Assistant Librarian Educational Resources; OER

• This position is an on-site position which requires the incumbent to complete their work primarily at an NAU site, campus, or facility with or without accommodation. Opportunities for remote work are rare.

Cline Library’s Research and Instruction Services (RIS) unit is responsible for a robust library instruction program across the university and provides in-depth consultations for students, staff, and faculty scaled to meet their academic success.

Northern Arizona University’s Cline Library seeks an innovative and collaborative librarian to serve as the Open Educational Resources (OER) Librarian. This position will support student success, faculty teaching, and NAU’s commitment to affordable learning by advancing the adoption, adaptation, creation, and assessment of open educational resources and other affordable course materials.
The OER Librarian will lead and coordinate Cline Library’s OER program in collaboration with faculty, librarians, and other campus partners. The position will focus first on reducing course material costs through open and affordable resources, while also leading the development and ongoing management of digital learning objects that support information literacy, student learning, and faculty teaching. The OER Librarian will report to the head of Research and Instruction Services.
This is a 12-month, non-continuing status eligible academic professional position open to candidates at the Assistant Librarian rank. Position is dependent on funding. This is an on-site position that requires the incumbent to complete their work primarily on the NAU Flagstaff Mountain Campus.

Administration - 45%

• Lead and coordinate Northern Arizona University’s OER program, including planning, implementation, outreach, assessment, reporting, and management of OER funding from the Office of the Provost.
• Promote and support the adoption, adaptation, and creation of OER and other affordable course materials across NAU with attention to high-enrollment courses, General Studies, and other priority areas.
• Represent NAU with statewide and national organizations, such as OERizona.
• Participate in library-wide programs, committees, projects, and service opportunities, and stay current with trends in OER, open education, digital learning, copyright, scholarly communication, AI, and higher education.

Data Management, Collection, and Analysis – 30%

• Consult with faculty and academic programs on OER discovery, evaluation, licensing, adaptation, implementation, copyright, fair use, open licensing, and Creative Commons licensing.
• Collect, maintain, and communicate data on textbooks savings, faculty OER projects, and student impact, including public-facing information about affordability initiates.
• Develop, manage, and assess digital learning objects, including workshops, guides, tutorials, Canvas-integrated resources, and reusable instructional materials that support OER adoption, information and artificial intelligence literary, student learning, and faculty teaching.

Instructional – 20%

• Serve as a librarian for an assigned college, including instruction, student research consultations, faculty outreach, and support for curriculum, accreditation, and student success needs.

Outreach/Coordination – 5%

• Work with the NAU Bookstore and other campus partners to align OER initiatives with NAU’s AXE/ESS program.

• Master's degree from an ALA-accredited library and information science program or equivalent.

* A combination of related education, experience, and training may be used as an equivalent to the above Minimum Qualifications.

• Experience supporting faculty adoption, adaptation,…