Integrated Library Technology Services (Visual Resources Collections Unit)
Sterling Memorial Library
Yale University
Band: III
Schedule: 37.5 Hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30-5:00)
Requisition: 891BR
The University and the Library
The University Library, which is a highly valued partner in teaching and
research at the University, has more than 12.5 million volumes housed in the
Sterling Memorial Library and 22 school and departmental libraries.
It employs a dynamic and innovative staff of nearly 600 FTE who have the
opportunity to work with the highest caliber of faculty and students,
participate on committees and are involved in other areas of staff
development. A full spectrum of library resources, from rare books and
manuscripts to a rapidly expanding network of electronic resources,
constitutes one of Yale's distinctive strengths. The Library is engaged in
numerous digital initiatives designed to provide access to a full array of
scholarly information. For additional information on the Yale University
Library, please visit the Library's Web site at: http://www.library.yale.edu
<http://www.library.yale.edu/>
The Visual Resources Collections Unit (VRC) The Visual Resources Collections
unit (VRC), focuses on service support and collection building for teaching
and learning with digital images in the visual arts. It is in the process of
transforming from a traditional slide and photograph collection to a digital
image service center.
Currently, the VRC adds to and maintains significant arts-related content in
the Library's cross-collection database, the Image Commons, with a rapidly
growing collection currently consisting of over 87,000 images. The VRC is
scheduled to move in the summer of 2008 into the new Arts Library facility
in the renovated and expanded Art& Architecture building. At that time, the
archival transfer of the historic 500,000-item slide and photograph
collection to the Library Shelving Facility in Hamden will have been
completed, as the History of Art department and others move closer to their
goals of integrating digital resources and tools in classroom teaching and
independent learning. This transition period requires the highest degree of
collaboration on, and where appropriate integration of, service development
and delivery among colleagues and partners in the Arts Library, the
Library's Integrated Library and Technology Services (ILTS), the
University's Information Technology Services (ITS) divisions, and other
campus course support providers.
The Position
The Library seeks a dynamic, innovative leader demonstrating experience with
and a strong commitment to client-based support services to manage the
Visual Resources Collections (VRC). The position reports to the Manager of
the Web, Workstation, and Digital Consulting Services unit of ILTS. The
successful candidate will assume the day-to-day responsibilities for the
supervision and administration of the Visual Resources unit and its staff of
2 FTE, students, and as funding permits, one or more project-based term
positions. The VRC manager will also be a key participant in building,
sustaining, and adapting the infrastructure to support an image commons for
Yale. In doing so, the VRC Manager will be expected to spend significant
time with individual faculty constituents, the Usability Librarian, and
colleagues in the Instructional Technology Group (ITG) to understand fully
and respond to existing and desired service support. The VRC Manager will
also work closely with the Project Director for the Integrated Digital Image
Resource (IDIR) initiative to ensure the most efficient and effective
integration of near- and longer-term service goals and objectives, including
participation in two major transitional projects to digitize a significant
portion of, and to archive the entirety of, the existing slide and
photograph collections.
Responsibilities
Service development duties include the management of and the direct
provision of all aspects of support for the creation and access to the
Library's current and future digital collections relating to the visual
arts, including faculty personal collections, working in close collaboration
with other units in the Library and across campus.
Duties include:
Oversight and provision of one-on-one guidance, consultation and assistance
to faculty in the selection and use of image management tools and
collections.
In close collaboration with Library and ITS partners, continually working to
understand and respond to the diverse and evolving needs of faculty and
students to create, access and use digital images, including participating
in ongoing assessment and evaluation of existing services.
Partnering with colleagues in the Library, the Library's ILTS division, ITG,
and Media Services units to investigate, select, or develop digital content
services and tools.
Consulting on content/metadata projects and managing those projects
as-needed.
In close collaboration with Library and ITS partners, developing user and
staff training programs and documentation for tools supported by the Library
(currently included are the Image Commons database, Portfolio, Luna Insight,
Powerpoint/Keynote, and the ARTstor Off Line Viewer).
Planning for and managing the growth of the institutional digital image
collections for the arts, including oversight of, and where necessary, the
performance of, processing activities, as well as content acquisition and
development (locally created and vendor purchased).
In collaboration with Media Services partners, managing and improving
current production of digital images for teaching, including routine
processing of new image requests and a rapid turn-around digitization
service for limited last-minute teaching preparation.
In close partnership with Arts Library public services staff, may provide
collections-based guidance to the Yale community serving both introductory
and advanced art information needs.
In close partnership with Library and ITS colleagues, ensuring the most
efficient content integration to and from institutional and personal
collections.
Administrative duties include: Staff hiring, supervision, evaluation and
training. Oversight and maintenance of service level agreements. Budget
planning and oversight. Workflow management, quality control, and process
improvement. Statistical reporting and analysis. Overseeing, and as needed
serving as, the department expert user. Serving as the VRC liaison and
representative in Library and other functions and activities (including
membership on committees, task forces, etc.)
Qualifications
Required:Bachelor's degree. Four years of relevant, service-oriented
experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. Two or
more years of experience supervising technology support staff.
Demonstrated excellence in interpersonal skills and written and oral
communication. Proven ability to work as a member of a highly collaborative,
cross-divisional team and to contribute to its leadership and creativity.
Demonstrated flexibility and adaptability to a rapidly-changing technical
and operational environment. Demonstrated ability to maintain positive
working relationships with faculty, students, and colleagues. Knowledge of
and experience with database management software, desktop applications, web
authoring, and image creation, manipulation, and display software.
Strongly preferred:B.A. or advanced degree in art history or related fields.
Experience with or knowledge of image collections and services in libraries,
visual resource centers or museums. Experience with or knowledge of visual
resources metadata practices and standards.
Experience with or knowledge of Extensis Portfolio and Luna Insight
software. Digital teaching support experience. Project planning skills and
leadership.
Salary and Benefits
Rank and competitive salary will be based upon the successful candidate's
qualifications and experience (min: 56,100). Full benefits package including
pro-rated 22 vacation days; 18 holiday, recess and personal days;
comprehensive health care; TIAA/CREF or Yale retirement plan; and relocation
assistance. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Applications consisting of a cover letter, resume, and the names of three
references should be sent by creating an account and applying online at
http://www.yale.edu/hronline/stars/application/
Please be sure to include Source Code 891BR.
Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
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