The
Claremont Colleges, a distinguished consortium of five undergraduate liberal
arts colleges and two graduate institutions located just east of Los Angeles,
California, seeks an energetic, innovative, and productive Head of the Asian
Library (HAL) for the Claremont Colleges Library.
Reporting
to the Director of Special Collections and Libraries, the HAL will be
forward-thinking in developing information resources and services that ensure
that the Asian Library meets the current research, teaching, and learning needs
of the Claremont Colleges’ faculty, students, and staff. The successful
candidate will bring vision, enthusiasm, analytical skills, and deep academic
interest in Asia to this position.
The
HAL will serve as the leader and spokesperson for the Asian Library within the
Claremont Colleges Consortium. As the library’s leading subject expert on
Asia, the HAL will seize this opportunity to transform the Asian Library from a
traditional, print collections-focused unit into a vibrant technology-enabled
research, teaching, and learning space. Our new Asian Library will
feature energetic services, collaborative spaces, new technologies, and
demand-driven subject and language information resources that support current
research, teaching, and learning, a critical initiative in the library’s new
strategic plan. The HAL will make faculty and student engagement in the
Asian Library a top priority.
Requirements
include an MLIS from an ALA accredited program or equivalent education and
experience, at least three years of professional level experience providing
library services in higher education, English and Asian language skills, and
academic work relating to Asia or deep knowledge of Asian Studies as an
academic discipline.
Salary is negotiable, with
full benefits package included. For the complete position description and
application procedures visit: http://bit.ly/1WCWF9N
. Candidates applying by January 11, 2016 will be given
first consideration.
