Company Profile
University Libraries
Company Overview
The University of Arizona Libraries offers an exciting opportunity for a cohort of nine individuals to join us at this critical time and help invent the research library of the 21st century. We are actively engaged in redefining research libraries as critical partners on campus, reflecting and advancing University priorities. We are leveraging our resources to become key players in every component of the University’s Never Settle strategic plan.
Our talented staff are creating an organizational culture that embraces learning and growth through risk and experimentation; and we are eager to partner with other campus units, with other academic libraries, and with private enterprise to pioneer new ways to enhance scholar productivity, empower learners and participate in the entire lifecycle of the research, creative, teaching, and learning processes.
Supported by an operating budget of $22 million, including $11 million for collections, and a staff of 200, the University Libraries system includes the Main Library, Science & Engineering Library, Fine Arts Library, Special Collections, University of Arizona Press, and the Arizona Health Sciences Library. Consistently well ranked among Association of Research Libraries institutions, the Libraries also hold membership in the Greater Western Library Alliance, AMIGOS Library Consortium, HathiTrust, Center for Research Libraries, Western Regional Storage Trust, International Coalition of Library Consortia, Digital Preservation Network, OCLC Research Library Partnership, Coalition for Networked Information, and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries.
The University of Arizona
Founded in 1885, the University of Arizona is the state’s oldest university and only land-grant institution. Our research and development expenditures place us among the nation's top public universities, and we have membership in the Association of American Universities. We are classified as RU/VH: Research Universities (very high research activity) by the Carnegie Foundation. In addition to the main campus in Tucson, we have a branch campus in Sierra Vista, additional research sites (such as Biosphere 2), and jointly operate the Phoenix Biomedical Campus.
The University provides distinguished undergraduate, graduate, and professional education; excels in basic and applied research and creative achievement; and promotes activities that advance Arizona's economy. We have a total enrollment of over 40,000 full-time and part-time students. As a land-grant university, we maintain programs in production agriculture, mining, and engineering, and serve the state through our cooperative extension services, technology transfer, economic development assistance, distributed education, and cultural programming.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Discover the University of Arizona...a great place to work! The University of Arizona is nationally recognized for outstanding teaching, innovation research and far-reaching service. Our beautiful campus in Tucson and our culturally diverse students and employees make the University of Arizona an exciting place to work and learn. The University of Arizona has been ranked on Forbes 2015 list of America’s Best Employers in the United States and has been awarded the 2015 Work-Life Seal of Distinction by the Alliance for Work-Life Progress! For more information about working at the University of Arizona, please see http://employment.arizona.edu/.
Benefits
Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; state and optional retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!