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LANL Research Library Director position The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), operated by Los Alamos National Security LLC for the Department of Energy, seeks a Director with the vision, creativity, leadership and entrepreneurial skills to lead and inspire its world-renowned Research Library. Distinguished over the past decade for pioneering leadership in the development of innovative digital library applications and user services, the Research Library develops and supports technologies that provide access to very large and complex systems with over 100 servers and 100 terabytes of locally stored collections of digital primary and secondary content. This position provides an extraordinary opportunity to lead the development of digital service technologies and partnerships with other scientific and research libraries around the world, while building on the Research Library's world-class work in: applied information science research, development of digital library applications and collaborative eScience tools, digital repository technology initiatives and innovative customer service. The new Director will be a leader in interpreting and re-imagining the role of a national laboratory library and scientific knowledge center. For full details, please go to www.lanl.gov/jobs, and search job ad 213602. Candidates must apply through the LANL web site. For full consideration, applications should be received by December 1, 2006. A search committee will evaluate all applications. All applications will be held in strict confidence. The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), operated by Los Alamos National Security LLC for the Department of Energy, seeks a Director with the vision, creativity, leadership and entrepreneurial skills to lead and inspire its world-renowned Research Library. Distinguished over the past decade for pioneering leadership in the development of innovative digital library applications and user services, the Research Library develops and supports technologies that provide access to very large and complex systems with over 100 servers and 100 terabytes of locally stored collections of digital primary and secondary content. This position provides an extraordinary opportunity to lead the development of digital service technologies and partnerships with other scientific and research libraries around the world, while building on the Research Library's world-class work in: applied information science research, development of digital library applications and collaborative eScience tools, digital repository technology initiatives and innovative customer service. The new Director will be a leader in interpreting and re-imagining the role of a national laboratory library and scientific knowledge center. For full details, please go to www.lanl.gov/jobs, and search job ad 213602. Candidates must apply through the LANL web site. For full consideration, applications should be received by December 1, 2006. A search committee will evaluate all applications. All applications will be held in strict confidence. -- Herbert Van de Sompel Digital Library Research & Prototyping Los Alamos National Laboratory, Research Library http://public.lanl.gov/herbertv/ tel. +1 505 667 1267