Engineering Instruction and Outreach Librarian

Engineering Instruction and Outreach Librarian

Tenure-System Faculty Position

Grainger Engineering Library Information Center (GELIC)

University of Illinois Library Urbana-Champaign

Position Available:
This position is available as soon as possible. There is the possibility of a hybrid work schedule for faculty, determined through conversation and approval by the faculty supervisor based on unit needs, but as a residential campus all faculty are expected to have an on-site presence. This is a 100%-time, permanent, twelve-month faculty appointment in the University Library.

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The Grainger Engineering Library Information Center (GELIC) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library is seeking an entrepreneurial, collaborative, innovative, self-starting and intellectually curious individual to serve as Engineering Instruction and Outreach Librarian. Reporting to the Head of Grainger Engineering Library Information Center, the position will work in collaboration with other Physical Sciences and Engineering Division faculty to advance instruction and outreach services, initiatives, and partnerships as determined by the University Library and GELIC strategic goals.

The Engineering Instruction and Outreach Librarian will advance STEM literacy through course integrated instruction, reference and instruction consultations, and outreach programs development. The Engineering Instruction and Outreach Librarian will create programming and in-person and online instructional interventions for all departments in the Grainger College of Engineering, with particular focus on the undergraduate curricula. The Engineering Instruction and Outreach Librarian will conduct research and disseminate scholarly publications that advance the field of library and information science.

• Oversee reference services (in person, online and email) for Grainger Engineering Library Information Center.
• Coordinate instructional development and curricular innovations that support student success (both in and out of the classroom), with particular focus on scalable and sustainable instruction solutions for College of Engineering undergraduates that integrate information literacy within the disciplinary curricula.
• Develop innovative services and outreach to Grainger College of Engineering, based upon relationships and needs assessments that meet articulated and unstated needs of the stakeholders, identify trends and changes in that discipline, and innovate new services, outreach and instruction to improve research and educational outcomes.
• Lead assessment for instructional interventions and outreach initiatives at Grainger Engineering Library Information Center.
• Develop innovative services and outreach to Grainger College of Engineering students, faculty and staff.
• Develop innovative outreach programming to support Grainger Engineering Library Information Center patrons from across all colleges and departments of the campus.
• Mentor, educate and support pre-professional graduate assistants employed by Grainger Engineering Library Information Center.
• Participate in initiatives of the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center.
• Participate in service to the profession via both internal and external opportunities.
• Contribute to the national and international reputation of the University Library through professional research, service and collaboration with…