Head of Discovery and Metadata Services

Description

The Oberlin College Libraries (OCL) seek a Head of Discovery and Metadata Services. This position is based in the newly named Mary Church Terrell Main library and supervises a department of four who also provide service to the Clarence Ward Art Library and the Science Library. OCL is a standard bearer of excellence since its founding in 1834, receiving awards and accolades from various professional organizations. With support for active leadership in the field, the incumbent will find a collegial and highly creative environment that begins in Oberlin and extends into the Greater Cleveland Region.

Oberlin College & Conservatory is a four-year, highly selective liberal arts college that combines a top-ranked college of arts and sciences with a world-renowned conservatory of music. Combined, the two divisions enroll approximately 2,900 students. Founded in 1833, Oberlin College & Conservatory was the first college in America to make interracial education and coeducation central to its mission-traditions that live today within a commitment to positive social engagement.

Located 35 miles southwest of Cleveland, Ohio, Oberlin College & Conservatory has earned a reputation of excellence based on the quality of its richly diverse student body, outstanding faculty, excellent facilities, and academic and technological resources.

Learn more about living and working in Oberlin at: http://www2.oberlin.edu/library/cons/about_for_search.html

Applications are now being accepted at http://jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/7231.