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 role supports student and faculty research and instruction across the curriculum. The librarian will partner with colleagues in the Center for Teaching & Learning to expand the library's peer consultant program and advance student learning through 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 advance the college’s purpose in developing disciplined and creative minds for lives of leadership and service. We provide expertise, space, resources, and services that facilitate research, provide access to information, and foster the creation of knowledge.

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Instruction, Research, and Digital Scholarship (iNRDS), the Teaching, Learning, and Research Librarian will have a teaching‑intensive role that advances information literacy across the curriculum and through collaborative program development.

• 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.

• Collaborate with the Center for Teaching & Learning to expand the library’s peer-to-peer research consultant program as a core service in the new 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 consultants to develop transferable skills and connect their library work to academic, personal, and professional aspirations.
• Support 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.

• Participate actively in steering groups, committees, and other collaborative initiatives to support the ongoing development of the George Lawrence Abernethy Library.
• Build strong working partnerships across campus, including with the John Crosland Jr. Center for Teaching & Learning, Career Services, the D.G. and Harriet Wall Martin Institute for Public Good, and other student success partners.
• Engage in ongoing professional development to remain current in librarianship, pedagogy, and high‑impact educational practices.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of library and college priorities.

• Thoughtful, open‑minded, collaborative colleague with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Committed to creating inclusive environments that support student success.
• Motivated, adaptable, resilient, and able to change direction as the library landscape evolves.
• Optimistic mindset.
• Energized by teaching and working directly with students in both classroom and individualized learning settings.
• Appreciation for the values of a liberal arts education and student‑centered learning.
• Able to work independently and collaboratively in a team…