Department Head, Digital Engagement and Research Services

**Job Title**: Department Head, Digital Engagement and Research Services (Librarian III; Permanent Status Stream)

**Date Posted**: 09/15/2025

**Closing Date**: 10/15/2025

**Req ID**: 45153

**Job Category**: Librarian - Permanent Status Stream

**Faculty/Division**:UofT Mississauga

**Department**: UTM: Library

**Campus**: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

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**About the University of Toronto Libraries**

The University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) system is the largest academic library in Canada and is ranked in the top five among peer institutions in North America. The system comprises 40 libraries located across three university campuses: St.George, Mississauga, and Scarborough. This diverse and extensive network of college libraries, special collections, and specialized information centres plays a pivotal role in supporting the teaching, scholarly, and research needs of nearly 100,000 students enrolled in a wide array of graduate, professional, and undergraduate programs.

**The University of Toronto Mississauga Library**

The University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) is thirty-three kilometers west of the downtown St. George campus. Renowned for its natural beauty, the campus is situated next to the Credit River. The U of T Mississauga Library, located in the Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre (HMALC), is a leading, world-class library committed to providing students with an open and collaborative environment - one that embeds rich information and technology resources, integrates expert services into a dynamic and imaginative experience, and inspires and facilitates learning.

The Library is a state-of-the-art teaching and learning centre that emphasizes people space. It includes a Learning Commons, two smart classrooms, an audio-video recording studio, a digitization studio, the Li Koon Chun Finance Learning Centre and a dedicated space for archives and special collections.

**The Opportunity**

The Department Head, Digital Engagement & Research Services will work closely with library colleagues to develop academic library services that further the digital access, digital engagement, and research support needs of students, faculty, staff, and librarians at the University of Toronto Mississauga.

Reporting to the UTM Chief Librarian, the Head, Digital Engagement & Research Services, is a member of the UTM Library’s senior leadership team, a leader in the coordination of UTM library technology systems and services, and a lead UTM representative in tri-campus UTL digital strategy efforts.

With oversight responsibility for digital initiatives, technology-enhanced spaces and programs, collections management, data services, digital scholarship services, and scholarly communications supports at the UTM Library, the incumbent is responsible for developing departmental workplans that further the UTM Library’s strategic objectives and the UTM Strategic Framework.

The Head, Digital Engagement & Research Services will work closely with colleagues across the University of Toronto Library System in the areas of collections, information technology, and research services to develop strong library services across the University.

A key component of this position will be sustaining and advancing technological innovation and digital transformation efforts at UTM and within the University of Toronto Library System.
- Provide advice, analysis, policy interpretation, and recommendations for implementing digital initiatives.
- Provide leadership, mentorship, and strategic direction to departmental librarians and staff.
- Directly supervise the work of librarians and USW full-time staff and indirectly supervise student casual employees.
- Monitor UTM’s academic priorities to develop services in support of teaching, learning, and research.
- Support budget and operational planning efforts within the Office of the Chief Librarian.
- Foster an environment of collaboration, creative thinking, and continuous improvement.
- Align projects and planning with the UTML Strategic Plan, UTM Strategic Framework, and UTL Strategic Plan.
- Be flexible and act with fairness and integrity.
- Be strongly committed to the values of inclusivity, diversity, anti-racism, equity, and accessibility in academic libraries.

**Required Qualifications**
- Master’s degree in library, archival or information science from an accredited institution.
- Demonstrated commitment to the values of inclusivity, diversity, equity, accessibility, and anti-racism.
- Relevant administrative and supervisory experience.
- Strong organizational, planning, and project management skills.
- Proven skills and experience developing and delivering library services targeting the information technology and data