"Assistant Director for Resource Management and Repository Services, Tisch Library"

What You'll Do

Tisch Library seeks an experienced, strategic, creative, and forward-thinking leader to serve as Assistant Director, Resource Management and Repository Services.

Reporting to the Library Director, the Assistant Director, Resource Management and Repository Services (RMRS) provides overall strategic vision and leadership for the division, which is made up of the Acquisitions, Digital Initiatives, and Metadata Services departments, including e-resource management. The Assistant Director contributes collaborative, cross-campus leadership as well as technical expertise for Tufts’ institutional and data repositories digital content management, digitization, and digital preservation services.

• As a member of the library’s senior leadership team, develops strategic plans, establishes goals, and sets priorities for RMRS services.
• Ensures excellence in service delivery and guides the evolution of emerging services, based on assessment data and an understanding of campus needs and priorities.
• Engages with library and university partners who provide and support digital and open scholarship infrastructure and services.
• Oversees organizational effectiveness and growth of the division and encourages professional development for all RMRS staff. Provides direct supervision for the three department Heads.
• Maintains effective, results-driven partnerships with other Tisch departments, divisions, and Tufts libraries; Library Technology Services; and the Tufts Archival Research Center.
• Continues to foster the strong RMRS culture of effectiveness and efficiency, forward thinking, open communication, supportive teamwork, and trust.

What We're Looking For

Basic Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from an accredited institution
• At least 7 years’ progressively responsible experience in one or more of RMRS core areas, in a research library or research-focused organization
• Experience with current and emerging issues, trends, models, workflows, and best practices in repository services; engagement with the wider community in this area
• Experience with library enterprise applications such as integrated library systems, discovery systems, and electronic resource management systems
• Experience working with metadata formats and standards such as MARC, Dublin Core, PREMIS, LCSH and common data formats such as XML and JSON
• Contributions to the profession in areas relevant to the work of the division
• Familiarity with open source software development and communities
• Successful planning, project management and problem-solving experience involving stakeholders with diverse interests
• Supervisory experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Fedora/Hyrax repository software environment
• Experience with AI tools for metadata creation and management
• Demonstrated knowledge of current and emerging digital preservation practices and programming or scripting languages (e.g. Python, SQL)
• Proficiency with OCLC WorldCat and integrated library systems (Ex Libris Alma/Primo experience preferred)

Pay Range

Minimum $96,500.00, Midpoint $120,600.00, Maximum $144,800.00

Salary is based on related experience, expertise, and internal equity; generally, new hires can expect pay between the minimum and midpoint of the range.

About Tufts University

This is Tufts. Tufts is a student-centered research university with a constellation of world-class schools encompassing undergraduate, graduate, professional, and lifelong learning programs. Across the university, students satisfy their intellectual curiosity, jump-start rewarding careers, and unlock bright, promising futures. Through rigorous academics, groundbreaking research, and a commitment to civic engagement and leadership, our community of students, faculty, and staff collaborate across four Massachusetts campuses to build a brighter world (Medford/Somerville, Grafton, Boston-Chinatown, and Boston-Fenway).

Our employees light the way. Tufts develops innovative solutions for the most complex global challenges of our time through teaching, research, and an unparalleled investment in civic engagement. In administration and operations, in dining centers and in labs, every employee plays a role in our mission for a better, brighter world.

At Tufts, the work you do matters. So do you. Enjoy flexible and remote opportunities, innovative benefits, and an inclusive, welcoming, collaborative culture that supports you. Develop your skills. Take classes. Advance your career. ...Do work that makes you proud in a community you love. All while taking great care of yourself and the people who matter most.

We’re all in on creating an anti-racist culture of belonging. Across Tufts, we’ve deepened our commitment to making the university a truly inclusive place. Where every member of our community contributes and feels like they belong. Where diverse perspectives are seen as our strength, and great ideas are always heard. In offices, labs, classrooms, and beyond, we’re doing this work together, knowing it is the foundation of our mission to create a brighter world.

An innovative university needs resourceful people who make things happen. Here, collaboration isn’t just a buzzword, colleagues actually care, and community means everything. Sound appealing? Come join us. Choose a campus and find the role that fits you. Tufts University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our faculty and staff and fostering their success when hired. Members of underrepresented groups are welcome and strongly encouraged to apply.