Music Library Association

Position Title:	Director of Arts and Media Library Services
Institution:	University of Virginia
General Information:	The University of Virginia Library seeks an innovative and energetic leader for the position of Director of Arts & Media Library Services and Head of the Fine Arts Library. The Director has overall administrative and programmatic responsibility for the Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library, Music Library, and the Robertson Media Center, and direct responsibility for the Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library. The Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library, the University’s Library for art, architecture and drama, houses a collection of approximately 180,000 monographs, 335 journal subscriptions, and 216,000 slides. The Fine Arts Library is actively engaged in developing digital images as a part of the Library’s digital resources and provides specialized reference service, reserve collections, and user education to the academic community. The Music Library with a collection of over 100,000 items supports the curriculum of the McIntire Department of Music in performance, musicology, ethnomusicology, composition, and music theory. The Robertson Media Center provides access to video, audio, and image collections, as well as to media-equipped carrels, group viewing rooms, and classrooms for the viewing of videos of many formats. Environment: The University of Virginia Library (http://www.lib.virginia.edu) is an international leader in digital library research and development that enables digital scholarship. Recognized for innovative customer service and in the strength and variety of its collections, the Library system consists of twelve libraries, with independent libraries for health sciences, law, and business. The libraries support 12,000 undergraduates, 6,000 graduate students and 1,600 teaching faculty. The University and the Library have a strong commitment to achieving diversity among faculty and staff. The Neoclassical buildings of founder Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village still serve as the center of the University's Grounds (http://www.virginia.edu/uvatours/slideshow) and as a unique backdrop for teaching, learning, and research.
Responsibilities:	Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Public Services and Collections, the Director of Arts and Media Library Services will provide leadership, foster communication, and enable collaboration in raising the profile of library collections and services for the visual and performing arts and media across the academic community at the University of Virginia. As Head of the Fine Arts Library, the candidate will administer the Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library to provide high quality user oriented service. The Director will participate in Library-wide initiatives, engage with colleagues nationally, and provide vision and direction in the development of innovative services.
Qualifications:	Required: Master's degree in library science or a related field. Demonstrated successful leadership and administrative accomplishments in the innovative and effective use of scholarly information resources and technologies. Demonstrated ability to promote collaborative and forward-looking initiatives, services, and programs. Knowledge of emerging information technologies and digital library initiatives. Knowledge of research and scholarship in the arts and media, and developments in higher education. Evidence of significant and progressively-responsible leadership and experience in managing and supervising others, demonstrated commitment to service excellence, ability to work cooperatively and maintain effective, creative, and flexible working relationships with colleagues, faculty, staff and students. Excellent analytical, oral, and written communication skills. A record of flexibility, creativity, and commitment to diversity, mentoring and developing staff. Preferred: Second Master's degree in an arts-related field.
Salary, Rank & Benefits:	Competitive depending on qualifications. This position has general faculty status with excellent benefits, including 22 days of vacation and TIAA/CREF and other retirement plans.
Deadline:	Review of applications will begin on April 30, 2007 and will continue until the position is filled.
Application:	Send, in print or electronic format, a letter of application, resume, and the names, addresses (including e-mail), and phone numbers of three references to: Marie Carter (fhc@virginia.edu) Library Human Resources Coordinator Alderman Library PO Box 400876 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904-4114 The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer strongly committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The University actively encourages applications and nominations from members of underrepresented groups.