Position: Library Director, Daniel Webster College, Nashua, NH

["Jennifer Diffin" <diffin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Director of Anne bridge Baddour Library
Daniel Webster College 
The Baddour Library is seeking a visionary director responsible for
creative program development and the coordination and evaluation of
library services with students, academic departments and administration.
The director should be a creative leader who can judiciously integrate
electronic resources into the collections while still respecting print
materials as the chief strength of an academic library.
The successful candidate will lead the Library into the future and
provide innovative information services to students, faculty, and staff.
The director will oversee a targeted effort to strengthen and expand the
Library's collections, initiate activities in library
education/instruction, including working with emerging instructional
technology, and guide further expansion into electronic sources of
information.  Grant writing and seeking external support are part of the
director's responsibilities.
Minimum qualifications include an MLS from an ALA accredited institution
and management experience in an academic library setting.  Experience in
program planning, fiscal management, human resource and facilities
management are required, as well as knowledge of library automation,
advanced information technologies, and library operations (including
management of electronic resources).  Strong interpersonal skills,
including experience with decision-making in a collaborative
environment, and the ability to work with diverse constituencies both
within and outside the College are necessary.   The Library director
reports to the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Daniel Webster College enrolls approximately 600 students in addition to
an active evening program.  The College is a private, coeducational,
nonprofit institution offering professional education in the fields of
aviation, business and management, computer science, information
systems, social science and engineering.  The College is situated on 55
wooded acres in New Hampshire's second largest city, Nashua (voted
America's most livable city twice in the last decade), which is an
hour's drive from both the Atlantic Ocean and the White Mountains, and
only 45 minutes north of Boston.  DWC is part of the New Hampshire
Library Consortium.
Interested candidates should submit a letter of application, curriculum
vitae, and names and telephone numbers of four professional references
to:
		Chair, Search Committee
		Director of Anne Bridge Baddour Library
		Daniel Webster College
		20 University Drive
		Nashua, NH 03063

Resumé review will begin January 5, 2002.  The search will remain open
until the appropriate candidate is found.  Daniel Webster College is an
EOE employer.  Women,  minorities, and other underrepresented groups are
encouraged to apply. 


Jennifer Diffin
Interim Director/Technical Services Librarian
Daniel Webster College
20 University Drive
Nashua, NH 03062
603-577-6543
fax: 603-577-6199
diffin@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.dwc.edu/services/library/library.asp