Job Opening Title:
Library Director
Name of Employer:
Oregon Historical Society
Job Site Location (City AND State) :
Portland, Oregon
Application Deadline:
June 11, 2025
Minimum Degree Requirement:
Master’s in Library Information Science
Years of experience required:
Min. 10
Salary Range:
118k – 135k
Job Opening URL:
https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Apply/3266643
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SUMMARY
The Library Director provides leadership, vision, and direction for all aspects of the Oregon Historical Society’s (OHS’s) research library in alignment with OHS’s mission and strategic objectives and serves as a member of OHS’s senior leadership team. The position advances broad public access to and engagement with historical materials and scholarly content, stewardship and growth of the library’s collections, development of its online resources, and community partnerships and relationships, and oversees all programs and activities of the department.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. As department director, sets the vision, priorities, and long-range plans for OHS’s research library to excel in stewardship and judicious growth of its resources, providing broad access to the library’s holdings and historical scholarship, delivering public services onsite and through relevant technologies, and cultivating community partnerships and relationships.
2. Oversees the library’s functions, activities, holdings, and operations in alignment with institutional priorities and policies. Develops short-term plans to address specific issues as they arise.
3. Provides leadership to a team of professional staff (15-20 FTE), including librarians, archivists, and public historians.
4. As a member of OHS’s senior leadership team, participates in collective decision-making and setting institutional policies and programmatic direction. Participates in developing OHS’s institution-wide strategic plan, ensuring achievement of its goals and objectives, and evaluating outcomes.
5. Fully participates in institutional budgetary and financial decision-making and holds signature authority on OHS accounts. Actively seeks revenue sources to support library projects and strategic priorities. Exercises independent analysis, judgement, discretion, task fulfillment, complex problem-solving, and decisiveness to accomplish institutional goals.
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