Access Services Librarian - Faculty

Access Services Librarian
- Faculty Agency Texas A&M University
- Central Texas Department Library Services

Job Location:

Killeen, Texas

Job Type: Faculty

Proposed Minimum Salary: $4,839.42 monthly

• Manage to 2-4 part-time employees in access services.
• Create access services schedules for the Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters.
• Provide training for circulation services, including item lending, lamination, comb binding, printing, scanning, and other related tasks.
• Develop access services policies and procedures.
• Maintain collection statistics for common access services, such as annual lending, gate counts, and request types.
• Maintain circulation policy and permission settings in the Alma LMS.
• Staff the reference desk for 8 to 12 hours per week, split across two or more shifts, including one weekday evening.
• Develop collections in assigned subject fields that could include biology, chemistry, criminal justice, sociology, business, or other areas, depending on skill set and in partnership with faculty.
• Manage and coordinate library displays.
• Assist with library outreach and marketing, as needed, to help the department connect with campus and community members.
• Events may take place on or off campus.
• Assist with library instruction or public service events, as needed.

• Serves as a member of committees in the library and the university.
• Remains current in the library discipline and assigned liaison areas.
• Publishes chapters, book reviews, or other peer-reviewed written content for theoretical or practical aspects of the library field.
• Participates in conferences and professional organizations.

• A Master of Library Science (MLS) degree, Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree, or another equivalent from an American Library Association (ALA)-accredited university or college.
• Must be self-motivated, creative, and innovative with excellent interpersonal skills.

• Second master’s degree, with a preference for the hard sciences, computer science, social sciences, or business.
• A bachelor’s degree in the hard sciences, computer science, social sciences, or business.
• Two years of experience in a library, with a preference for academic libraries.
• Experience working in access services or an adjacent role at a library, with more weight given for two or more years of access services experience.
• Experience managing employees, especially student workers or part-time library employees.
• More weight will be given for management in the context of access services.
• Experience providing library instruction.
• Experience working in reference at an academic library.
• Experience managing circulation policy and permission settings in the library's ILS (Alma) or a similar ILS.

• May supervise other employees.
• Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.
• Ability to design a variety of online and in-person general and subject-specific instruction sessions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills.

None. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Salary: $58,073.00

Hours:

Faculty hours;
Monday-Tuesday & Thursday-Friday 8am - 5:00pm Wednesday 12:00pm - 9:00pm

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

The Texas A&M University System is one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation, with a statewide network of twelve universities, eight state agencies, a comprehensive health science center, Texas A&M-Fort Worth and Texas A&M-RELLIS. The A&M System is committed to providing an educational and work environment that is conducive to the personal and professional development of each employee.

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