Director, University of Calgary Press

Libraries and Cultural Resources is currently seeking a Full-time Regular Director, University of Calgary Press.

Reporting to the Vice Provost (Libraries and Cultural Resources) and University Librarian, the Director of the University of Calgary Press works collaboratively with the Chair and members of the University of Calgary Press Editorial Board. This position requires a thorough understanding of the trends, challenges, and opportunities in the rapidly changing environment of scholarly communication. The Director works in close collaboration with colleagues in the Centre for Scholarly Communication to explore emerging technologies and new forms of publication, to create and enhance services that support digital scholarship and academic publishing for researchers on campus, and to advance the practices and reputation of the University of Calgary Press.

In addition to print books, the Press embraces open access publishing. The Press published its first open access book in 2010 and strives to publish new titles concurrently in print, open access PDF and other digital formats. It is currently engaged in a program to create open access PDFs for many of its backlist titles.

Application Deadline: May 24, 2014. See full details here.