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The University of British Columbia invites applications and nominations for a position of University Librarian.
Established in 1908, UBC has consistently ranked among a tip fifty universities in a world. It is a publicly supported, endless university comprising 18 faculties and several schools opposite dual campuses. Under new boss Professor Santa Ono, UBC’s vital prophesy for a 21st century is to ready students to turn well-developed tellurian citizens, inspire a values of a polite and tolerable society, and control superb investigate to offer a people of British Columbia, Canada, and a world.
The UBC Library is a second largest investigate library element in Canada and has some-more than 20 branches and divisions, including on- and off-campus locations, and a UBC Okanagan Library. Nearly 250 full-time homogeneous employees – librarians, government and veteran staff, and support staff – and a proxy hourly staff element of over 100 students work in a UBC Library system. The 2016 handling bill is $40 million. The UBC Library participates in a broader investigate library village as a member of both a Canadian Association of Research Libraries and a Association of Research Libraries.
The University Librarian reports to a Provost and Vice-President Academic and provides care and instruction to UBC Library as an active and constituent partner with students, staff, expertise Deans and a Executive. The UBC Library is a globally successful investigate library compelling believe creation, scrutiny and discovery. The successful claimant will play a pivotal purpose in attaining UBC’s goal and goals as summarized in a University’s vital plan, and in fulfilling UBC Library’s goal to allege research, training and training value by joining communities, within and over a University, to a world’s knowledge.
The successful claimant will have a connoisseur grade from an accredited propagandize of library, archival and information science. They will have a prophesy of a investigate library in a 21st century and a proven joining to excellence, endless comparison executive believe in a vast educational investigate library, a demonstrated ability to rise outmost family and fundraising partnerships, and will be collaborative and entrepreneurial. The University Librarian will possess authentic care skills and attraction to a hurdles and opportunities benefaction in building and maintaining a transparent, collegial work environment; as such, this particular will be dedicated to cultivating an thorough work sourroundings and will commend and discharge barriers faced by under-represented groups and individuals. The successful claimant will inspire and inspire a understanding sourroundings built on appreciation and they will inspire contributions from, different groups and people and acquire their oddity and creativity, ideas and innovation.
The expected start date for this position would be 1st July, 2017.
Please perspective a Candidate Profile for a minute pursuit description.
The University of British Columbia is partnering with Perrett Laver on this search. For serve information and sum on how to apply, greatfully download a Appointment Details around a Perrett Laver website by visiting www.perrettlaver.com/candidates and quoting anxiety 2672. The shutting date for applications will be Jan 2, 2017.
UBC hires on a basement of consequence and is strongly committed to equity and farrago within a community. We generally acquire applications from manifest minority organisation members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of minority passionate orientations and gender identities, and others with a skills and believe to productively rivet with different communities.
MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE SELECTION OF A NEW UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN
The President’s Advisory Committee for a preference of a new University Librarian has been determined with a following membership, consisting of elected, Senate-selected and allocated positions, per UBC Policy #17, “Appointment of Registrar and Librarians”:
Megan Campbell, Serials Coordinator, UBC Library
Blake Edwards, Student, UBC Okanagan
Luanne Freund, Acting Director, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies
Aleteia Greenwood, Head, Woodward Library and Hospital Branch Libraries
Kathryn Harrison, Acting Dean, Faculty of Arts (and Prof. Dept. of Political Science)
Mayu Ishida, Reference Librarian, Woodward Library
Robert Janke, Deputy Chief Librarian, Library Services, UBC Okanagan
Paul Joseph, Systems Librarian, UBC Library
Gregor Kiczales, Sr. Advisor, Digital Learning Strategy; Prof. Computer Science
Cynthia Mathieson, Provost and Vice-Principal Academic, UBC Okanagan (ex-officio)
Pamela Moffett, Executive Assistant, Office of a Provost and
Vice-President Academic (Secretary – non-voting)
Thomas Schneider, Prof. Dept. of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies
Bronwen Sprout, Head, Digital Programs and Services
Roger Sugden, Dean and Prof. Faculty of Management, UBC Okanagan
Samantha So, Student, UBC Vancouver
tba – Okanagan Senator
