Summary of Responsibilities

The Library Director is responsible for the overall direction, management, and control of the library’s operations. Duties include strategic planning, staff management, oversight of systems, resources and budget and finances, library maintenance, customer service, and patron access to library resources. This position requires interpretive judgment and offers significant opportunity for discretion and independent action while supporting the mission, vision, and core values of IAIA through culturally responsive library services, supporting Indigenous Knowledge systems, and promoting ethical stewardship of Native cultural materials, research, and community relationships.

Essential Position Functions

• Provide the strategic and tactical leadership in planning and managing the library, which includes oversight of all its general operations.
• Plan, organize and manage the library services to meet the educational needs of students, faculty and staff, which includes but is not limited to the following:

Develop and implement, policies, procedures, and public information.

Network with appropriate libraries and colleagues, locally, regionally and nationally.

Oversee reference services.

Organize and promote public services events and services.

Manage the library’s assessment projects.

Communicate and collaborate with faculty and staff across the institution.

Assist with academic program accreditation and assessment.

Keep abreast of library and technology trends.

Maintain positive communication with donors and potential donors.

Plan and collaborate with the Archivist for effective management and use of archival resources.

Support research practices grounded in respect, reciprocity, consent, and community relationships.

Support ethical stewardship, access, and preservation of Indigenous cultural materials, community knowledge, and archival resources.

Promote respectful access protocols and culturally responsive metadata, cataloging, and collection practices.

Collaborate with Native communities, faculty, students, staff, and cultural practitioners to support culturally informed library practices.

Provide access to IAIA library resources to key stakeholders.

Implement appropriate technology for access to resources.

Manage collection development.

Interpret and disseminate statistics for internal and external reporting.

Respond to complaints and suggestions and take appropriate action.

Participate on appropriate committees, such as curriculum committee and faculty council.

Assist in the daily operations of the library, including but not limited to reference services and information literacy.

• Establish goals, objectives, priorities and measurements to align with IAIA’s strategic plans and standards.
• Develop and uphold ethical practices regarding access, digitization, reproduction and circulation of culturally sensitive materials.
• Support ethical digital stewardship practices related to digitization, artificial intelligence, and online dissemination of Indigenous cultural materials and knowledge.
• Provide on-going study, management, monitoring and assessment of the library’s services and information delivery systems to more effectively meet present and future educational objectives of IAIA.
• Manage, direct, guide, and evaluate the performance of subordinate staff, which includes but is not limited to the following:

Provide guidance, direction and/or corrective action as required.

Collaborate with Human Resources (HR) as required in the interpretation and implementation of IAIA’s HR policies.

Collaborate with HR to create and update job descriptions.

Work in partnership with staff to encourage their on-going training and professional development.

Schedule staff to accommodate service and operational needs.

Ensure a safe and appropriate working environment.

Manage and direct the employment processes for the library, which includes recruitment, selection, training, and coaching of new staff.

• Manage the Library’s budget and finances, which includes but is not limited to the following:

Oversee the library’s financial resources.

Develop and prepare annual budget.

Identify grants appropriate to the library’s mission and goals.

Monitor and analyze expenditures.

Collaborate with the other departments to identify alternative funding.

Research, select, and negotiate major purchases of supplies and/or equipment.

• Other duties as assigned.

Required Education And Experience

Position requires a Master’s Degree in Library Science, or Library and Information Science (MLS/MLIS) from a graduate library program accredited by the American Library Association, and at least 3 years of professional library work in an academic library with preferably hands-on experience in the management, administration and supervision of a library’s operations, budget, resources, and staff.

Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

Required Education And Experience

• Position requires a Master’s Degree in Library Science, or Library and Information Science (MLS/MLIS) from a graduate library program accredited by the American Library Association, and at least 3 years of professional library work in an academic library with preferably hands-on experience in the management, administration and supervision of a library’s operations, budget, resources, and staff.
• Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
• Demonstrated experience and skill in the management, administration and supervision of a library’s general operation, budget, resources and staff.
• Demonstrated experience and ability to effectively manage monitor and develop a budget.
• Demonstrated leadership ability, which includes but is not limited to the ability to:

Communicate and listen.

Negotiate and resolve disagreements.

Inspire and motivate individuals and groups.

Initiate and manage change.

Foster relationship-based leadership practices grounded in respect, collaboration, transparency, and accountability to the IAIA community.

Work with others collaboratively and effectively to achieve shared goals.

• Demonstrated experience in planning, implementing and completing tasks, from basic operations to complex library projects.
• Demonstrated experience and skill in the effective management and comprehensive supervision of staff, which includes but is not limited to interviewing, selecting, training, coaching and directing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to read materials and verbal instructions that require complex interpretation.
• Ability to use a wide range of hardware and software to perform essential functions.
• Proven technical skills to competently use a wide range of online and computer applications, using both PCs and Macs.
• Hands-on knowledge of integrated library systems and discovery systems
• Demonstrated commitment and dedication to student success and customer service.
• Understanding of providing library services to remote users.
• Experience working with culturally diverse populations.
• Must be able to do math.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working at a Tribal College and University, Indigenous-serving institution, museum, archive, or community-based cultural organization preferred.

Knowledge of Indigenous Librarianship, Native American studies, Indigenous research methodologies, or culturally responsive archival practices preferred.

Familiarity with Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property consideration and ethical stewardship practices is preferred.

Working Conditions

• Position is in-person, full-time at the IAIA Library.
• Duties are performed indoors in an office environment.
• Duties require extended periods of standing, walking, sitting, talking, and listening.
• Duties require occasional periods of climbing or balancing, pulling and pushing items, lifting and carrying items, keyboarding, reaching with hands and arms, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Vision requirements include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Occasional travel for consortia meetings and conferences.
• This job description is a general statement of required major duties and responsibilities performed on a regular or continuous basis.
• Position may be required to perform other duties as assigned.
• IAIA reserves the right to revise this job description at any time with or without notice.
• This job description does not constitute an employment agreement.