Part-Time Librarian II

Job Description

Montgomery College, Germantown Campus, is seeking candidates for aPart-Time Librarian II position. The work schedule is 20 hours aweek, Monday – Thursday, 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. This is anon-bargaining, exempt, grade 29 position. Occasional scheduleadjustments may be requested. Montgomery College promotes and creates a working and learning environment rooted in the basictenets of fairness, belonging, and inclusiveness.

• Perform outreach with faculty and academic departments/units tofoster effective relationships for creating dynamic learning strategies in support of the curriculum and specific student needsin 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.
• Work with librarian supervisor and liaison team to establish and maintain relationships and outreach methods while learning about programs and curricula for assigned academic departments and planning for their growth and change accordingly.
• Attend departmental meetings.
• Form relationships and regularly communicate with faculty intheir assigned academic department(s).
• Recommend titles (books, media, reference, eBooks) for purchase.
• Work to accommodate requests and needs at each campus and ineach academic area, and collaborate on displays and events with access services staff as needed.
• Lead at least one strategic initiative each academic yearaligned with the Research & Teaching Division's goals.
• Participate in planning and priority setting for the Research and Teaching Division's annual goals and priorities.
• Commit to professional development opportunities (internal and external), by participating in conferences, seminars, and professional meetings that enhance their knowledge in current professional librarianship practices, and to learn and develop newskills that will improve library services and fulfill unit goalsand objectives.
• Stay up to date and watch for job related trends in the libraryprofession by reading professional journals, listservs, blogs,etc., in order to maintain and update skills with the latesthardware and software products, trends and their practical use inan information seeking environment.
• Attend internal workshops and classes to learn new skills,deepen already existing skills, or learn about overall Collegegoals and objectives.
• Maintain a high level of proficiency with electronic and printresources in a constantly evolving information and technology environment to include web-based social media and networkedtechnologies to enable delivery of real-time reference and distanceinstructional services.
• Maintain and update skills with the latest hardware and software products, trends, and their practical use in an information seeking environment.
• Maintain proficiency in use of web-based, social media, andnetworked technologies to deliver real-time reference and distanceinstructional service.
• Create and maintain online library guides using an extensibleweb-based platform.
• Maintain a high level of interpersonal, intercultural, andintergenerational communication skills required to reach a diverseuser population.
• Participate on library committees, task groups, orsubcommittees in support of goals and objectives surrounding the Library Master Plan and Research and Teaching goals and special projects; and/or participate on college governance or college committees with faculty and staff, and/or planning events with faculty from other departments to establish relationships that promote library services and resources.
• Support library employees by sharing knowledge and encouragingtheir development, in order to build relationships and strengthen collaboration within and between…