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DIRECTOR USMA LIBRARY
U.S. Military Academy · Posted 80 days ago
About the Role
About the Position: The U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY is an academic institution located in the Hudson River Valley, 50 miles from New York City. The historic site is the oldest continuously occupied military post in America. West Point is a self-contained city with housing, a Department of Public Works, libraries, hospital, fire department, chapels, and restaurants. Employees have access to Eisenhower Hall Theater, Hudson Valley's performing arts center, and recreational facilities.
What You'll Do
- →Lead USMA Library's performance including archives, special collections, and digital services to meet West Point's current and future operational requirements.
- →Partner with faculty to equip cadets with information fluency, archival research, and digital literacy to foster impactful scholarship, lifelong learning, and effective leadership.
- →Provide and maintain elite academic, archival, and special collection resources to fully support the curriculum, scholarship, and institutional mission.
- →Align library services, archives, and physical/digital collections with the curriculum to meet the research needs of cadets, faculty, and staff.
- →Partner with donors and advancement teams to accept library, archival, and special collection material gifts on behalf of the Superintendent.
- →Oversee the USMA Archives National Archives and Records Administration (NARA Record Group 404), ensuring proper stewardship, preservation, digitization, access to historical materials and institutionally significant materials.
- →Deliver prompt, effective digital and onsite library and archival services to support study, scholarship, historical research, and intellectual development.
- →Serve as administrative faculty and teach a course within your academic discipline or area of professional specialty.
Requirements
- ✓Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience.
- ✓For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S.
- ✓Department of Education websites at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html.
- ✓For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Personality Fit
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