What makes a good director?

• understand web page development
• expertise with digital assets management
• ability to work with scholars and students to make the right information accessible
• ability to work well with information technologists (e.g., campus computing)
• ability to mentor others (help them keep up with latest trends)

The Library Provides

• Access
• Reliability (reuse of materials)
• Provenance
• Authority ?

All of which are essential for scholarship. Is this still true? (no, the network obliterates these)

Consumer or Author

In particular, without effective informatics teaching, a serious risk exists that Europe becomes a mere consumer of technologies designed elsewhere, running on devices also manufactured elsewhere.

Computational Thinking - problem-solving techniques include:

• Representing information through abstractions such as models and simulations.
• Logically structuring and analyzing data.
• Automating solutions through algorithmic thinking, involving carefully described sequences of steps taken from a well-defined catalog of basic operations.
• Identifying, analyzing and implementing possible solutions with the goal of achieving the most efficient and combination of steps and resources, including both human and hardware resources.
• Formulating problems in a way that facilitates the use a computer and computerized tools to help solve them.
• Generalizing the problem-solving process to a wide variety of problems.

Our Business

I like to think it is learning and promoting academic success.

Roles

• Advanced understanding of digital technologies and trends and the impact on information management infrastructure, and the Library's ability to provide collections and services.
• Actively build and develop a diverse, skilled, and engaged workforce,

Qualifications

• A Master's degree in library and information science computer science, or a closely related field.
• Minimum of five years' experience working in academic research libraries.
• Demonstrated knowledge of current trends and issues in the application of technology to libraries and higher education.
• Substantive knowledge of digital assets and the technical infrastructure required for their life-cycle management, including metadata requirements, migration strategies, best practices in digital preservation, and relevant national and international standards.
• Substantive knowledge of library systems, digital libraries, and digital repositories.
• Familiarity with modern software development methodologies and technologies.