Librarian Academic and Public Engagement

The Librarian for Academic and Public engagement provides instruction and research support to students and faculty in a variety of disciplines. This role will also involve information literacy instruction that focuses on critical evaluation of library resources.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide in-person and virtual reference assistance to all users seeking various types of library resources to support research activities.
• Coordinate the daily taskings of public services areas, to include creating and updating Lib Guides, resource platform, Lib Cal scheduling module and performance evaluation of assigned circulation staff.
• Determine and communicate circulation policies and procedures under the guidance of the Associate Dean of Learning Resources.
• Participate in library outreach, including promotion, event planning, and collaboration with other campus departments, local libraries and community entities.
• Collaborate with Marketing staff to support the library's social media presence and website content related to all audiences.
• Solicit collection development recommendations from faculty through intensive review and other engagement activities. Prioritize acquisition requests for library materials to support diverse curriculum offerings.
• Collaborate with librarians to identify materials for acquisition, weeding and discard.
• Schedule and prepare library instruction sessions as requested by faculty, with emphasis on particular assignment and course requirements at main and Hoke campuses.
• Demonstrate persistent helpfulness in service to student, faculty, staff and community patron customers.

• Position requires a Master's Degree in Library Science/Library Information Science from a university accredited by the American Library Association.
• Possess working knowledge of Library Management Systems and electronic databases.
• Thorough knowledge of current best practices in information literacy instruction.
• Effective communications skills; both oral and written.
• Familiarity with Lib Guides, and course management systems, such as Canvas Functional knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 platform and applications.
• Qualified candidate should possess strong customer service background that embodies the SCC core value of helpfulness.