Librarian II; S03657

Job Description Montgomery College, Rockville Campus, is seeking candidates for a Full-Time Librarian II position in the Research and Teaching division. The regular work schedule is 40 hours a week, Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., allowing for flexibility to accommodate one evening shift per week, and an occasional Saturday as required. This is a non-bargaining, exempt, grade 29 position.

This position is currently eligible for telework one (1) day per week. This eligibility is subject to change based on the needs of the unit. Montgomery College promotes and creates a working and learning environment rooted in the basic tenets of fairness, belonging, and inclusiveness.

Job Description Montgomery College, Rockville Campus, is seeking candidates for a Full-Time Librarian II position in the Research and Teaching division. The regular work schedule is 40 hours a week, Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., allowing for flexibility to accommodate one evening shift per week, and an occasional Saturday as required. This is a non-bargaining, exempt, grade 29 position.

This position is currently eligible for telework one (1) day per week. This eligibility is subject to change based on the needs of the unit. Montgomery College promotes and creates a working and learning environment rooted in the basic tenets of fairness, belonging, and inclusiveness.

The primary responsibilities of this role are to provide professional research assistance and a wide range of information services to library users, who are students, faculty, staff, and community patrons. This includes providing formal instruction on information literacy topics, in the classroom and one-on-one. This position will be a member of the Arts, English & Reading, and Humanities librarian liaison team, providing outreach and support to faculty and students in these discipline areas.

This position is also the coordinator for the Research & Teaching division’s online learning tools, which requires the incumbent in this position to lead instructional design initiatives in support of teaching and learning; manage workplans for review, creation and maintenance of digital learning objects; participate in assessment activities; and lead periodic discussions about learning tools within the Research & Teaching division.

• Perform all aspects of Academic Area Liaison and Embedded Librarian services which include providing professional reference assistance and a wide range of information services to library users; providing effective information literacy instruction; and creating and delivering information literacy activities and tools for in-person and online learning environments.
• Perform outreach to faculty and others in the Arts, English & Reading, and Humanities disciplines to foster effective relationships for creating dynamic learning strategies in support of the curriculum and specific student needs in a variety of courses and stages of student development.
• Familiarize themselves with the needs, attitudes, and internal operations of the academic departments in which they liaise.
• Learn about the programs and curricula for their assigned academic departments and plan for growth and change accordingly.
• Form relationships and regularly communicate with faculty in their assigned academic department(s).
• Work with their librarian supervisor and liaison team to establish and maintain relationships and outreach methods.
• Provide coordination of the development and maintenance of MC Library’s multidisciplinary online learning tools including the oversight of routine maintenance, periodic revisions, and the development of new digital learning objects.
• Serve as the Research & Teaching division’s point of contact for the Articulate content development platform.
• Provide training on instructional design principles and the effective use of the Articulate platform for librarian content authors.
• Lead periodic discussions within the Research & Teaching division, to promote a holistic understanding of the library’s digital learning objects and engage in planning for future needs.
• Participate in planning and priority setting for the…