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Job: College Librarian and Director, Marlboro College
| Date listed: | October 10, 2007 |
| Organization and address: |
Marlboro College P.O. Box A Marlboro, VT 05344 |
| Position title: | College Librarian and Director |
| Position description: | Marlboro College seeks an experienced, creative leader with a passion for service and a clear vision of the library’s central mission to “support student learning, faculty teaching, and student and faculty research” to become College Librarian and Director of the Rice-Aron Library. The successful candidate will lead the library in improving information literacy and will have opportunities to develop, articulate, and enact a clear strategic plan to promote the library’s role in teaching and learning. The College Librarian and Director • articulates and supports the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the library and the College • provides leadership for all library operations including budget, personnel, instruction, technology, and facilities |
| Qualifications: | ALA-accredited graduate degree or international equivalent.
• An understanding of the central role of the library in Marlboro’s unique learner-centered curriculum • Interest or experience in teaching information literacy in collaboration with faculty. |
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| Application deadline: | Review of applications begins December 1 and continues until the position is filled. |
| To apply: | Candidates should send letter of application; statement of philosophy of librarianship; curriculum vita; contact information (names, addresses, telephones, email addresses) for at least three references to: Margaret Hunt, Assistant to the Deans and the Faculty Marlboro College P.O. Box A Marlboro, VT 05344 |
| Notes: | The goal of Marlboro College is to teach students to think clearly and to learn independently through engagement in a structured program of liberal studies. Students are expected to develop a command of concise and correct English and to strive for academic excellence informed by intellectual and artistic creativity; they are encouraged to acquire a passion for learning, discerning judgment, and a global perspective. The College promotes independence by requiring students to participate in the planning of their own programs of study and to act responsibly within a self-governing community.(Marlboro College Mission Statement) |
| Additional information: | The Rice Library recently expanded with the opening of the Aron wing in 2003. It contains two classrooms, a computer laboratory, a multi-media laboratory, areas for group and individual learning, the College Archives, and library collection and technical services spaces. The library is the central, all hours, hub of a vibrant and intimate community of lifelong learners. The Library collection currently includes over 75,000 volumes as well as access to over 17,000 print and electronic journals. The library is highly regarded on campus and works in direct cooperation with individual faculty members, students, and IT staff. |