Assistant Professor and Student Success Librarian, Tenure-track

The  Assistant Professor and Student Success Librarian provides instruction, research support, and outreach services to students across the university. This position also serves as a liaison between other academic support offices and programs and is responsible for supporting the library’s efforts to increase academic success and retention. This 12 month, tenure-track faculty contract offers a rich benefits package, upon hire, including generous paid time off, medical, dental, vision, retirement plan with match, doctoral assistance and tuition remission for employee, spouse/partner and dependents.

Essential Job Duties

• Lead the library’s information literacy program, including offering for-credit information literacy courses.

• Work collaboratively with faculty and library colleagues to offer synchronous and asynchronous information literacy instruction, develop learning objects, and create other teaching materials to improve students’ information literacy skills.

• Develop and implement outcomes assessment measures and maintain detailed records for assessment of the Libraries’ instruction and orientation program.

• Build, maintain, and strengthen relationships with other campus offices and programs across the university.

• Measure learning outcomes and assess programs to regularly improve library offerings.

• Identify and address barriers to student use of library collections, services, and spaces and collaboratively work with library staff to address them.

• Participate in the university’s orientation activities.

• Keep current on trends and developments in information literacy, library instruction, and the library’s role in supporting student success.

• Contribute to instructional design initiatives on campus.

• Provide reference and research consultations for students across academic disciplines.

• Contribute to collection development of print and non-print resources.

• Attend library, university, and consortium meetings.

• Fill in as required by staff absences or special needs as assigned.

**QUALIFICATIONS: **

• Master’s degree in Library and Information Science or equivalent

• Knowledge of trends, methods, and best practices in library support of student engagement and success

• Understanding of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education and ability to teach library sessions

• A vision for the role of the library in advancing student academic success and retention

• Strong commitment to patron service and the ability to develop collaborative relationships with students and faculty

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Ability and willingness to work both collaboratively and independently

• Ability to effectively communicate ideas and information in both verbal and written form

• Ability to work independently and multitask

• Ability to locate and retrieve library materials in a variety of formats throughout the building, as well as from remote locations through networks including the Internet

• Ability to assist patrons with location and retrieval of materials or information by title, subject, and interest of library patrons

• Demonstrate knowledge, skills and abilities in working with faculty, staff and students with diverse backgrounds including academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation, and disabilities

• Exercise good judgment in making decisions and solving problems

** Preferred Qualifications**

• Two years of relevant academic or research library experience

• Experience developing library programming

• Experience creating learning objects

• Understanding and using assessment tools and techniques

Physical Requirements

• Some bending, lifting (at least 50 lbs), reaching overhead, stretching

• Able to stand for extended periods

To Apply: Review of resumes will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.  Please submit a cover letter indicating salary requirements, C.V., transcripts (official, upon hire) and list of three professional references to [email protected].  This position offers an annual salary of $50,000-$54,500.