{"id":5590,"date":"2012-12-18T01:30:11","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T06:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dplaalpha\/?p=5590"},"modified":"2012-12-19T14:14:04","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T19:14:04","slug":"dpla-executive-director-job-description","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dplaalpha\/2012\/12\/18\/dpla-executive-director-job-description\/","title":{"rendered":"DPLA Executive Director Job Description"},"content":{"rendered":"

One crucial marker of the DPLA\u2019s transition from a planning initiative to a fully independent 501(c)(3) organization will be the hiring of a brilliant, driven, and visionary Executive Director.\u00a0We welcome nominations and suggestions for prospective Executive Directors via the form below. If you know someone who would be a perfect fit for this incredible opportunity\u2013including yourself\u2013please don\u2019t hesitate to let us know. We encourage you\u00a0to share the job description below with colleagues, peers, and anyone else who might be a good fit for the role, or to recommend candidates of your own via the form at the bottom of this page, or via email to dpla at cyber.law.harvard.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DPLA Executive Director Job Description<\/h3>\n

The vision for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is expansive and inclusive \u2014 an open, distributed network of comprehensive online resources that will draw on the nation\u2019s living heritage from libraries, universities, archives, and museums to educate, inform, and empower current and future generations.\u00a0 The DPLA will make available extraordinary information resources to students of all ages and anyone seeking self-instruction; it will be a deep reserve for community colleges, vocational schools, colleges, universities, and adult education programs.\u00a0 It also will support and supplement what public libraries can offer in every corner of America and, potentially, the world.<\/p>\n

The DPLA planning initiative grew out of an October 2010 meeting at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, which brought together more than 40 representatives from foundations, research institutions, cultural organizations, government, and libraries to explore the best approaches to building a national digital library.\u00a0 In December 2010, the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, generously supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, convened leading experts in libraries, technology, law, and education to begin a two-year process of intense grassroots community organization that will result in a realistic and detailed plan for launching the DPLA, as well as the unveiling of a prototype of the system with specially digitized materials.<\/p>\n

Since October 2010, the DPLA initiative has made great strides. \u00a0Initial funding and support have been secured from national institutions and major libraries and foundations, and early plans have been implemented based on the feedback through focused workstreams.\u00a0 With the DPLA set to officially launch in April 2013, it is timely to recruit an executive director to take these early initiatives and lead them to a new level.<\/p>\n

Reporting to the DPLA Board of Directors, the founding executive director will lead a highly complex and networked organization that will create the resources, support, and infrastructure necessary to build this national resource.\u00a0 The executive director will carry early initiatives into large-scale implementation and be expected to make the most of the opportunity to build and determine the character of an important new organization.\u00a0 This digital network will incorporate input from multiple interested constituencies at the grassroots and higher levels, as well as provide increased public access to digital resources.\u00a0 By adhering to the fundamental principle of free and universal access to knowledge, it will promote education in the broadest sense.\u00a0 The DPLA requires an individual with passion for the mission and with the leadership characteristics and intellectual acuity to guide its long-range strategy, as well as the experience as a resource and coalition builder \u2014 someone who will work effectively with the DPLA board, staff, volunteers, and a broad range of stakeholders across the U.S. and around the world.<\/p>\n

Leadership of the DPLA is a unique and extraordinary opportunity for a talented individual to shape service to the global scholarly community and make a remarkable impact on society by successfully leading the creation of this invaluable resource. \u00a0The position can be based in any metropolitan location, and compensation will be competitive.<\/p>\n

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