Librarian Humanities and Fine Arts

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Work type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track, Non-Instructional Faculty (Coach/Counselor/Librarian)
Location: Chico
Categories: Unit 3 - CFA
- California Faculty Association, Faculty
- Letters/Humanities, Faculty
- Fine/Performing Arts, Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full Time, Librarian (Non-instructional Faculty), On-site (work in-person at business location)

California State University (CSU), Chico is a comprehensive and residential public university, holding Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) designation. Chico State operates as part of the 22-campus CSU system, which educates the most ethnically, economically, and academically diverse student body in the nation. The University enrolls over 14,000 students, with over half identifying as first-generation college students.

Chico State is committed to recruiting outstanding candidates. The ideal candidate will embrace our values predicated on the primacy of student success and the elimination of equity gaps, have demonstrated experience working with diverse populations, and will contribute to policies, programs, and practices that support an inclusive, accessible, and equitable learning and working environment.

The Position: Senior Assistant Tenure-Track Librarian

Position Starts: Summer or Fall 2027

College: Meriam Library

Department/School: Library Services

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience. (Anticipated hiring range: $85,524 - $ 182,532 per year).

Initial Review Date: January 4, 2027; complete applications received after that date may be considered.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Library/Information Science from an ALA-accredited institution. Candidates nearing completion of the terminal degree may be considered; however, all requirements for conferral of the degree must be met no later than the start date of the position.
• Demonstrated knowledge of disciplinary terminology and familiarity with the latest methods used in humanities and fine arts related research and scholarly publishing.
• Experience with or knowledge of recent trends in digital humanities.
• Experience in teaching or providing humanities and fine arts research assistance in a library, museum, or other related environment. Teaching experience accrued as a graduate student will be considered.
• Effective oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

Responsibilities:

The Librarian for the College of Humanities & Fine Arts will provide information literacy instruction, in-depth research consultations, and reference service to faculty, undergraduates, and master’s students in both face-to-face and online environments. This position will collaborate and contribute to the development, delivery, and assessment of library instructional and outreach services and will work in a collaborative setting to improve teaching, learning, and inclusivity at the Meriam Library.

• Serve as the liaison to the College of Humanities & Fine Arts (HFA), including the departments of Art and Art History;
  Comparative Religion and Humanities;
  English;
  History;
  Languages and Cultures;
  Music, Theatre, and Dance; and Philosophy.
• Provide instruction, faculty consultation, and student research assistance to liaison departments and programs.
• Meet research, publication, and service requirements to attain tenure.
• Work with other librarians to develop and implement information literacy instruction across disciplines.
• Develop shared instructional materials in a variety of formats.
• Pursue outreach efforts to engage the students and academic community.
• Engage in collection development activities in assigned subject areas.
• Participate in shared reference, consultation, and related activities.

The Department:

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