Associate University Librarian for Discovery and Content Stewardship

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Associate University Librarian for Discovery and Content Stewardship

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

THE SEARCH

Yale University Library (Yale Library) seeks a visionary, innovative, and collaborative leader to serve in the newly established role of Associate University Librarian for Discovery and Content Stewardship (AUL). The creation of this position reflects the library's continued development as a unified system. This role oversees key aspects of the life cycle of scholarly resources, including physical, licensed, and digital collections, and offers the opportunity to design and implement a sustainable, comprehensive approach to the description, digitization, discovery, and delivery of library content across all formats. Partnering with campus stakeholders and library colleagues, the AUL will ensure that users discover, access, and use library content easily and effectively.

Yale University comprises Yale College, the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and 12 professional schools. It is home to more than 15,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, nearly 6,000 faculty, and over 12,000 staff members. In recent years, the University has pursued an ambitious program of investment that will deepen its historic preeminence in the arts and humanities; invest in multidisciplinary data-based social science research; accelerate research and innovation in science, medicine, and engineering; and foster a vibrant educational community of exceptional faculty, the most promising students, excellent and innovative staff, and supportive alumni.

Yale Library is celebrated for its extraordinary collections and resources. The AUL's primary charge is to make the library's content more discoverable and available, and to connect and align Yale Library's practices, processes, and personnel in this effort. The AUL will provide vision and leadership for how content is described, digitized, managed, preserved, and made accessible at scale; work closely with colleagues to clarify roles and workflows; and partner across the library to support rational decisions and sustainable approaches. The position calls for a leader able to balance the requirements of the present and the long term, and who can apprehend challenges and embrace opportunities, including (but not limited to) the responsible use of automation and artificial intelligence.

Reporting to the University Librarian, the AUL will be a critical member of a talented and energetic team of library professionals. The AUL’s portfolio will include the department of E-Resources and Serials, Monographic Processing Services, Resources Discovery Services, and Digital Collections and Access; in all, the AUL's group will include 90 FTE. The successful candidate will bring to the role strategic vision, wise leadership, technical expertise, organizational and operational sophistication, and a disposition to collaborate.

A search advisory committee has been formed, and Isaacson, Miller, the national executive recruiting firm, has been retained to support the committee. Confidential inquiries, nominations, referrals, and CVs with cover letters may be submitted to the Isaacson, Miller search webpage.

Anita Tien, Partner

Arianna Williams, Senior Associate

Christina Errico, Managing Search Coordinator