AI Fluency and Computing Librarian

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 other library departments more broadly and across the university. This position participates in committees, task force, and/or work groups as required to share knowledge, develop best practices, and implement and advance the work of the Libraries.

AI Fluency:

• Contributes to the university’s AI and computer science initiatives by coordinating AI educational programming provided by the Libraries;
• Serves as the Libraries' primary contact for general AI-related inquiries, providing initial consultation and directing requests to appropriate internal or external experts and resources;
• Acts as the primary subject matter expert in AI literacy, provides support for library instructors regarding AI literacy, and maintains current awareness of AI trends;
• Promotes scholarly discourse around ethical and innovative uses of AI;
• Tracks and shares outcomes of internal and external AI initiatives to inform strategic planning and demonstrate alignment with the university’s strategic AI goals;
• Represents the Libraries among university, consortial, regional, and national AI initiatives as appropriate; and
• Monitors and communicates AI-related policy developments within the Commonwealth of Virginia and at George Mason University.

Reference and Research:

• Provides general and…