Assistant Professor in University Libraries - Fine & Applied Arts Librarian​/Fine Arts Library B

Fine & Applied Arts Librarian Location

University of Oklahoma, Norman campus

• Serves as the liaison librarian for the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts.
• Serves as librarian‑in‑residence within the Fine Arts Library. Ensures the library is open the maximum number of hours possible during the week. Provides on‑site consultations for faculty and students and coordinates library‑related public programming including events and exhibits.

• Develops and maintains positive working relationships outside the library with administrators, library representatives, faculty, and students in academic and affiliated units for assigned subject areas. Meets and/or communicates regularly with administrators and library representatives.
• Communicates regularly with department faculty and students through email, departmental websites or other channels as appropriate. Attends departmental meetings of academic departments, schools, and colleges and/or holds regular office hours in academic departments, schools, and colleges if applicable.
• Establishes and sustains positive working relationships with all levels of staff – administrators, faculty, staff, and student employees – within the library.

• Develops and maintains working knowledge of scholarly communication and open access developments and trends as well as local, statewide, regional, and national initiatives in order to be able to consult with faculty and students and provide support for campus‑level initiatives.
• Works with Open Educational Resources Coordinator and other librarians to identify, review, and promote open educational resources for teaching and research.
• Compiles and maintains academic profiles for assigned units. Manages special projects or initiatives related to academic units as assigned.

• Develops and manages print, electronic, and recorded media collections in assigned areas in accordance with current collection management policies.
• Manages and reviews approval plan profiles on a regular basis.
• Manages allocations for the purchase of library materials for assigned subject areas.
• Works with disciplinary teams, the Head of Acquisitions, and the Collections Strategist Librarian to prioritize purchases and coordinate collection management projects as necessary.
• Participates in library collection review projects.
• Develops and curates physical and virtual community collections that feature collection resources on a focused or timely topics and in support curricular initiatives.
• Performs regular assessment to maintain sustainable and usable collections for faculty and students.

• Provides research assistance to primary constituency on the use of library and related resources in person (by appointment) or remotely (via chat, phone, and email) to primary constituency.
• Responsible for responding to Email‑A‑Librarian inquiries in assigned disciplinary areas.
• Collaborates with scholars on advanced research projects or digital scholarship projects as appropriate.
• Participates as a team member in digital scholarship projects as appropriate.

• Teaches instructional sessions within credit courses in assigned departments and/or works with individual students and small groups outside of credit courses as requested.
• Develops and provides specialized instruction on library and related resources and the literature of a field through classes, group training sessions, and workshops sponsored by the library or related organizations.
• Conducts tours and orientation sessions for new and prospective students, faculty, and other patrons.
• Develops and maintains subject and course guides and special topic guides for the library website and appropriate university websites and systems.
• Develops and maintains online tutorials and open educational resources for use within library and university online venues and in support OU online learning initiatives.

• Contributes content for the library website.
• Compiles and submits activity reports and statistics for liaison activities related to research consultations, instructional…