Fwd: RAILS - Executive Director search

[Laura L. Barnes]

I received the following this morning. If you know of anyone who would be a good candidate (or are interested in applying), please let Dan know.

Laura B.

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From: Dan Bradbury <danbr...@gossagesager.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:54 AM
Subject: RAILS - Executive Director search
To: "Barnes, Laura L" <l-ba...@illinois.edu>


Laura,

My name is Dan Bradbury and I am an executive search consultant with
Bradbury Associates/Gossage Sager Associates--an executive search firm
serving the library community.  We are currently helping the Board of
Directors of the newly formed Reaching Across Illinois Library System
(RAILS) find its first executive director and we are contacting some of the
ILA leadership seeking your suggestions or nominations for potential
candidates for the position.

This is a great opportunity for an administrator with proven executive level
experience who wants to play a vital role in maintaining and further
developing multi-type library services in the northern half of the State. 
As I’m sure you know, RAILS is one of two multi-type regional library
systems in Illinois.  Formed in 2011, through the merger of the Alliance,
DuPage, Metropolitan, North Suburban, and Prairie Area library systems,
RAILS provides delivery service to support Illinois’ vast interlibrary loan
program, technology support for more than 800 libraries’ electronic
catalogs, and Talking Book Services that serve persons with visual or
physical disabilities who cannot read conventional print material. The RAILS
service area covers northern and western Illinois. The system serves more
than 1500 public, private, university, and school library members,
representing more than 3700 library facilities in a 27,000 square mile area.


The Executive Director reports to a 15-member Board and is responsible for
providing executive leadership in the overall administration and integration
of a multi-type library system that has been formed from five previously
existing systems.  The Executive Director will work closely with the System
Board of Directors, System staff, member library directors and
representatives, as well as Illinois Heartland Library System and Chicago
directors and the Illinois State Library.

Qualifications include an MLS degree from an ALA-accredited library school;
and a minimum of ten years of progressively responsible library management,
with five years at the senior and/or executive level including supervision
of professional and supervisory staff.  Experience reporting to a governing
board and knowledge of and experience working with the Illinois legislative
process affecting libraries are highly desirable.  The starting salary range
is $100,000-$140,000 (dependent upon experience and qualifications) with a
competitive benefits package.  The position closes May 6, 2012.

We would welcome any suggestions or nominations of possible candidates you
feel might be qualified and interested in this position; or if you have any
personal interest in the position, we would appreciate receiving your letter
and resume—and look forward to talking with you further about the
possibility.  Thanks in advance for your help. We look forward to hearing
from you.
 
Best wishes.
 
Dan

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Laura L. Barnes, M.S.L.I.S.
Librarian
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Prairie Research Institute
Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
One Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL 61821
Phone: (217) 333-8957 Fax: (217) 333-8944