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An AD level position was created to focus on information technology. IT roles previously reported to separate AD’s who
had other responsibilities including public services and collection management. Later, finance and budgeting was added
to the position.
Case 27
Assistant University Librarian for Administrative Services
Reports Librarians Other professionals Support staff Other staff
2010 None
2012 Business Office
Human Resources
Facilities
Assessment
Communications/marketing
4 4
Responsibilities: formulate policies and procedures to improve operations in the library’s business office, human
resource, and facilities develop and coordinate library assessment program develop and deploy internal and external
communication program. Many of these responsibilities were transferred from the associate university librarian’s
portfolio. As the library expanded programs and continued to reorganize staff, a new position was required to absorb
some duties.
Case 28
Associate Dean for Scholarly Communications and Research Services
Reports Librarians Other professionals Support staff Other staff
2011 Head, Digital Library Initiatives
Head, Library Systems
Head, Research Services
Head, Research and Grants
4
2012 Head, Digital Library Initiatives
Head, Library Systems
Head, Research Services
Head, Research and Grants
4
The Associate Dean for Scholarly Communications and Research Services was created as a new position following the
retirement in 2011 of the interim dean and former head of scholarly communications. When a new dean of libraries was
hired he felt the increased emphasis on scholarly publishing, open access issues, combined with a desire to evolve the
roles of our research librarians to be more involved in those issues and more embedded with scholars’ work, drove the
need for a new position at the associate dean level. As part of the dean’s new organization, we pulled together research
services, library systems, scholarly communications and digital initiatives, and research and grants together worked with
this new associate dean.
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