Digital Discovery Librarian

About Kettering:
Kettering University is a national leader in experiential STEM and business education, integrating an intense academic curriculum with applied professional experience. We inspire students to realize their potential and advance their ideas by combining theory and practice better than any institution in the world. Kettering University is dedicated to achieving the extraordinary through technological innovation, leadership, and service, built on values that foster respect, integrity, creativity, collaboration, and excellence in growth, global leadership, community outreach, and an engaged community of stakeholders.

Benefits: include health, dental and vision coverage; retirement benefits with up to a 9% Kettering matching contribution; life and accident insurance; tuition assistance and waiver programs; vacation and holiday pay; sick and disability pay; home purchase assistance program; recreation center membership; and many other benefits.

To learn more please view the Kettering University Profile.

Required skills include:

• Skilled in providing excellent library service and answering scientific and technical research requests.
• Experience with maintaining institutional repositories.

• American Library Association-accredited Master’s degree in library or information science and 1 to 3 years of professional library experience.
• Experience with providing reference and information services in person and online.
• Conducting information and digital literacy instruction for faculty, staff, and students.
• Experience in maintaining an institutional repository and an understanding of copyright law in relation to scholarly communication and electronic resources.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with information technology, including research databases, Lib Guides, discovery systems, integrated library systems, institutional repository systems, and learning management systems.
• Serve as a library liaison for an academic department, facilitating collection building.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to be flexible and to work independently as well as in a team environment where consultation, collaboration, and cooperation is essential.
• Willingness to work occasional nights and weekends.
• Special Event Expectations:
  Participation is expected at major campus special events, such as commencement.

Understanding and commitment to Kettering University Values:

• RESPECT : for teamwork, honesty, encouragement, diversity, partnerships with students.
• INTEGRITY : including accountability, transparency and ethics.
• CREATIVITY : fostering flexibility and innovation.
• COLLABORATION : across disciplines and with all partners.
• EXCELLENCE : in all we do.

• Collecting and uploading the scholarly output of Kettering University into the Institutional Repository. Creating and maintaining the Faculty Profiles as a showcase of all the great research happening here to the world.
• Providing research assistance and information and digital literacy instruction in-person and online for faculty, staff, and students. Liaising with academic departments and creating and maintaining research Lib Guides.

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  * What prior experience do you have in the library which would prepare you for this position? (Open Ended Question)
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  * Are you willing to work evenings and weekends?
  • Yes
  • No
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  * Please provide the specific name of the publication or website where you learned about this posting. (Open Ended Question)

Required Documents

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• List of References

Optional Documents

Kettering University, 1700 University Ave. Flint, MI 48504