Description

For more details and electronic application visit NMSU's Careers Website

Job Duties and Responsibilities: Reports directly to the Dean of the Library. Administers and provides overall leadership for the Reference and Research Services department. Supervises approximately eight faculty and three staff, supporting their development and growth. Ensures the provision of effective and high-quality departmental services. Serves as intermediary between library administration and the department while acting as advocate for both. Contributes to library-wide planning, policy-making, goal-setting, and assessment efforts. Serves as a member of the library’s leadership team. Demonstrates a commitment to advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) across the New Mexico State University (NMSU) system as a foundation for institutional excellence. Collaborates with various stakeholders to achieve NMSU Library and institutional goals. Ensures compliance with relevant NMSU Library and NMSU policies and procedures, including department head roles and responsibilities as specified in Administrative Rules and Procedures, 6.72 (https://arp.nmsu.edu/chapter-6/6-72.html). https://lib.nmsu.edu/_assets/documents/Library-PT-Policy-Revised-Summer-2024.pdf

As a member of the library faculty, is responsible for achieving in the following areas:

• Librarianship
• Scholarship and Creative Activity
• Outreach and Extension
• Service

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• In-depth knowledge of and experience with recent trends in librarianship, including interdisciplinary approaches in reference and research services, instruction, collections development and management, assessment of programs and services, information literacy, and critical thinking pedagogy
• Knowledge and understanding of principles, procedures, regulations, and standards applicable to the job
• Understanding of the University's mission, vision and goals
• Excellent communication skills, ability to listen to new ideas and to respond in a timely manner to faculty, students and staff
• Demonstrated ability to administer in a fair, thorough, and thoughtful way
• Ability to solve problems and workshop solutions with co-workers
• Demonstrated ability to work independently
• Ability to craft an innovative vision of library services for the department
• Ability to work as part of a team in a complex, changing institutional environment
• Evidenced oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Promulgate a service ethos in the RRS department
• Demonstrated ability to set a coherent team vision and implement projects to enact that vision

Requirements

Required Education and Experience: 

• Master's degree from a program accredited by the American Library Association
• A minimum of three years of supervisory experience in public services within a library setting
• Academic qualifications appropriate to appointment to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure as specified in the University Library’s Promotion and Tenure policy