Education Librarian

About UMass Amherst

The flagship of the Commonwealth, the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a nationally ranked public land‑grant research university that seeks to expand educational access, fuel innovation and creativity, and share and use its knowledge for the common good. Founded in 1863, UMass Amherst sits on nearly 1,450‑acres in scenic Western Massachusetts and boasts state‑of‑the‑art facilities for teaching, research, scholarship, and creative activity.

The institution advances a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community where everyone feels connected and valued—and thrives, and offers a full range of undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees across 10 schools and colleges, and 100 undergraduate majors. We believe every member of our university community can contribute to our ongoing success by striving for the highest level of excellence as we seek breakthrough solutions to mounting environmental, social, economic, and technological challenges in our world.

The Open Education Librarian provides innovative and high‑quality programming and services at UMass Amherst. Housed in the division of Data, Digital Strategies, & Scholarly Communication, the Open Education Librarian leads the Libraries’ programs and services supporting the creation, adaptation, and adoption of open educational resources, tools, and practices. Working with Libraries’ colleagues, campus partners, faculty, and graduate students, they will prioritize the development of robust, high‑impact, and affordable course materials for learners at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, across the Commonwealth, and beyond.

• Provides expertise and guidance across the institution for creating, adapting, and adopting open educational resources (OER), tools, technologies, and practices.
• Leads Libraries’ open education initiatives, including, but not limited to, the Open Education Initiative program.
• Collaborates with library colleagues and campus partners (e.g. Center for Teaching & Learning, Instructional Design Engagement & Support, Information Technology, etc.) to assess, implement, and maintain platforms and tools that support the creation and use of OER and open pedagogy (e.g. Press Books, Open Syllabus Analytics, Janeway, etc.)
• Oversees the planning, delivery, and evaluation of open education events, workshops, training opportunities, and other outreach internally for library colleagues, across the campus, and with local and regional organizations (e.g. the Five College Consortium, the Boston Library Consortium, etc.)
• Collaborates with campus partners (e.g. Center for Teaching & Learning;
  Instructional Design, Engagement, and Support (IDEAS), etc.) and student organizations, (e.g. Massachusetts Student Public Interest Research Group (MassPIRG), Student Governance Association (SGA), etc.) to strategically align the Libraries’ open education initiatives with campus, state, and national directions in open education.
• Collaborates with library colleagues and campus partners to collect, analyze, assess and report metrics on the Libraries and campus open education initiatives, programming, and tools.
• Aligns planning, priorities, goals, and services with the strategic initiatives of the Libraries and the University.
• Keeps apprised of key issues and trends in open education, open pedagogy, open scholarship and scholarly publishing, information literacy, instructional design, learning support services, online and distance learning, open access, and copyright/authors’ rights and regularly incorporates this knowledge into planning and sharing of information with library colleagues and campus partners as relevant.
• Represents the Libraries at specific library or university events to promote Libraries’ services, such as student-focused events, orientations, end of semester support activities for students, etc.
• Serves on internal committees as assigned and may be asked to represent the Libraries on campus committees, Five College Committees, and Boston Library Consortium Committees, and/or at other selected professional meetings and conferences.
• Participates in professional development and continuing…