Evening Reference Librarian

Job Overview

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore invites applicants to apply for a full‑time, twelve‑month tenured‑track faculty position. Librarian rank will be assigned at the initial appointment. This is a 40‑hour per week evening position (Sunday – Thursday 1:00p.m. to 10:00p.m.). The schedule during intersessions and summer will be assigned. Benefits include health benefits, retirement options, supplemental retirement accounts, life insurance, tuition remission, employee assistance, paid holidays, and leave.

• Provide and administer evening reference services in‑person, by email, or phone during regularly scheduled evening hours while maintaining the print and digital reference collections, research guides and subject guides on the library website.
• Teach library instruction sessions as assigned, using the integrated library system and multiple databases as the library liaison and co‑instruct the one‑credit‑hour LI  100 Online Information Literacy course.
• Supervise the library services technician and work‑study assistants.
• Maintain and provide analysis of library reference statistics on an hourly basis.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Graduate degree in library science or related degree from an ALA‑accredited institution.
• Familiarity and experience using and searching online catalogs, discovery tools and electronic databases.

• One to two years of reference experience in a school or academic library.

• May require extended periods of standing, bending, sitting at desk.
• May require lifting up to 25lbs.
• Requires communication with a variety of constituents externally and internally.
• Requires operation of a variety of office equipment.

Qualified applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, and the names of three current professional references (current or past supervisor) including e‑mail address and telephone number. All applicants must apply electronically via the workday system.

UMES is an EEO/AA employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or political affiliation. Minorities, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.