Teaching, Learning, and Research Librarian

About this Position

Davidson College Library seeks a Teaching, Learning, and Research Librarian to join our award winning team. This position plays a central role in shaping student learning at Davidson College through teaching, mentorship, and collaborative program development. As a member of the Instruction, Research, and Digital Scholarship team, this position supports student and faculty research and instruction across the curriculum. In our organization, we approach library employment as a cohesive, equitable, and high-impact learning experience;

framing supervision as active mentorship, we empower supervisors to support student workers in reflecting on their academic experiences, personal growth, and evolving professional goals. In this context, the Teaching, Learning, and Research Librarian will partner with colleagues in the Center for Teaching & Learning to expand the library's peer consultant program to advance student learning and the library's commitment to high-impact student employment.

In fall 2027, the college's new George Lawrence Abernethy Library will transform how our campus community learns, creates, and connects. Guided by our organizational values, we work to advance the college's purpose in developing disciplined and creative minds for lives of leadership and service. We do this by offering expertise, space, resources, and services that facilitate research, provide access to, and foster the creation of knowledge.

Our library staff play a critical role in expanding the global reach of traditional scholarship, preserving born-digital materials, supporting digital scholarship, and championing equitable and sustainable access to information. As Davidson embarks on a new transformative, campus-wide strategic plan, we are excited to explore how our expertise, programs, and resources will advance the college's key priorities. We take pride in our strong collaborations with campus partners such as the John Crosland Jr.

Center for Teaching and Learning, the Jay Hurt Hub for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and the D.G. and Harriet Wall Martin Institute for Public Good-strategic alliances that highlight the library's central role in the teaching and learning mission.

We are inspired by the college's public commitment to education and reconciliation. To create an inclusive learning community and to reflect the diversity of Davidson experiences, we collaborate on projects that tell the full history of our college, develop collections in partnership with students and faculty, and create meaningful community connections. We seek a thoughtful colleague who joins us in embracing a special set of responsibilities as we articulate the college's relationship to the past, confront our present moment, and chart a hopeful future.

How you will contribute:

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Instruction, Research, and Digital Scholarship (iNRDS), the Teaching, Learning, and Research Librarian plays a central role in the teaching and learning mission of Davidson College. This position is a teaching-intensive librarian role that advances information literacy across the curriculum and through collaborative program development.

Teaching, Learning, and Research

* Design, develop, and deliver library instruction across the curriculum.

* Partner with faculty to integrate critical information competencies into courses through instruction sessions, workshops, and assignment design consultations.

* Provide individualized and group research consultations for students, faculty, and staff.

* Develop instructional materials, online guides, and learning objects to support teaching and learning objectives.

* Collaborate with fellow teaching librarians and participate in the library instruction community.

* Assess student learning experiences to inform and improve teaching practices.

Program Development and Student Mentorship

* Collaborate with colleagues in the Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) to expand the library's peer-to-peer research consultant program as a core service in the new George Lawrence Abernethy Library, building intentional connections with writing, speaking, and data support services.

* Recruit, train, mentor, and supervise student research consultants, fostering a welcoming, engaging, and supportive learning environment.

* Develop and implement training and ongoing professional development opportunities for research consultants.

* Create opportunities for research consultants to develop transferable skills and connect their library work to academic, personal, and professional aspirations.

* Support research consultants in articulating their learning through goal setting, reflection, and feedback.

* Serve as an active member of the Student Career & Development Steering Group, advancing the library's commitment to high-impact student employment.

Collaboration and Service

* Participate actively in steering groups, committees, and other collaborative initiatives to support the ongoing development of the George Lawrence…