Director of Library Services and Educational Resources
Columbia College · Columbia, MO · On-site · Staff (Full-time)
Salary USD 60,000–67,000
Posted Dec 16, 2025
Columbia College is seeking a dynamic, visionary, and service-oriented leader to serve as the Director of Library Services and Educational Resources. This role is crucial for fostering a progressive 21st-century library environment and ensuring comprehensive academic support for our diverse student body. The Director will provide strategic direction, operational oversight, and innovative leadership for all library services, archives, and the academic support programs.
Essential Functions:
I. Strategic Leadership and Vision for a Progressive Library
- Develop and implement a strategic plan for the Stafford Library that aligns with the college's mission and anticipates the evolving needs of a modern academic institution.
- Lead the transition toward a progressive 21st-century Library model, emphasizing digital literacy, information fluency, open educational resources (OER), and state-of-the-art learning technologies.
- Curate and manage an expansive collection of physical and digital resources, employing data-driven methods for resource acquisition, maintenance, and deselection.
- Oversee the maintenance and enhancement of the library's physical and virtual spaces to create an inviting, accessible, and flexible environment that supports individual study, collaborative work, and technology integration.
II. Oversight of the Academic Achievement Center (AAC)
- Provide comprehensive leadership for the AAC, which includes peer tutoring, writing support, academic coaching, and other student success initiatives.
- Ensure high-quality, effective, and equitable academic support services that meet the diverse learning needs of all students, including those in traditional, online, and military programs.
- Collaborate closely with faculty and academic departments to integrate library and AAC services into the curriculum, supporting student retention and achievement.
- Manage, support, and train the professional staff of the AAC, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and student-centered service.
III. Administration and Management
- Manage the departmental budgets for both the Library, Archives, and the AAC, ensuring fiscal responsibility and strategic resource allocation.
- Seek external funding through grants, donations, and partnerships to support library, archives, and AAC initiatives and collections.
- Recruit, mentor, supervise, and evaluate a team of professional librarians, archivist, tutors, professional staff, and student workers.
- Lead assessment and evaluation efforts for all library, archives, and AAC services, utilizing data to inform decision-making and demonstrate programmatic impact.
- Ensure compliance with copyright laws, licensing agreements, and college policies.
- Support textbook operations as needed.
IV. Campus and Community Engagement
- Serve as the primary advocate and representative for the Library, Archives, and the AAC within the college community and externally.
- Cultivate partnerships with internal stakeholders (e.g., IT, Faculty, CCG Staff, Athletics, Student Affairs) and external consortia (e.g., MOBIUS) to expand resource access and service delivery.
- Actively participate in divisional and college committees and institutional planning.
- Perform job duties in accordance with Columbia College’s vision, mission and values, and contributes to the development of the Student Experience Division.
- Practice superior customer service.
- Attend and assist with implementation of major Student Experience and College functions, including but not limited to, Homecoming, Quest Day, Welcome Week, College Visitation events, Ivy Chain, Commencement, Late Night Breakfast, and Student Experience Night of Recognition.
- Fulfill additional responsibilities as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibility: Yes - Archivist, Librarians, and Academic Achievement Center leadership
Position reports to: Vice President of Student Experience and Dean of Students
Required Experience:
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment, with or without direct supervision.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, customer service, and organizational skills.
- Knowledge of and commitment to innovative technology and web-based instruction.
- Commitment to library and archives in an academic setting.
- Master’s Degree in Library Science, Higher Education Administration, Information Science, or related field.
- Five years’ experience in a professional position in higher education.
- Supervisory experience.
Preferred Experience:
- Previous managerial experience.
- Experience in a college or university setting that serves online and non-traditional learners.
- Experience with library system platforms (e.g., integrated library systems, discovery services).
- Experience with grants, fundraising, and external relations.
Required Level of Education: Master’s Degree In: Higher Education Administration, Library Sciences, Information Science, or related field.
Other Requirements: Ability to satisfy, within the parameters set by the College and consistent with applicable federal, state and local laws, a criminal background check as a condition of employment.
