Position overviewPosition title: AUL for User Services, Research and Technology
Salary range: $133,900 - $275,600
Anticipated start: Spring/summer 2027
Application Window Open date: September 15, 2026
Next review date: Tuesday, Dec 1, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Tuesday, Dec 1, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.
Position descriptionThe University of California, Riverside Library seeks a collaborative, innovative, and user-oriented administrator to fill the position of Associate University Librarian (AUL) for User Services, Research and Technology. This role provides strategic vision to optimize the library's physical and digital user experience, integrating operations of access services, reference, instruction, research services and cyberinfrastructure for seamless and user-oriented access to library services. This position proactively promotes information literacy including artificial intelligence (AI) literacy, research data management and digital scholarship. This senior administrator advances the University's priorities in student success, research excellence, and community engagement through high-quality library services and effective use of technology.
Located an hour's drive to the east of Los Angeles, an hour west of Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley, an hour east of ocean beaches, ninety minutes north of San Diego, and an hour south of mountain ski resorts, UCR is located in an area of dramatic landscapes and rich cultural traditions. The University is a dynamic, aggressively developing land grant research institution dedicated to preparing its diverse student body to be successful competitors in the world marketplace of ideas.
Key Responsibilities Include:
Under the general direction of the University Librarian, the AUL for User Services, Research and Technology provides vision, strategic direction, leadership, management, and budgetary oversight for a newly established division called User Services, Research and Technology, which includes Teaching and Learning; Research Services; Access Services; and Cyberinfrastructure. The AUL also leads the strategic development, implementation, and assessment of the Library's user-facing technologies, web presence, and digital scholarship infrastructure:
• As a member of the senior library leadership team, provide strategic leadership and collaborate on policy issues affecting library services, budget allocation, human resources, space planning, communication, development, technology, cyberinfrastructure, and digital initiatives.
• Collaboratively define goals and implement strategic plans for library operations, services, programs, and infrastructure. Positions the Library as a partner on campus to promote student success, research excellence, and community engagement.
• Integrate operations of access services, reference, instruction, research services and cyberinfrastructure for seamless and user-oriented access to library services. Strive to save time for library users.
• Foster collaboration, bring people together and effectively work through them.
• Promote welcoming environment both onsite and virtually.
• Develop, implement, and refine programs to enhance information literacy including artificial intelligence (AI) literacy, research data management, and digital scholarship, directly supporting the academic mission of the University.
• Plan, design, and operationalize both onsite and online user services for the University of California Riverside (UCR) Library, which includes but is not limited to: instructional services; research services; access services including circulation, interlibrary loan, and security; web and digital scholarship infrastructure; and user-facing technologies.
• Coordinate and streamline reference, instruction and research services across the two libraries: the Tomás Rivera Library and the Raymond L. Orbach Science Library.
• Collaborate with the University Librarian and other senior library leaders on space planning so that the Library's spaces are welcoming and user-oriented.
• Foster partnerships with campus academic, research, instruction and technology-related units to deliver high-impact user services.
• Effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders keeping them apprised of the services being provided by the User Services, Research and Technology division, engaging in routine environmental scans of stakeholders' needs, and ensuring that faculty and student teaching, learning, and research needs are kept in the forefront in the decision-making process of the division.
• Serve as a delegate for the University Librarian when requested.
• Represent the UCR Library and provide leadership in local, regional, and national forums, and in system-wide planning for user services and related technologies.
• Participate in general administrative duties, library-wide activities, committees, special projects and library programs; represent the UCR Library on various University of California standing committees and ad-hoc groups.
Appointment depending upon qualifications and experience.
See: Table 27 Assistant and Associate University Librarian for the salary range for this position. Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Department: https://library.ucr.edu/
Qualifications Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
• Master's degree in library and/or information science or equivalent.
• Minimum of five years of administrative or leadership experience in an academic or research library, including a minimum of three years supervising employees.
• Experience working in and managing a user-facing function, such as reference, teaching and learning, research services, and access services.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver user-centered services.
• Demonstrated success in coordinating or integrating services to enhance user experience.
• Demonstrated success in supporting college students and researchers.
• Effective supervisory skills, with demonstrated ability to listen, mentor and lead.
• Communicate effectively and professionally to represent the UCR Library.
• Effective collaboration and coordination skills.
• Familiarity with or active involvement in the research lifecycle.
• Technology expertise in support of teaching and research and to enhance library services.
• Demonstrated good judgment and emotional intelligence.
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work successfully with a broad range of people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
Preferred qualifications • A PhD and/or experience supporting researchers at the doctoral level.
• Experience working in library access services preferred.
• Experience with change management and strategic planning.
• A commitment to UCR mission to advance social mobility, student success, research excellence, and community engagement.
Application RequirementsDocument requirements - Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
- Cover Letter
- Statement of Research (Optional)
- Statement of Teaching (Optional)
Reference requirements- 3-5 required (contact information only)
Please provide contact information for a minimum of three references.
Apply link: https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02355
Help contact: libhr@ucr.edu
