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The California State University, Office of theChancellor, is seeking a Director of Systemwide Digital Library Services who is responsible for theentire life cycle of each system and project - with a particular focus on open source systems - fromrequirements gathering to deployment and maintenance. As the leader of a team activelyengaged in applied research and development, the Director provides technology and designleadership, management of systemwide projects with 23 campus libraries, supervises staff, andoversees the work of external partners in the development of new systems and services. **Duties**: Under the supervision of the Senior Director ofAcademic Technology Services, the incumbent will: coordinate project teams comprised of Academic project leads and campus liaisons for the ATS projects as assigned. In closecollaboration with the CSU libraries and Chancellor's Office leadership, the Director will: (1)develop and communicate a shared vision and strategic plan for new and improved systemwidedigital library services, (2) provide overall planning and management of systemwide library services,including supervising SDLS staff and consultants inthe development and maintenance of systemwideapplications, and managing the work of 23 campusLibrary IT staff in the implementation and support ofthose systems, (3) research, design, and developinnovative digital library applications, tools, andservices, with a focus on Xerxes, an internationallyused open source discovery system developed bySDLS in collaboration with several institutionaldevelopment partners, (4) work with campus andChancellor's Office academic technology groups tointegrate systemwide digital library services intolearning management systems, campus portals,and other academic technology platforms, (5)cultivate development partners from externalinstitutions and manage their contributions to opensource systems and tools developed by SDLS, and(6) in consultation with the campus libraries,evaluate and select commercial library systems tosupport systemwide services. **Requirements:** This position requires a Master of Library and Work experiencerequirements include: (1) 8+ years of experienceworking in academic libraries includingmanagement experience in designing anddelivering digital library services within aconsortium or large university system and integrating digital library services into learningmanagement systems and other academictechnology platforms, (2) 8+ years of experience inobject-oriented programming, use of relationaldatabases and indexing technologies, webapplication development tools and frameworks,user-centered interface design experience, andexperience leading open-source software projects,(3) 8+ years of experience working with librarysystems and applications, including discovery anddelivery systems, library management systems, digital preservation systems, and libray metadataschemas, protocols, and standards. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/2544/