bringa successful record as a leader, manager and mentor during times of change. S/he will also bringexperience leading library operations, programming and projects. Reporting to the Associate Dean, University Library, the successful appointee will: * Provide visionary leadership and management for the development and delivery of library systems and technology products and services across the library * Contribute to library planning, including expertise relating to new and emerging services (e.g. the storage, retrieval and preservation of research data and scholarly outputs of the university; copyright management; GIS; etc.) * Provide leadership of LS&IT unit operations including the effective deployment of resources assigned to the unit * Provide leadership to LS&IT unit employees, including mentoring, careerdevelopment and training, performance assessment, and coaching * Plan and advocate for IT infrastructure renewal and expansion * Provide technical expertise to projects and priority areas as identified in the librarystrategic plan * Build effective relationships and represent the library at institutionalmeetings/forums (e.g. University Copyright Committee) * Be a designated representative on various collaborative library-sector projects (e.g. within COPPUL, CARL, etc.) Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/14535/ To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/
