Associate Director for Digital Library Development Job Opening in Virginia - INSIGHT Into Diversity

"Under the general direction of the Director for Digital Library Development, the Associate Director for Digital Library Development provides managerial leadership and expertise in the development, deployment, and maintenance of digital library systems and their underlying infrastructure. The Associate Director for Digital Library Development oversees all aspects of digital library technical project management, which includes setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities, and monitoring and reporting progress. S/he coordinates activities among a team of librarians, software engineers, system engineers, and web developers, and is responsible for hiring, managing, disciplining, and motivating professional staff and facilitating their professional development. The Associate Director provides managerial leadership and expertise in designing and planning the future development of digital library systems and collaborates on services development, taking into account newly available technologies to enhance the growth and effectiveness of the Libraries' digital services.

The Associate Director for Digital Library Development leads and/or oversees:

- Digital library software development

- Digital library and scholarly repository production services

- On-premises and cloud-based digital library infrastructure

- Digital storage, and preservation systems

- Web development

The Associate Director for Digital Library Development is responsible for monitoring and measuring services, collecting, recording, analyzing, and reporting on service reliability against metrics, targets, and key performance indicators."