Head of Instruction Services

A. POSITION PURPOSE

Purpose:

The Head of Instruction Services leads Santa Clara University Library's information literacy program, including envisioning goals, setting priorities, and directing implementation. Reporting to the Assistant Dean of Learning & Engagement, this role directly supervises a team of three in the Instruction Services department, and coordinates the work of teaching staff across the library to advance program level information literacy priorities. This role also monitors the professional landscape for emerging areas of instruction focus and engages library staff and related stakeholders in discussions around how to respond to those trends or opportunities.

The Head of Instruction Services works closely with the Assistant Dean for Learning & Engagement, the Head of Research, Outreach & Inclusion, and the Undergraduate Learning Librarian to integrate information literacy throughout the curriculum and to support teaching librarians in continuing to develop their instruction skills and pedagogical approaches. The Head of Instruction Services is also responsible for building relationships and engaging with campus stakeholder groups to ensure that the information literacy program activities are aligned with and reflect Santa Clara University institutional needs and priorities.

This position will also provide research assistance to students, faculty, and staff; work with facultyas a subject liaison to academic departments; create instructional opportunities for use and

evaluation of information resources; and manage and develop collections in assigned subject areas.

1. Management, Supervision and Leadership (25%)

• Provides vision and leadership in directing and managing library instruction programs and initiatives
• Participates in library strategic planning and works collaboratively with other library department headsto carry out the Library's strategic goals
• Directly supervises a team of three (Undergraduate Learning Librarian, Life Sciences Librarian, and Humanities Librarian) in the Instruction Services Department and may supervise additional staff/students as needed
• Leads department assessment efforts and participates in and advances the library's shared assessment framework activities
• Serves on the Library Management Council, an advisory administrative body made up of the Dean, Assistant Deans, and department heads

2. Information Literacy Activities (45%)

• Designs, implements, delivers, and assesses a comprehensive information literacy instruction program in person and online that aligns with institutional priorities and reflects emerging areas of information literacy professional practice and interest
• Advances a critical information literacy approach to the Library's instruction program by providing librarian and faculty professional learning opportunities, and by developing shared curriculum for classroom settings and other learning environments
• Promotes adoption and integration of instructional technologies, including deepening use of the learning management system and Springshare Lib Guides platform, and remaining attentive to evolving technologies that would expand the Library's instructional reach
• Collaborates with the Undergraduate Learning Librarian in constructing repositories of digital learning objects to facilitate re-use and scalability of information literacy activities
• Leads assessment efforts with the Undergraduate Learning Librarian and the Instruction Services Department to assess the information literacy program's impact on student learning and overall effectiveness
• Partners with the Assistant Dean for Learning & Engagement and the Head of Research, Outreach & Inclusion to extend and deepen information literacy instruction across the curriculum and co-curriculum
• Extends instructional expertise to support other high-priority campus initiatives, providing educational interventions and supports for diverse student and faculty populations

3. Subject Liaison Activities (20%)

• Acts as liaison for one or two academic departments
• Provides in-person and virtual research assistance and consultations to students, faculty, staff,and visitors
• Designs, develops, implements, and assesses in-person and virtual library instruction and technologies
• Selects and evaluates library material in liaison subject areas to support the University's curricular and research needs
• Works with assigned subject area faculty on scholarly communication issues

4. Service and Scholarship (10%)

• Serves on and/or chairs University and University Library committees, working groups, and taskforces
• Participates in local, state, and national/international professional and scholarly societies and organizations
• Conducts research related to library science and/or another appropriate academic discipline;presents results at conferences and/or through publication

5. Other duties as assigned

• Recommends initiatives and implements changes to improve quality and services.
• Identifies and determines…