Reporting to the University Librarian, provides leadership and management of the library’s Impact & Innovation Department. Responsible for delivering high-impact instructional and learning services, high quality information resources and discovery services, and innovative uses of technology and assessment strategies, that advance WPI research, instruction, community engagement, and other library programs and initiatives. Provides guidance and mentorship for a team of diverse and skilled professionals, including eight librarians and one staff associate, in addition to student assistants. Serves as a senior member of the Gordon Library’s Leadership Team and collaborates with WPI academic, administrative, and IT programs, centers, and staff.
At least two years experience delivering or leading library instructional services in an academic library, demonstrating understanding of best practices in creating high-impact learning experiences that advance student and researcher information literacies, including digital and scholarly communication literacies.
Founded in 1865, WPI undertook a bold experiment in 1970, establishing the WPI Plan - https://www.wpi.edu/wpi-plan - a flexible, rigorous program that is project-based and globally engaged, aimed at quality experience and a positive impact for the communities it partners with. Today, WPI faculty members - recently ranked top in the nation for quality and accessibility, as reported by the Wall Street Journal (https://www.wpi.edu/news/wpi-ranked-top-nation-quality-and-accessibility-professors) - work with students on interdisciplinary research seeking solutions to important and socially relevant problems, both on campus and at more than 40 project centers throughout the Americas, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Europe. WPI’s graduate research programs include robotics, materials science, cybersecurity, and learning sciences and technology. WPI invests in research in critical areas, seeking solutions to important and socially relevant problems in such diverse fields as fire protection engineering, life sciences and bioengineering, energy and data science.
Letters of reference are not required of applicants but may be requested for finalist candidates.
Anticipated hiring date: fall 2017