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Senior Director, Campbell Library

Apply now Job no: 501798
Work type: Regular Full-Time
Location: Glassboro, New Jersey
Categories: Managerial

Senior Director, Campbell Library

The Senior Director, Campbell Library, is the senior administrator responsible for the vision, leadership, and effective operation of Rowan University's main library in Glassboro. Reporting to the Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice Chancellor for Information Resources and Technology, the Senior Director leads Campbell Library as an academic, cultural, research, student-success, and technology hub and ensures that its people, spaces, collections, services, and systems advance the University's mission.


The Senior Director is accountable for coordinating performance across Campbell Library's leadership and service portfolio, including Teaching & Learning, Access Services and Facilities Operations, Collection Services, Discovery Services, Library Technology Services, and related programs and administrative functions. The role leads through Campbell Library's leadership structure and establishes clear priorities, decision rights, service expectations, and accountability for results.


Campbell Library’s technology, discovery, collection, licensing, and service functions support users across Rowan University. The Senior Director is responsible for Campbell's delivery of those shared functions and works in close collaboration with libraries serving Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU), Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine (Rowan-Virtua SOM), and the Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine (SSVM).

Strategic Leadership & System Integration

  • Champion a clear, user-centered vision for Campbell Library grounded in student success, faculty teaching and research, access, and collaboration.
  • Position Campbell Library as a cultural and technological center of the University by integrating its physical spaces, digital presence, collections, academic services, and partnerships.
  • Represent Campbell Library in executive planning, accreditation, compliance, and institutional effectiveness activities, and advocate for the resources needed to fulfill its mission.
  • Lead complex organizational, service, technology, and space transitions while maintaining continuity of critical operations.
  • Lead strategic and annual planning, goal-setting, assessment, performance measurement, and resource planning aligned with University and IRT priorities.
  • Build a culture of transparent communication, evidence-informed decision-making, shared purpose, professional standards, inclusion, accessibility, and accountability.

Administrative & Organizational Oversight

  • Provide strategic and operational oversight for Campbell Library's leadership and service portfolio, including Teaching & Learning, Access Services and Facilities Operations, Collection Services, Discovery Services, Library Technology Services, and other functions assigned to the position.
  • Set priorities, decision parameters, service standards, and performance expectations; oversee evaluation, professional development, succession planning, and cross-training.
  • Develop and maintain clear policies, procedures, workflows, documentation, governance practices, and service standards.
  • Develop and administer operating and collection budgets, forecasts, procurement, contracts, licenses, renewals, and vendor performance.
  • Use cost and use data, service metrics, and lifecycle information to guide investments, reductions, and resource allocation, and to ensure that contracted tools are implemented and delivering value.

Collections, Discovery, & Archives

  • Oversee Campbell-managed collection strategy, licensing, budget allocation, and assessment, using cost, use, and impact data to support sustainable and equitable decisions.
  • Guide the lifecycle management of print and digital collections, including selection, access, rightsizing, weeding, storage, preservation, and transparent consultation with faculty and other stakeholders.
  • Advance bibliographic and metadata integrity and effective discovery across Alma/Primo and related platforms, using relevant frameworks and standards.
  • Collaborate with Archives & Special Collections to support responsible stewardship of Rowan's institutional memory, rare materials, and born-digital content.
  • Ensure that Campbell-managed collection, discovery, and system services are delivered on a shared basis with input from the other Rowan library directors.

Teaching, Learning, and Research Support

  • Guide the evolution of research support, instruction, and information literacy initiatives, especially through the Teaching & Learning Team.
  • Promote inclusive student-facing services and engagement, including outreach programs, digital learning objects, and liaison programs.
  • Support integration of digital scholarship services and the growth of the Digital Scholarship Center and Center for Digital Humanities Research.

Technology & Innovation

  • Define and lead the strategic direction for Campbell Library technology and systems, ensuring that Library Technology Services advances the Library's goals and user experience.
  • Align library systems and services with IRT architecture and operations, including affiliate access, EZproxy, OpenAthens, Primo, LibApps, metadata pipelines, and other shared platforms.
  • Ensure that library technologies and digital services are reliable, accessible, secure, interoperable, and sustainable.
  • Evaluate systems and tools based on user value, implementation readiness, interoperability, lifecycle requirements, and total cost, while promoting process documentation, cross-training, and continuous improvement.

Advocacy & Representation

  • Collaborate with the directors of the CMSRU, Rowan-Virtua SOM, and SSVM libraries to coordinate shared technology, discovery, licensing, collection strategy, standards, procurement, and institutional initiatives within the framework of each library's local governance and reporting structure.
  • Establish or sponsor cross-library forums and working groups as appropriate to surface operational issues, coordinate changes, and improve shared services.
  • Engage with regional and national consortia and external partners, including PALCI, VALE, LibraryLinkNJ, NJEdge, HathiTrust, DPLA, and other organizations as appropriate.
  • Advance open access, open educational resources, diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, public scholarship, and related University priorities in partnership with academic and administrative stakeholders.

