Education Librarian

Open Education Librarian – Inside Higher Ed

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 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.
• Collects, analyzes, assesses, and reports 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 (e.g., student-focused events, orientations, end-of-semester support activities for students).
• 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 education activities, including service in professional and scholarly associations, and presenting and publishing on work-related topics.
• Works a flexible schedule, which includes some evening, weekend, and holiday hours.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or required to meet the goals of the department, Libraries, and University.
• May supervise student employees.

• Commitment to support justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) within libraries and institution.
• Ability to build and sustain effective working relationships and work collaboratively in a diverse and fast-paced environment.
• Purposefully promotes a One Library environment for all that encourages inclusion, personal growth, respect, self-reflection, curiosity, and continuous learning.
• Understands responsibilities with respect to conflicts of interest and behaves in ways consistent with both law and university policy.

• Graduate degree in librarianship (from a program accredited by the American Library Association) or related field by time of hire, or a combination of an advanced degree…