Part-Time Library Science Instructor, Librarian; Pool

Position: Part-Time Library Science Instructor, Librarian (Pool)

Part-Time Library Science Instructor, Librarian (Pool)

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary

Schedule:

Placement on the adjunct faculty salary schedule is based upon education and credited experience. Initial placement can range from $60.01 to $75.10 per hour (Salary Schedule AJ
- Special Rate).

Months Per Year: Semester assignments as needed

Mandated Reporter: Yes

Campus Security Authority: No

The Opportunity

The Librarian provides reference service and instruction on the use of print and electronic information resources to students, faculty, staff, and the community. The Librarian may also be assigned to perform or participate in the following:

Duties and Responsibilities

The duties below are representative of the duties of the classification and are not intended to cover all of the duties performed by the incumbent(s) of any particular position. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the scope of work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to this classification.

Collection development

Implementation of print and electronic information resources and services

Library research orientations

Development and instruction of credit classes in Library Studies and information competency

Activities designed to promote library Services to students, faculty, and staff

Collaborate with other college faculty in developing information competency components within their disciplines

Participate in the development and maintenance of the library webpage

Create instructional support materials in print and online formats

Catalog library materials, using OCLC

Train and supervise library technicians in cataloging and technical processing

Computer programming to support library services

Perform other duties as required by contract and general institutional needs

Organize and manage archives

Participate in the development and delivery of public program events

Participate in the design and delivery of library services to on-campus and remote users and online students

Employment Standards (acquired through education, training, and/or experience)

Knowledge of:

Print and electronic information resources and services

The development of and proficiency with print and web-based instructional materials for credit and/or no-credit courses, orientation sessions, workshops, tutorials, and information pathfinders

Collection development

Skills and Abilities

Provide reference assistance to students, faculty, and staff in a technologically advanced library environment

Teach in traditional and distance education environments

Work sensitively and effectively with students, faculty, and staff in a team-based environment as well as independently

Catalog using OCLC for original and copy cataloging

Facilitate the development of library materials and services with the participation of faculty

Organize and manage archival collections

Provide effective and user-friendly access services for on-campus and online students

Skill in respectful, tactful, and sensitive interaction with people who are diverse in their academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds

Effective verbal and written communication

Job Requirements

• Master's or higher in library science, library and information science OR the equivalent (see below)
• Demonstrated cultural competence, sensitivity to, and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice both within and outside of the classroom.

Note:

If you believe your degree, academic background, or professional achievements are equivalent to the stated minimum qualifications, please complete the Application for Equivalence
- For Faculty Positions, an option during the application submission process. The three means of demonstrating equivalency are as follows. Applicants may select more than one form of equivalency but must provide applicable evidence for each type:

a) Degree Equivalence

The employee or applicant possesses a degree(s) with similar content to those listed for the relevant discipline. The name of the degree is close to that specified on the Disciplines List but the degree either has a different title or area of expertise, or the coursework is slightly different. Equivalence is established through analysis of transcripts and coursework.

b) Academic Background Equivalence

Related to disciplines in which a Master's degree is not generally expected or available or where the degree is relatively specialized, the employee or applicant must have completed at least 24 semester units (or equivalent) of coursework in the academic field being applied for, and must possess at least the equivalent level of achievement and the equivalent in breadth, depth of understanding, and rigor in each of the following:

• a broad cultural education usually met by the general education requirements for any Bachelor's or Associate's degree, and
• a detailed study of the…