Qualifications

  • Required
    • Master’s degree in Library and Information Science (ALA-accredited) or other related field, or equivalent experience.
    • 7+ years of progressive leadership in academic or research libraries
    • Demonstrated expertise in cross-campus service coordination and infrastructure leadership
    • Proven record in strategic planning, budget oversight, and team development
    • Deep knowledge of academic library operations across public services, collections, systems, and metadata
  • Preferred
    • Additional graduate degree in a related field (e.g., education, public administration, health sciences)
    • Experience managing services in a multi-campus or health sciences academic environment
    • Familiarity with national standards for archives, discovery, and bibliographic control (e.g., MARC, RDA, BIBFRAME, DACS)

Key Competencies

  • Strategic, analytical, and systems thinking
  • Transparent, empathetic, and accountable leadership
  • Organizational design, change leadership, and sound judgment
  • Financial, operational, and contract stewardship
  • Cross-functional team development and collaboration
  • Clear communication, advocacy, and executive presence
  • Initiative, adaptability, and the ability to translate strategy into operational execution

Salary & Benefits

  • In compliance with The State of New Jersey's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $130,000 to $150,000 with placement within the range determined by candidate's qualifications, professional experience, internal equity, and other factors.
  • For internal applicants, salary is determined per the Pay Adjustment formula (NJAC 4A:3-4.9 & 4.10)
  • For eligible employees, benefits include: comprehensive NJ State health, dental and retirement benefits, extensive accrued time off/paid holidays, and tuition reimbursement for employee, spouse, and dependents to attend Rowan University, Glassboro. (Tuition reimbursement will apply to undergraduate degrees only for spouse and dependents).
  • For more detailed information, please visit: https://sites.rowan.edu/hr/benefits/

Notes

  • Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US, and the university will not sponsor an applicant for a work visa for this position.
  • Only completed online applications submitted will be considered. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.

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Residency Requirements

Rowan University is subject to the residency requirements of the NJ First Act (N.J.S.A. 52:14-7, P.L. 2011, Chapter 70). Any person hired to a non-exempt position shall either have their principal residence in New Jersey or have one (1) year from the date of employment to establish, and then maintain, principal residence in the State of New Jersey. Any person hired to an exempt position shall either have their principal residence in New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, or New York or have ninety (90) days from the date of employment to establish, then maintain, principal residence in the State of New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, or New York.

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Please note that STEM OPT employment is not permitted at Rowan University. To be eligible for a STEM OPT extension, the student's employer must be registered in E-Verify and must use the system to verify all new employees. While Rowan University is registered in the E-Verify system, the University does not use the system to verify all new employees, only those that are working on a Federal Contract. This means that Rowan does not permit individuals to work at the University using a STEM OPT Employment Authorization Document as proof of US Work Authorization.
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Rowan University is committed to creating a welcoming environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ethnicity, race, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, (dis)ability status, military status, and other NJ protected classes. Rowan University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational programs and activities, including employment as required by Title IX. Rowan is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with (dis)abilities.

To request reasonable accommodation, contact Christy Mroz, Administrative Assistant, OEE@rowan.edu, 856-256-5494. Rowan strongly encourages applicants from underrepresented groups to apply. 

Pursuant to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and supporting regulations, Rowan does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education programs or activities that it operates; this extends to admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its supporting regulations may be directed to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, or to the University’s Title IX Coordinator, Office of Student Equity & Compliance, Rowan University, Hawthorne Hall, Suite 312, 201 Mullica Hill Rd, Glassboro, NJ 08028, titleIXcoordinator@rowan.edu, 856-256-5440.

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Annual Security and Fire Safety Report

Rowan is committed in assisting all members of our University community in providing for their safety and security.

The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is available on the Rowan University Police Department (RUPD), Clery Act webpage here. 

The report contains information regarding campus security and personal safety including topics such as crime prevention, RUPD authority/jurisdiction, crime reporting policies, fire safety, disciplinary procedures and other matters of importance related to security on all our campuses. The report also contains information about fire statistics in Rowan University on-campus student housing facilities and crime statistics for the three previous calendar years, including reported crimes that occurred on-campus; in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus. This information is required by federal law, Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act or the "Clery Act" and is provided by the Rowan University Police Department.

 If you would like to receive a hard copy of the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report which contains this information, you can stop by the RUPD Office, located at Bole Hall Annex, 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, NJ 08028 or you can request that a copy be mailed to you by calling (856) 256-4562 or email: cleryact@rowan.edu.