Research & Instruction Librarian Emerging Technologies

Position Details

• Position Title:
  
  Research & Instruction Librarian for Emerging Technologies.
• Department:
  
  Library and Information Technology Services (LITS).
• Classification:
  
  Exempt.
• FTE:1,0
• Work Schedule:
  
  Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; occasional work outside these shifts, including evening and weekend hours, required as needed; travel up to 1% of the work schedule, which includes local, Twin Cities metro area, and national travel; overnight trips average 1 trip per year.
• Work Location:
  
  On Campus.
• Salary Range:$58,000 – $63,000.

• Provide leadership in the area of emerging technologies and innovative pedagogical practices.
• Collaborate with faculty engaged in digital scholarship and technology infused class research projects to support and promote their work.
• Support student scholars who are using existing and emerging technologies for their research and assignments.
• Develop and support programming for faculty, staff and students in the Digital Scholarship Center in areas of digital scholarship and innovative pedagogies.
• Promote information literacy for digital scholarship in relation to copyright, citations and other areas of research & instruction librarianship.
• Help develop, promote and support the LITS Literacies Framework, infusing core elements of the ACRL framework for information literacy into each area.
• Develop online learning materials related to the areas above.
• Provide research, information literacy, and liaison services.
• Deliver course-integrated instruction in partnership with faculty and academic staff, both in person and online, in information literacy, digital literacy, and research practices.
• Serve as the liaison to First Year Experience and various departments in humanities and social sciences as assigned.
• Provide on-call research assistance to library patrons, staff and student employees, onsite and online.
• Offer research consultations for faculty and students.
• Create educational materials, deliver workshops, and organize events to support teaching and learning.
• Support collection management policies in the liaison areas.
• Collaborate with LITS staff, campus partners, and Carleton College colleagues to sustain and develop LITS services and resources.
• Identify, create, test, and implement new services and resources to meet emerging and evolving user needs.
• Serve on intercollegial teams, task forces, and working groups.
• Work as a member of the Bridge Consortium, collaborating in tandem with peers at Carleton College, to ensure that work is not duplicated and that costs are contained or reduced; participate in all appropriate Bridge working groups, meetings, and functions; and may provide services to Carleton College.
• Promote services and represent the libraries and IT, including creating media, planning & working at events, contributing ideas, and helping the Events and Engagement committee to make the libraries a welcoming place.
• Support, respect, and commit to embracing diverse backgrounds, values, and points of view to build a strong and inclusive community.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Reports to the Director of Research and Instructional Technology.

This position does not supervise anyone.

• Education:
  
  MLIS or MLS from an ALA-accredited institution.
• Experience:
  
  Minimum 1 year of experience in higher education with experience teaching information literacy, in an academic library, or research institution.

• Education:
  
  A second master’s degree or Ph.D in education, educational technology, or other relevant field.
• Experience:
  
  2+ years of experience teaching in a higher education setting and using digital scholarship tools and practices.

Employment in this position is conditioned upon…