The New School is hiring : Assistant Director for Library Technology in New York

Reporting to the Director of the Digital Library and Technical Services, the Assistant Director for Library Technology recommends and advises senior leadership for the New School Libraries and Archives in support of faculty and student teaching, learning, research, and scholarship. This position is charged with overseeing a department that enables a seamless experience with libraries and archives technologies – including classroom technology, servers, and service-point application configuration and support.

The position has the following responsibilities :

• Supervises and evaluates 2 full-time systems staff responsible for day to day maintenance of library technology – including staff and public hardware (workstations, printers, scanners), security systems, physical and virtual servers, backup, storage and media services as well as web applications (website, library catalog electronic reserves, off-campus electronic access, etc.);
• Works with the Director of Digital Library and Technical Services to recommend annual budgets and periodic audits of library technology expenditures (software, hardware, and licensing).
• Manages operational relationships with external departments (Information Technology, etc.) to support library technology needs.
• Advises, recommends and provides operational support for Archives-related projects, including the maintenance of networked storage, database, web and desktop applications.
• Assists the DLTS Director in scoping resources for semesterly / annual project plan and development roadmap.
• Assists in ongoing planning, development, implementation and improvement of library-wide technology initiatives and support services.
• Oversees the timely procurement and payment for library hardware, software and maintenance agreements.
• Recommends and advises senior Libraries & Archives management in the development and deployment of data-driven decision-making tools relevant to daily operations (operational lead for data warehousing / statistics services).
• Manages communication / alert services when system-wide technology-based access issues arise.
• Coordinates scheduling with planned maintenance schedules with internal and external departments.
• Other duties as assigned.

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Preferred Qualifications :

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