[Sigmed-l] LANL Research Library Director position (fwd)

[rhill at asis.org]

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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:30:59 -0600
From: Herbert Van de Sompel <herbertv at lanl.gov>
To: Gary Marchionini <march at ils.unc.edu>
Subject: LANL Research Library Director position

Dear Gary

I have been asked to circulate the below job ad for the position of
Director of the LANL Research Library through informal channels.

May I kindly ask you to forward this ad to anyone you feel might be
interested in this position?  My apologies for the overhead.

Cheers

herbert

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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