Instruction & Assessment Librarian Job Springfield area,Massachusetts USA,Education / Teaching

Instruction & Assessment Librarian

Springfield, MA 01119

Overview

Salary Range $50,000.00 - $55,000.00 Salary/year Position Type Full Time Staff Education Level Master's Degree

Description

Purpose Of This Position: The primary purpose of this position is to participate in instructing and assessing the university-wide information literacy (IL) program in both classroom and individual settings. In collaboration with other librarians and University faculty, this position will also participate in the D'Amour Library assessment program and implement data-driven revisions to the IL program to align with NECHE and AACSB accreditation requirements.

This position also serves as library liaison to the College of Business students and faculty. This position also provides support for and assessment of circulation & reference services, engages in outreach, programming, and event planning, and participates in library collection analysis and space planning. This position also spearheads the library's AI, OER and data literacy initiatives.

Distinguishing Characteristics: The primary responsibilities of this position are to actively participate in the instruction and information literacy programs for D'Amour Library, including the assessment, design, development, promotion, coordination, and assessment of instruction services and programs; to provide data-centered IL instruction for the College of Business, to provide liaison services to the College of Business; to provide circulation, reference and outreach service;

to work collaboratively across disciplines to meet accreditation requirements for information literacy; and implement, revise and maintain programmatic assessment of library-CoB activities pursuant to D'Amour's strategic plan.

Essential Duties:

Please list in order of importance, with the first duty being the most important.

Provides information literacy instruction to all disciplines at the program, classroom, and individual level.

Communicates and collaborates with academic departments, faculty, and instruction librarians to design and integrate information literacy competencies and services in alignment with NECHE & AACSB accreditation requirements and institutional strategic planning.

Serves as Library Liaison to the College of Business, including providing specialized research, reference, collection development, specialized student-facing outreach services, and instruction for business resources.

Participates in the design, development, and assessment of the D'Amour's Information Literacy program(s) in collaboration with the university's Director of Assessment.

Assesses library collections, e-resources and spaces, including utilizing FOLIO and Panorama, in collaboration with library staff.

Spearheads the library's AI, OER and data literacy initiatives and collaborates with faculty on related campus initiatives.

Supervises student interns as needed.

Develops web content, tutorials, trainings, Lib Guides, workshops such as Title IX, patent, copyright, and trade publications specific to the CoB, Ref Analytics training guides, newsletter content, and IL learning objects for students, faculty, and staff as needed.

Maintains Lib Guides statistics and provides data for assessment and annual reporting purposes, including recommending data-driven service changes.

Participates in D'Amour's circulation, reference and research support activities to the University community, including providing back-up coverage for Circulation Desk activities.

Engages in library outreach activities and initiatives, including those related to Title IX and DEI-related, and related event/exhibit planning.

Develops and maintains documentation and repository for internal library workflows to promote operational continuity.

Provides staff training related to assessment, workflows, and documentation, including training student workers.

Collaborates with library administration on strategic planning activities.

Prepares and submits an annual report to the Director of D'Amour Library.

Participates in D'Amour Library and University functions and represents both as appropriate.

Marginal Duties:

Participates in University committees.

Attends professional…