About the role The Director, Library Services and University Librarian is a senior professional leader who shapes UNE's scholarly infrastructure and knowledge commons in service of its unconventional mission.
This is not a role of institutional maintenance.
It is a role for someone who sees the Library as a strategic platform - one that connects students to knowledge, researchers to impact, and communities to the intellectual life of the University - and who can drive its evolution in that direction.
About you To be successful in this role, you will be an experienced library leader who sees the university library not as a collection, but as a strategic platform for student success, research capability and digital fluency.
You bring a track record of designing services around learner and researcher needs, championing equitable access for distance, regional and First Nations communities, and building genuine partnerships with Schools, academics and community organisations.
You are energised by innovation - digital-first access, open education resources,



AI-informed scholarship - and you understand how to position a library at the leading edge of what a regional university library can be.
You are equally comfortable with strategy and operations.
You know how to lead teams, manage budgets, and make hard resourcing decisions while keeping people protected, supported and motivated.
You build credibility through honest feedback loops, visible action, and a willingness to challenge institutional convenience in favour of genuine accessibility.
Above all, you care-deeply about reducing educational inequality and extending the scholarly commons beyond the campus - into schools, communities and the region.
About Library Services UNE Library Services delivers a comprehensive suite of resources and services that underpin learning, teaching, and research across the University.
Our collections span millions of digital and physical resources - including journals, databases, eBooks, and specialist research materials - providing students and staff with access to world-class information regardless of where they are located.

📌 Director, Library Services And University Librarian (Armidale)
🏢 University Of New England
📍 Armidale