Head of the John Miller Burnam, UCL Classics Librarian

The John Miller Burnam Classics Library is named after a former faculty member whose excellent private library was willed to the university and became the nucleus of the present library in 1921. The collection was greatly expanded through the personal efforts andgenerosity of a former Chair of the Department and his wife, William T. and Louise Taft Semple. Mrs. Semple later established a trust fund in honor of her father, Charles Phelps Taft, which continues to be the primary support for the acquisition of library materials, thusmaking the library a major international resource for research in classical studies Today, collection efforts include all aspects of the ancient Greek and Roman world. Research materials, whether print, electronic, or other formats, cover history, archaeology, language and literature, art, numismatics, science and technology, papyrology, epigraphy, and patristics. The Classics Library also provides extensive coverage in materials on Byzantine and Modern Greece and strong coverage on ancient Egypt, the Ancient Near East, and paleography. Additionally, the library has a significant collection of 19th-century German dissertations and Programmschriften. The library holdings total over 294,000volumes and currently subscribes to over 2,000 serials and monographic series. The library's annual growth rate for print materials is 3,000 or more items. In addition, UC library users have access to considerable online resources.

Graduate students, faculty, and visiting scholars, including Tytus Scholars (granted special fellowships by the Classics Department to come and use the library), regard the Burnam Classics Library as an excellent research facility both because of the collection's breadth, including many titles that are not widely found in other U.S. library collections, and the factthat materials on all subjects pertinent to Classics are available within this one library, making research as convenient as possible for scholars.

John Miller Burnam Classics Library: http://www.libraries.uc.edu/classics.html

The University of Cincinnati Libraries (UCL) seek a dynamic, strategic-thinking, and collaborative leader to fill the position of Head of the John Miller Burnam Classics Library. The Head of the Classics Library provides leadership for the delivery of responsive, innovative, and high-quality services to the internationally recognized Classics Department, researchers, faculty, and students. The leader will continue to enhance the library's reputation as a world-class, top-ranking research library for Classics scholars at UC and globally.

This 12-month tenure track position directs the work of the Classics Library and staff; cultivates and maintains strong working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and library administration, as well as outside partners; works collaboratively with Classics faculty, librarians, and others to develop and coordinate both print and digital collections and services; serves as an advocate for library users; assists with the development of policies and procedures; actively participates in and supports UCL digital humanities and digital scholarship initiatives, and participates in the successful development of other University of Cincinnati Libraries' strategic initiatives; and, serves as a member of the ManagementCouncil of the UC Libraries.

The Head reports to and receives directions from the Associate Dean of Collections. They cultivate a strong, positive working relationship with the Classics Department and especially the library committee, to ensure the needs of the faculty, staff, students, and visiting scholars are being met.

• Leads staff in the development of a shared vision for the Classics Library, working closely with the Department of Classics.
• Oversees the implementation and assessment of initiatives that support the vision; and analyzes and reshapes library services.
• Submits two annual budgets: collection budget request for the approval by the Classics faculty and the Semple Trustees, and an annual operations budget request for the approval of UC Libraries leadership.
• Creates service policies and collections in response to evolving and rapidly changing user needs.
• Provides strategic leadership and accepts and executes responsibility and accountability for collections, services, physical facilities, security, technology, departmental budgets, and personnel.
• Responsible for the development, preservation, and maintenance of the extensive and world-renowned Classics Library collection.
• Develops this research collection in all formats, both currently and retrospectively, working closely with the Department of Classics.
• Works closely with other librarians to enhance information services in interdisciplinary research areas.
• Manages fund expenditures in assigned subject areas.
• Liaison with selectors from other OhioLINK institutions on statewide collection development matters.
• Interacts collaboratively, through attendance at national meetings and serving on national committees, with classical scholars and other Classics librarians on maintaining and developing collections and research resources.

• Leads organizational change working closely with the Associate Dean of Collections.
• Fosters a respectful, creative, team-based, and entrepreneurial working environment in the Classics Library.
• Maintains an atmosphere conducive to learning, productivity, and job satisfaction for all.
• Provides reference, consultation, research, and instructional services in-person and remotely.
• Maintains services and access to the collection for visiting scholars, including the Tytus Scholars.
• Actively promotes and participates in new strategic endeavors, including digital content focused platforms and services, such as the library's digital repository.
• Develops innovative services that transform library learning and research.
• Delivers a broad array of instructional services including web content and resource guides.
• Promotes information literacy, including needed research skills in the discipline, through library instruction appropriate to the curricular needs of the Classics Library users, working collaboratively with both the teaching faculty and library colleagues.
• Participates in assessment and the evaluation of services as appropriate.
• Maintains appropriate statistics and records and prepares reports as needed.
• Actively participates in the library Management Council, library committees, meetings, and workshops as appropriate.

• An ALA-accredited master's degree in library or information science/management or relevant graduate education or a comparable combination of education and experience.
• An undergraduate degree in Classics or related discipline with at least 3 years of library experience in direct support of Classics faculty, staff, and students; or a graduate degree in Classics or related discipline.

• Demonstrated understanding of information needs of Classics scholars and the application of digital technologies to serving these populations.
• Reading knowledge of Latin, either Modern or Ancient Greek, and one modern European language (French, German, or Italian) in addition to English.
• At least 5 years' library experience (research, instruction, or other relevant experience) in an academic, special or research library environment. Collection development experience.
• Demonstrated ability for strategic thinking, embracing change and new organizational structures, risk-taking, and working collaboratively. Strong commitment to innovative and responsive public service.
• Record of successful supervisory experience with a commitment to mentoring, training, and staff development. Demonstrated ability to provide leadership, manage change, and to view issues from a library-wide perspective.
• Superior interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrated ability to work independently and to contribute positively to a collegial team environment.
• Ability and interest in fulfilling the university's requirements for tenure and promotion. Commitment to professional growth and development.

• PhD in Classics or related discipline.
• Fundraising and/or grant writing experience.
• Demonstrated experience with the application of digital technologies to serving the needs of faculty and students in broad humanities fields.
• Additional modern European language skills with reading knowledge in French, German, or Italian.
• Knowledge, understanding and experience in digital humanities trends and applications, including digitization.
• Experience in long-term space management and planning.

Applications without both a cover letter and CV/Resume will not be considered for the position. 3 References will be checked during final stages