Post date: May 15, 2026

This role is an on-campus, in-person position.

SMU Libraries invites applications for the Director of the Duda Family Business Library, the premier research library for SMU’s Cox School of Business. This is a highly visible leadership role for a service-minded, relationship-driven, forward-thinking administrator who thrives in close partnership with academic leadership.

Reporting to the Associate Dean for Academic Initiatives and working closely with SMU Cox leadership, the Director provides strategic direction through effective management of the staff of business librarians, a library specialist, and student employees to provide library and research services that strengthen teaching excellence, accelerate faculty scholarship, and support student success across academic and executive programs.

At a private, highly engaged institution, the Director is deeply embedded in the academic life of the business school, serving as a trusted advisor to faculty, administrators, and students and translating school priorities into high-impact research, data, and instructional support.

This position offers the opportunity to shape a distinctive business library program with direct connection to decision-makers and measurable influence on teaching, research, and student outcomes.

In contrast to large public research libraries, this role is distinguished by:

• High-touch faculty engagement and consultation

• Strategic selectivity in collections and data investments to maximize value and impact

• Direct alignment with school priorities, reputation, and outcomes

• Visibility, agility, and responsiveness to academic leadership

SMU is a nationally ranked private research university in Dallas, TX, with eight degree-granting schools. SMU Libraries includes six libraries on the main campus and one library at our satellite location in Taos, NM.

The Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University (SMU Cox) is committed to influencing the way the world conducts business via prolific research that provokes innovation, change and global thought leadership. SMU Cox is consistently ranked among the world’s leading business schools.

SMU Libraries and the SMU campus are dedicated to diversity and inclusion. We seek to hire a person who shares our values in a diverse and equitable workplace based on teamwork with a proactive and positive approach in all that we do. 

Salary:  $100,776.60-$118,000 

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