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Director, Department of Area Studies and Humanities Research Support (DASHRS) Yale University Library

  • 1.  Director, Department of Area Studies and Humanities Research Support (DASHRS) Yale University Library

    Posted Feb 14, 2017 10:40 AM

    Director, Department of Area Studies and Humanities Research Support (DASHRS)
    Yale University Library, New Haven, CT


    Requisition:  41351BR


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    The Yale University Library, as one of the world's leading research libraries, collects, organizes, preserves, and provides access to and services for a rich and unique record of human thought and creativity. It fosters intellectual growth and supports the teaching and research missions of Yale University and scholarly communities worldwide. A distinctive strength is its rich spectrum of resources, including around 15 million volumes and information in all media, ranging from ancient papyri to early printed books to electronic databases. The Library is engaging in numerous projects to expand access to its physical and digital collections. Housed in eighteen buildings including the Sterling Memorial Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Center for Science and Social Science Information, and the Bass Library, it employs a dynamic and diverse staff of approximately five hundred who offer innovative and flexible services to library readers.


    POSITION DESCRIPTION:
    Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Arts and Humanities, the Director provides vision and leadership for a newly created department of subject experts who support humanities and inter-disciplinary area studies programs at Yale. The Yale University Library (YUL) holds one of the most extensive humanities research collections in the United States and has the distinction of being the first American university to collect in many non-western languages.  The academic programs in these areas attract a world-class group of faculty and students, for which the Department of Area Studies and Humanities Research Support (DASHRS) provides collection development and liaison and research services.  The department is located in the recently renovated Sterling Memorial Library (SML) in the center of Yale’s campus and has oversight of eight reading rooms and two classrooms in SML, as well as the Classics Library in Phelps Hall.


    QUALIFICATIONS:



    • Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited library school or equivalent accredited degree. In selected instances, a post-graduate degree in museum studies or a related discipline may be substituted for a master’s degree in library science.

    • Minimum of 8 years of related professional experience. Advanced degree in area studies or the humanities is required in addition to an MLS.

    • Strong commitment to responsive, innovative research support and outreach services and collection development. Demonstrated experience managing staff and supervising subject librarians. Excellent oral and written communications and analytical ability.

    • Demonstrated excellent customer service skills; flexibility and a strong commitment to innovation, creativity and excellence. Demonstrated problem-solving skills.

    • Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and direction in a research library.

    • Demonstrated ability in managing budgets and capital projects.

    • Strong commitment to collection building and to innovative public service programs.

    • Demonstrated excellent oral and written communications and analytical ability.

    • Demonstrated excellent customer service skills, flexibility and a strong commitment to innovation, creativity and excellence.

    • Demonstrated experience designing and coordinating projects and bringing them to a timely conclusion. Demonstrated experience in research library service programs.

    • Demonstrated experience working collaboratively and independently with various groups within a complex organization and rapidly changing team environment. Experience managing collection development programs.


    PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:



    • Experience working with academic research library liaison librarian services and collections.

    • Knowledge of and experience with academic technologies for research and teaching and with digital humanities.

    • Ph.D. in the humanities or area studies. Experience in donor relations, deeds of gift, and/or archival processing. 

    • Knowledge of issues related to non-roman language materials.


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