Associate Dean, Content Management and Scholarly Communications Job Opening in Manhattan, Kansas - INSIGHT Into Diversity

"ansas State University Libraries ( www.lib.k-state.edu ) seek a highly motivated and innovative leader for position of Associate Dean for Content Management and Scholarly Communications. The AD position is a full-time senior administrator that possesses an understanding of the changing landscape of academic libraries. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to provide leadership and expertise to refine and reposition collections and technical services in the context of emerging trends to meet evolving needs of the university community. The incumbent is expected to support equity and inclusion efforts in the libraries and university setting, showing the ability to work with a diverse population. This position, one of two associate deans, reports to the Dean of Libraries and directly supervises three department heads: Content Development/Acquisitions, Metadata/Preservation/Digital Initiatives, and Center for Advancement of Digital Scholarship. Diversity and Inclusion: Kansas State University embraces diversity, and promotes inclusion in every sector of the institution. The university established the Office of Diversity, led by the associate vice provost for diversity and a dedicated staff. Additionally, each college has a designated Diversity Point Person to provide insight and guidance.

Kansas State University received the prestigious Higher Education Excellence in Diversity, or HEED, award from Insight Into Diversity magazine for the past three years. Multicultural students account for 15 percent of our student population, a university record and continuing trend. Areas of emphasis and main responsibilities include:

• Provide library leadership through shared decision-making for library-wide planning, personnel decisions, resource management, organizational effectiveness, and program and policy development through active participation and collaboration with the Senior Administration Team and the Strategic Leadership Council.

• Assist the dean with overall library administration, assist as requested with donor relations, represent the libraries at professional organization membership meetings and act in dean's absence.

• Analyze and plan for allocation of new resources or reallocation of existing human and financial resources to meet current needs and anticipate future priorities.

• Develop holistic collection strategies in the context of emerging trends and new definitions of collections that ensure the libraries' collection budget aligns with university priorities for teaching and research.

• Promote growth of digital collections and ensure digital and print preservation of materials.

• Support evolution of and advocate for the institutional repository (K-REX) and library publishing activities through New Prairie Press, and other opportunities for open access and scholarly communication issues.

• Ensure access and discoverability of library resources through metadata best practices.

• Improve and promote systematic assessment of collections and services within the Content Management and Scholarly Communications division.

• Serve as the libraries' representative on university councils as needed (e.g. Global Campus Advisory Committee, College Advisory Council for International Programs).

• Provide mentoring, guidance, and empowerment to libraries' faculty and staff with evolving work roles.

• Contribute to the profession through publications, formal presentations, and participation in relevant professional associations."