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[Cheryl McGrath]

Dear SULAIR Staff, Colleagues and Friends,
 
We have decided to place a lot more emphasis on science and engineering 
librarianship here at Stanford.  And we are building our first 
"bookless" library, for the school of engineering, though it will go 
through a semi-bookless phase for a decade or so.  There is at least one 
more new science library, perhaps two new ones, to be planned and built 
as well.  We will almost certainly re-furbish our earth/environmental 
sciences library in the next decade.  Throughout all of these facilities 
development projects, we will build out the digital library for the 
sciences as much as we possibly can.  The Google Book Search project and 
the work of HighWire Press will help a lot with that development. We 
have an excellent Digital Library Systems and Services group, one of the 
major departments of Academic Computing, a division of SULAIR; that 
group is well staffed with systems designers, programmers, systems 
administrators and other professional i.t. people, a team that will put 
together the digital library in technical terms.

So, I am seeking a new Associate University Librarian for Science and 
Engineering Libraries. It is a high level administrative job and very 
much a strategic one.  This level position brings some housing benefits, 
mainly access to the campus housing stock and some preferential mortgage 
deals.  I am very interested in your views on suitable candidates for 
this position.  If you believe that you might qualify for this post, I 
would be especially interested in hearing from you.

I am also seeking a new head for the engineering library.  That position 
description is attached too.  I am adding a new line librarian to that 
staff next month (the search has started, but I have a good local 
candidate ready for it).  And over the next budget year or two, I plan 
on adding at least one and maybe two more librarians to that operation.  
The new engineering library facility goes into design next month and we 
hope will be occupied in FY09 or FY10.  We have posted a copy of our 
vision for the new library at 
http://library.stanford.edu/about_sulair/SEQ2_library_vision.html , but 
I must report that the dean of engineering has decided that he will 
manage most of the space in the new Engineering Center, of which the 
library will be only a part.  I would very much appreciate your views on 
the position and the vision as well as any nominations for the 
position.  As with the AUL position, I would appreciate any nominations 
you might care to make, including self nominations.
 
These are challenging positions in an institution that I hope has the 
reputation for innovation in service to teaching, learning, and research 
at Stanford, but with relevance for lots of other organizations.  I 
would like to add a couple more strategically oriented, scientifically 
grounded, and managerially expert colleagues to this wonderful staff of 
librarians and information technology professionals.
 
If you have nominations, advice, criticism, or suggestions, please write 
me. 
 
Many thanks for considering these matters.
 
Cheers,
 
Mike


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Michael A. Keller
University Librarian
Director of Academic Information Resources
Publisher of HighWire Press
Publisher of Stanford University Press
Stanford University

101 Green Library
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
U.S.A.

voice:     +1-650-723-5553
fax:       +1-650-725-4902
e-mail:    Michael.Keller at Stanford.edu
homepage:  http://highwire.stanford.edu/~mkeller/

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Cheryl McGrath
Head, Access Services
Stanford University Libraries
152B Green East
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6063
cmcgrath at stanford.edu
(650) 725-1277


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