Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the state’s flagship institution. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation’s legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world.

The University of Maryland, College Park invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean of the University Libraries. The University is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and is the flagship of the University System of Maryland. Located in the Baltimore-Washington corridor within easy commuting distance of both the nation’s capital and the state capital, the University enjoys close proximity to the Library of Congress and National Archives as well as to numerous specialized libraries such as the Folger Shakespeare Library and the National Library of Medicine. The University ranks among the top 20 public universities, with over 35,000 students engaged in nationally and internationally recognized programs in undergraduate and graduate studies.

The University of Maryland Libraries comprise eight distinct libraries holding more than 3.5 million volumes and representing a diverse array of special collections, digital collections, and electronic resources: McKeldin Library (general collections), and separate branch libraries for architecture, performing arts, arts, special collections and archives, library media services, chemistry, engineering/physical sciences, and the Shady Grove branch. The Dean occupies a critical place in the University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI) consortium of libraries, which shares services among sixteen institutions. The Libraries is an active member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), Center for Research Libraries (CRL), the HathiTrust, OCLC, and the Northeast Research Libraries Consortium, as well as state, regional and national consortia and organizations. Additional information about the University Libraries is available at http://www.lib.umd.edu/ including the Libraries’ strategic plan at http://www.lib.umd.edu/about/deans-office/mission. Information for the University of Maryland, College Park is located at http://www.umd.edu/ .

The University of Maryland seeks candidates who are committed to building a great university library acknowledged on the regional, national, and international stage. We seek candidates who can leverage our considerable academic strengths as a major research university, the unique advantages offered by our location, and our overriding commitment to excellence in education and research. The successful candidate must be dynamic, strategic, entrepreneurial, and innovative in recognizing and exploiting opportunities as well as in identifying and overcoming constraints witha demonstratedcommitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice, developing a diverse workforce and toadvancing diversity goals; and proven experience or potential for success in fundraising, donor cultivation, and public relations. The successful candidate will be qualified to be awarded the rank of Librarian IV with Permanent Status or that of Professor in an academic unit.

Education:
Master of Library Science or Equivalent 

Experience:
The successful candidate will provide the leadership to develop and achieve a vision of a university library in the 21st Century. The search committee seeks talented candidates from traditional as well as non-traditional library backgrounds. Significant experience in a complex research library environment as well as fundraising is preferred. The successful candidate will be qualified and accomplished, eligible to be awarded the rank of Librarian IV with Permanent Status or that of Professor in an academic unit. Experience at a research University is preferred. Experience with fund raising and public relations. Candidate will need to have an understanding of digital technology trends. Skill in managing budgets is preferred. 

Application Instructions:
The University of Maryland has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist in this recruitment. Nominations, inquiries, and applications, including a CV and letter of interest, should be submitted here:

https://www.imsearch.com/open-searches/university-maryland/dean-libraries

Applicants must also apply through ejobs.umd.edu.

Very busy office environment. Travels on business on campus, around the State of Maryland, the United States and the world on behalf of the University of Maryland, College Park.

The University of Maryland, College Park, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.