Associate Dean for Collections and Technical Services
The University of Alabama · Posted Nov 11, 2026
- Alabama, United States
- 5+ years
Lead and manage collections and technical services for the University of Alabama Libraries, overseeing budgeting, vendor relations, metadata, and scholarly communications.
Responsibilities
- Oversee collection management and distributed liaison model
- Provide oversight to align purchasing with teaching and research mission
- Participate in development of accreditation reports and new program proposals
- Monitor and report on annual collections budget
- Work with vendors to ensure efficient ordering and processing
Requirements
- MLS/MLIS degree from an ALA accredited program or equivalent
- Nice to have: doctoral degree focusing on descriptive and inferential statistical analysis
- Nice to have: budgeting
- Nice to have: technical services data review
- Nice to have: professional association involvement