Assistant Director for Access and Collections

Position Qualifications

Required

• A Master’s degree in Library or Information Science from an ALA-accredited institution or equivalent and a Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited institution or equivalent.
• A minimum of six years of library experience.
• Demonstrated understanding of DEI issues and ability to effectively interact with diverse populations
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Commitment to patron services
• Ability to lead and work under pressure
• Highly organized and able to establish priorities
• Integrated library systems experience (Alma preferred)
• Interlibrary loan systems experience

Desired

• Significant supervisory experience (full-time staff supervisory experience preferred)
• Experience with planning shifts or working with physical collection
• Experience mentoring or developing students or staff members
• Legal research instruction experience
• Experience teaching credit-earning courses
• Law library experience
• Experience with institutional social media engagement

Application Materials:

• In order to be considered for an interview, applicants must upload a resume and cover letter and mark them as a "Relevant File" to the submission.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended. Successful candidates will be subject to a criminal background check. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.

If you would like to nominate a candidate, please contact the chair of our search committee, Amy Koopmann, at amy-koopmann@uiowa.edu. The Search Committee will begin meeting in late March and will review applicants on a rolling basis. Though we hope to hire for an in-person start date of August 1, 2021, we will be flexible for an outstanding candidate.