AI Fluency and Computing Librarian

Department: Library

Classification: Professional Faculty

Job Category: Administrative or Professional Faculty

Job Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hours/week)

Location: Fairfax, VA

Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible, up to 2 telework days/week

Sponsorship Eligibility: Not eligible for visa sponsorship

Salary: Anticipated hiring range $75,000-$95,000, commensurate with education and experience

The final salary and professional ranking for a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as qualifications of the individual, including their work experience, scholarship, and service; internal equity; and alignment with the university's approved pay structures.

At George Mason University, base salary is one component of a comprehensive total rewards package that includes competitive health and wellness benefits, retirement contributions, generous leave, tuition benefits for employees, and the opportunity to contribute to the mission of Virginia's largest and most diverse public research university.

Other Conditions of Employment: This is a limited-term position with grant funding ending in FY30; initial 2-year appointment, renewable is based on Librarian rank and up until June 30, 2029.

Criminal Background Check: Yes

The University Libraries form an intellectual nexus for George Mason University. They foster innovation, creativity, and imagination by facilitating access to scholarship and information, providing expert consultation in the research process, and actively teaching the effective and critical use of information. Moreover, the Libraries fulfill a critical role in the creation, dissemination, and preservation of knowledge.

The Learning, Research, and Engagement Division (LRE) of the University Libraries has primary responsibility for the spectrum of services and programs related to the outward-focused, direct engagement with undergraduate and graduate students and faculty pertaining to teaching, learning, and research, including the assessment of such services and programs. Through the Teaching and Learning team and the three disciplinary teams of subject specialist librarians (Arts and Humanities, STEM, and Social Sciences), the LRE division works continuously with individual faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates on their individual learning and research needs by working closely with academic departments and colleges.

Additionally, the LRE division advances the University Libraries’ goals and plans.

The AI Fluency and Computing Librarian is part of the Libraries' Science and Technology team, which serves the College of Engineering and Computing, the College of Public Health, and the College of Science, as well as several STEM-H multi-disciplinary university-level institutes and centers. The programmatic role of the AI Fluency and Computing Librarian is to assist with planning and readying the University Libraries in providing library resources and services that support the university's growing programs in artificial intelligence, computing, and other areas;

this is achieved by providing instruction, reference, research consultations, collection development, and academic outreach. Additional duties will extend to such areas as collaborating with the library's Data and Digital Scholarship Services (DDSS) in providing research data support for faculty and students, grant assistance for faculty, and other subject liaison assignment(s) within the scope of the three aforementioned colleges and STEM-H institutes/centers.

This individual will also work in collaboration with DDSS on data and applied AI-related efforts, and will collaborate with the Mason Publishing Group, the Collections Strategy unit, as well as with…