Deputy Director

About The Library

Since 1874, the Akron‑Summit County Public Library (ASCPL) has been an essential community asset. We’ve been recognized nationally as one of the finest public libraries in the United States due to our excellent customer service, collaborative community involvement, and high level of customer and employee satisfaction.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including paid vacation and sick leave, 11 paid holidays, voluntary benefits (health, dental, and vision), ASCPL‑provided life insurance, and retirement through the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS).

The ASCPL is hiring a Deputy Director to support our Mission Statement to provide resources for learning and leisure, information services, meeting spaces, and programs for all ages that support, improve, and enrich individual, family, and community life. The Deputy Director assists the Executive Director and performs a variety of administrative duties related to public services and other supporting departments and functions.

The role oversees a large portion of the Library's day‑to‑day operations, supervising the leaders of the Adult Services, Collection Development, Security & Safety, Technical Services, Youth Services, and Public Services (Main Library, 18 branches, and Mobile Services) agencies. The role regularly works cross‑functionally to cultivate effective relationships with employees at all levels of the organization, the Board of Trustees, and those outside the organization, such as vendors.

A vital goal will be collaborating with the Facilities Services Director in helping to lead ASCPL in $160 million of necessary capital projects to meet current and future programmatic needs (as outlined in the 2025 Feasibility Study) while also supporting staff to be resilient as libraries continue to evolve in how they operate to meet community needs. Other duties include:

• Serving as a key member of management who understands the organization, financials, industry, customers, and strategy.
• Supervising employees, providing direction, coaching, training and developing, hiring, and managing performance to organization goals and expectations.
• Managing budgets and resources effectively and efficiently.
• Managing vendors and outside service providers effectively, including setting expectations and holding them accountable.
• Being responsible for the overall day‑to‑day public service operations of Main Library and 18 branch libraries, as well as system‑wide Adult Services, Collection Development, Security & Safety, Technical Services, and Youth Services agencies.
• Analyzing community needs in order to develop and maintain collections, programs, and services to meet those needs.
• Participating in the selection process for Library management positions.
• Representing the Library in regional, state, and national library associations.
• Serving in the role of the Executive Director in absence of the Executive Director.
• Preparing and recommending Library public services policies, procedures, rules/regulations, and guidelines and implements or directs their implementation.
• Overseeing the development of Library operations systems, forms, procedures, and methods of recordkeeping as related to public services.
• Assuring that the Library’s public service operations, programs, services, and activities are coordinated system‑wide, and needed resources are available.
• Directing the planning process for Library programs and services for the public.
• Participating in the Library’s budget process.
• Acting as ex‑officio member of the Marketing Communications and Library Services Committee of the Board of Trustees.
• Functioning in an advisory capacity in matters relating to Library public services management.
• Serving as the primary advisor to the Executive Director and a key advisor to the Administrative Team by providing strategic leadership in the area of Library public services management.
• Participating in decision‑making and planning as a member of the Library’s Director and Administrative teams.

Required: Master’s degree in Library and Information Science. Eligibility for Ohio Public…