Harvard University seeks a collaborative, future-oriented leader for the position of Librarian of the Harvard-Yenching Library. Harvard-Yenching Library is the preeminent academic research library focusing on East Asia in the western world and the third-largest repository in the Harvard Library system.

The Librarian of the Harvard-Yenching Library will nurture a new appreciation for and a reimagining of the Library's unparalleled special collections and lead an expansion of its digital collections and expertise in digital scholarship. Reporting to the Assistant University Librarian for Content Strategies and Associate Librarian of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Librarian of the Harvard-Yenching Library provides leadership and oversight for the Library's staff, budget, operations, and programs that support a diverse array of collection development, research support, teaching and learning, digital scholarship, and community and international engagement activities centered on the library's expertise in Asian and East Asian studies. The Librarian actively seeks out and builds cooperative approaches in the development of services.

The successful candidate will possess a wide-ranging knowledge of Asian and East Asian studies; an understanding of the needs of the Asian and East Asian studies community both nationally and internationally; the ability to find balance among the needs and use of print and digital materials; and a commitment to adopting new technologies and standards that will improve access to and use of Harvard-Yenching Library holdings.

Equally importantly, the successful candidate will have the ability to inspire and appreciatively lead the Library's valued staff; a demonstrated commitment to diversity, inclusion, belonging, and antiracism; a user-driven orientation; and a collegial outlook and spirit. Modeling Harvard Library's value of deep collaboration, and recognizing the multidisciplinary nature of Asian and East Asian studies, the Librarian of the Harvard-Yenching Library works in partnership with other libraries and library departments across the Harvard Library system to the benefit of researchers whose starting place is the Harvard-Yenching Library as well as the entire Harvard community.

Externally, the Librarian of the Harvard-Yenching Library will take an active role in collaborative collection development projects within the ReCAP consortium and the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation. The Harvard-Yenching Library has a long history of support from and collaboration with the Harvard-Yenching Institute and the Librarian of the Harvard-Yenching Library plays a primary role in nurturing and maintaining this relationship. The Librarian of the Harvard-Yenching Library works closely and communicates broadly with faculty and senior administrators and serves on university and library committees as well as representing Harvard-Yenching Library in professional organizations and to other external constituencies.