Assistant Director of Library

The Andrew Mellon Library and School Archives at Choate Rosemary Hall seeks a dynamic library leader to join a blended faculty librarian team. The Assistant Director is an administrative year plus summer associate faculty position. The position partners with the Library Director in the leadership, development, and operation of the library, with primary responsibility for overseeing evening library operations. Working collaboratively with the Library Director, faculty librarians, the Writing Center, Math Center, and other academic support programs, the Assistant Director helps foster a welcoming, productive, and intellectually engaging environment that supports student study, research, and collaborative learning.

This position also serves as a visible advocate for the Andrew Mellon Library and School Archives, promoting its resources, services, programs, and mission while fostering engagement across the Choate community. The successful candidate will be motivated and team-oriented with broad experience in library leadership, innovative technology tools, pedagogical best practices, and library programming. We are looking for an individual who is a self-starter, eager to participate in a collegial partnership in support of scholarly practices, and skilled at helping others across a range of expertise levels using commonly used digital tools. Ideal candidates are expected to have at least three years of library administrative experience.

Essential Functions

• promotes and advocates for the Andrew Mellon Library and School Archives, increasing awareness and engagement with library resources, services, programs, and collections across the Choate community.
• serves as a member of the library's research and instruction team
• identifies and implements digital tools and technologies to promote student project creation
• develops user-centered tools for research and instruction units in collaboration with colleagues
• provides relevant embedded instruction in research and citation skills
• teaches and provides guidance in the effective use of emerging and innovative technologies, leveraging best practices in instructional design and pedagogy to support student learning.
• assists faculty, staff, and students with research and information needs through online and in-person, as well as at library service points.
• participates in a collaborative team environment with other faculty librarians to develop, oversee, and curate the library's collections, resources, and services, including physical collections, digital collections, databases, and other information resources.
• supports the Library Director in planning and executing library programming and conferences
• manages the library during Summer Programs, coordinating the work of support staff and collaborating with summer faculty to support teaching and learning
• ensure inclusive and equitable practices inform one's approach to library instruction and curation of resources
• provides technology support to students in collaboration with ITS and the Director of Academic Technology
• oversees evening library operations and partners with the Writing Center, Math Center, and other academic support programs to foster a welcoming, productive, and intellectually engaging environment that supports student study, research, and collaborative learning.
• serves on committees or task forces as needed
• Master's degree in library science from an accredited college or university
• Minimum 3 years of library experience in an academic setting or independent school environment
• Minimum 3 years' experience as an organizational leader (director, associate director, etc.) at a library, museum, or similar type of institution

The Andrew Mellon Library at Choate Rosemary Hall is at the heart of teaching and learning. The library's mission is to enhance the academic environment and support the education of each of our students. The library prides itself on being a collaborative learning hub for the community. Library faculty collaborate with teaching faculty to support students and provide instruction in information literacy and research. They also provide student skill development, including organization and time-management skills, project development, and academic-technology support. Students, faculty, and staff have access to over 170,000 titles including 130,000 eBooks and over 50 scholarly databases. In addition, the library makes textbooks, laptops, chargers, headphones, and other technologies available to the Choate community.

Choate Rosemary Hall is a coeducational, independent secondary school in central Connecticut, serving 850 boarding and day students and employing more than 300 faculty and staff. The School welcomes academically motivated and intellectually curious students from diverse backgrounds around the world and offers a rigorous, supportive learning environment that fosters lifelong habits of learning, leadership, and service. Guided by innovative and passionate educators, Choate strives to be an inclusive community in which all students and employees feel valued and welcomed. On our campus, principled individuals from varied backgrounds are united by common purpose, active engagement, and mutual respect. We honor the richness that difference brings to our community and acknowledge that living inclusively can also present challenges. Through ongoing dialogue and interaction, we embrace those challenges in ways that deepen empathy and build appreciation for perspectives different from our own.

Choate prohibits in all its programs, including hiring and employment practices, discrimination against or harassment of any member or group based upon age, gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other category protected by Connecticut or federal law, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification.