Fellows

Join the NC State University Libraries and help us create adventurous, innovative services and library spaces that delight students, faculty, and researchers. The award-winning James

B. Hunt Jr. Library on NC State’s Centennial Campus, offers access to advanced technologies that are enabling revolutionary ways to see and use information. Capturing NC State’s spirit of innovation in education and research, the Hunt Library is recognized as one of the world’s most creative and inspirational learning and collaborative spaces and a model for “the library of the future.”

The

D. H. Hill Jr. Library, serving the main campus, combines the best of tradition and innovation, housing special collections and a beautiful gallery alongside vibrant, experiential spaces for making, digital media creation, data analysis and visualization, and collaboration. Three branch libraries focus on design, natural resources, and veterinary medicine.

The NC State University Libraries Fellows Program offers a unique opportunity for recent M.L.S. and M.I.S. graduates. Fellows will be appointed at the rank of faculty librarian for a three-year term from July 2027 through June 2030. For candidates to be eligible, the terminal degree must be awarded between December 2025 and September 2027
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This program is based in North Carolina. The Libraries supports flexible and hybrid work arrangements based on departmental and operational needs.

NC State University promotes an integrated approach to problem solving that transforms lives and provides leadership for social, economic, and technological development across North Carolina and around the world. NC State’s land grant mission of teaching, research and service is dedicated to the service of North Carolina and its people. Applicants are encouraged to review the institution’s mission, vision, and strategic plan, and consider how their background, interests, and experience would enable them to support the university.

The Libraries Fellows Program provides a launching pad for a career in academic librarianship. Fellows will experience the rewards of working in a leading research library and with a large user community reflecting a variety of backgrounds and disciplines, including outstanding faculty and students in nationally ranked academic programs. They will gain experience in a highly collaborative work environment with access to key decision makers throughout the organization.

They will also develop expertise in and contribute meaningfully to a variety of essential functional areas in academic librarianship. In addition to a competitive salary, Fellows receive a generous professional development stipend.

The success of the Program is illustrated by the success of the Fellows themselves. Since its inception in 1999, 95 Fellows have completed the Program. Ninety-five percent of Fellows have been offered academic positions or have entered doctoral programs upon completion of the program. Many former Fellows have been recognized more widely in the field, including seven named as Library Journal Movers and Shakers, adding to the reputation of the Program as a training ground for library leaders.

The NC State University Libraries is well known for its digital research and experiential learning initiatives, technological advances such as immersive visualization, support for open scholarship and student affordability, interdisciplinary teaching and learning, public engagement with research, and commitment to…