<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Segoe UI";
panose-1:2 11 5 2 4 2 4 2 2 3;}
@font-face
{font-family:Garamond;
panose-1:2 2 4 4 3 3 1 1 8 3;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
p.paragraph, li.paragraph, div.paragraph
{mso-style-name:paragraph;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.normaltextrun
{mso-style-name:normaltextrun;}
span.eop
{mso-style-name:eop;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Join a dedicated team of library professionals in beautiful southern Mississippi!<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Assistant/Associate Professor/Head of Library Technology</span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The University of Southern Mississippi is currently accepting applications for the position of Assistant/Associate Professor/Head of Library Technology. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Special Instructions to Applicants</span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The University of Southern Mississippi invites applicants for a full-time, 12-month, tenure-track faculty position as Assistant/Associate Professor/Head of Library Technology
in University Libraries to begin in the fall of 2022.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Review of applications will begin the month after posting and will continue until the position is filled.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">
A completed application will include a cover letter describing applicant strengths and qualifications for the position, curriculum vitae, academic transcripts (unofficial transcripts are acceptable; official transcripts are necessary for hire), and contact
information for three professional references.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Job Summary</span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Under the general supervision of the Dean of University Libraries, the incumbent has leadership responsibility for the supervision and administration of information technology
operations of the University Libraries and serves as Director of the state-wide Mississippi Digital Library, while holding tenure or tenure-track faculty status and rank.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Primary Duties and Responsibilities</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">1.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">
Leads library technology initiatives and ensures that activities are congruent with the University Libraries’ mission and goals. Sets annual goals and objectives and determines strategies for accomplishing them.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">2.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">
Leads and manages all aspects of library technology, including digitization lab, institutional repository, library services platform and discovery service, website, and desktop support.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">3.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">
Supervises library technology personnel.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">4.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">
Serves as the Director of the Mississippi Digital Library (MDL).</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">5.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">
Contributes as a senior member of the Libraries’ leadership team to library-wide planning, building design, personnel management and planning, and budgeting decisions, including setting the Libraries’ strategic directions.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">6.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">
Engages in scholarship and professional development activities and provides service to the Libraries, the University, and the library profession to fulfill the expectations of a tenured or tenure-track faculty member.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">7.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">
Seeks funding to support USM through developing relationships with potential donors, supporters, and funding agencies.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Performs</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
other duties as assigned.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">To view the complete posting and apply:
</span></b></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://bit.ly/3Tu4vTk" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0563C1">https://bit.ly/3Tu4vTk</span></span></a></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">For other questions please contact</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Tracy.Englert@usm.edu" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0563C1">Tracy.Englert@usm.edu</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none">
<span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>