Assistant Instructor​/Educational Resources; OER Librarian

Open Educational Resources Librarian

• Develop and execute OER initiatives to advance OER and affordable resource awareness and use across campus, including support and assessment of OER services.
• Collaborate effectively with campus stakeholders to advance OER and affordable course content.
• Develop and implement strategies to raise faculty and student awareness of OER and promote faculty adoption and use of OER for classes.
• Support the Assistant University Librarian in coordinating subject liaison librarians’ outreach and promotion to faculty for OER and affordable resources.
• Create and maintain web and print content to promote the visibility of OER initiatives.
• Identify library resources that could be used as affordable learning materials and advise library administrators on the effective design of library services to support the adoption of these materials in UCM courses.
• Create learning tools to connect students and faculty with the information they need.
• Develop, present, and promote library workshops.
• Provide reference assistance in various formats to the university community and the general public.
• Teach credit‑bearing courses as available and qualifications allow.
• Provide library instruction and perform collection development as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Maintain professional development through ongoing education, including understanding trends in academic libraries; participating in conferences, workshops, etc.; and active engagement in regional and national professional organizations.
• Contribute to the profession through continued learning, services, presentations, or professional communications.
• Participate in library committees, task forces, working groups, self‑governance bodies, and other roles as expected.
• Participate in library activities, events, and initiatives.
• Active engagement in UCM activities supporting students, faculty, scholarship, and university‑wide governance (e.g., faculty senate committee or administrative committee participation).

• Support the Assistant University Librarian in managing JCKL’s Special Collections, including the Philip
  
  A. Sadler Research Collection of Literature for Children and Young Adults.
• Support the Assistant University Librarian in enhancing the publicity of collections with physical displays, guided tours, special showings, and social media.
• Analyze current special collections as candidate material for digitization projects and work with team members on planning and implementing digitization projects.
• Support the Assistant University Librarian in evaluating and accepting donor and publisher gifts for Special Collections.
• Provide strategic support for the Assistant University Librarian in coordinating the Children’s Literature Festival.

Master’s degree from an ALA‑accredited program in library or information science or equivalent degree required. Completion of a second advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in the area of subject specialty or related field from an accredited institution of higher education preferred.

• Two years’ experience in an academic library or higher education environment that includes direct involvement in the development or advancement of OER initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience with and/or knowledge of practices, issues, and assessments in OER, open textbooks, open resources, open licensing, and fair use. Demonstrated experience with public speaking and developing outreach programming.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of best practices, current issues, and trends in special collections related to academic libraries.
• Proven ability to deliver exceptional patron service, outreach, and engagement in an academic environment.

• Minimum of one‑year full‑time equivalent academic library experience, including some combined experience in special collections.
• Minimum of one‑year full‑time equivalent academic library experience providing research services, instruction (online and in person), and developing online instructional tools (e.g., Lib Guides, etc.).
• Experience in library outreach work, or equivalent work in the other sectors.
• Experience with…