Reporting to the Senior Curator of Canadian Art, the Head Librarian directs the activities of the Vancouver Art Gallery’s 50,000 volume research library and archives for both in-house and public users. This position plans, manages and evaluates collections, policies, services, staffing, programs, budgets, communications, facilities and operations of the library and archives in accordance with the Gallery’s goals to ignite curiosity and to promote knowledge and understanding of visual art. As the institution is currently planning a new facility with a larger and more public presence for a resource centre that will house the library, archives and related scholarly activities, the incumbent will envision and adapt library and archival functions for the conditions of the 21st century.