Assistant Professor-Library

Job Description

TEAM LEADER FOR ACQUISITIONS & DISCOVERY SERVICES

Responsibilities

• Leads the Acquisitions & Discovery Services Team (4 full-time staff) in setting goals and priorities, making decisions, and solving problems for print monograph acquisitions, cataloging, systems administration, and digital initiatives.
• Oversees the selection and development of the Library's access and discovery tools and systems.
• Maintains an in-depth knowledge of emerging library technologies.
• Provides leadership for the overall strategy, development, maintenance, and support of the library's technological environments.
• Maintains expertise in metadata and cataloging standards.
• Collaborates with other librarians in the development, evaluation, and implementation of resource description policies, procedures, and workflows.
• Serves as subject librarian to assigned academic disciplines.
  • Builds relationships with faculty and students, selects library resources, and teaches library instruction classes,
  • Participates in and contributes to activities of the Library Collections Team.
• Participates broadly on campus as a library faculty member (e.g., faculty committees, student mentoring); engages in ongoing professional development; and engages in service to the profession.
• Reports to the Dean of Library & Archives.

Characteristics & Qualifications

• A personal and living evangelical Protestant faith that is consonant with Wheaton College's theological distinctives as expressed in our Statement of Faith and Community Covenant.
• A master of library science or equivalent degree from an ALA-accredited program or foreign equivalent.
• Ability to understand and contribute substantially to the academic lives of Wheaton's faculty and students, with an enthusiasm for and commitment to Christian liberal arts education.
• Strong ability and interest in all manner of technologies that may advance the mission of the library.
• Expertise in cataloging standards and a broad understanding of metadata standards.
• Evidence that you form strong working relationships that are characterized by personal flexibility, consideration, teamwork, and collegiality.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Evidence of innovation, project management, and leadership skills.
• Teaching experience, with the ability to teach and present with clarity and ease.
• Strongly preferred:
  • At least two years of previous full-time employment in an academic library,
  • Experience as a library faculty member,
  • Additional graduate degrees,
  • Supervisory experience.

Pay range: The budgeted salary range for the position is $63,000 - $75,000 for a Library Assistant Professor/Team Leader. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate, including equivalent years in rank, training, and field or discipline.

Final appointment will be contingent upon confirmation of budget availability.

Wheaton College, located in a suburban community in the Chicago metropolitan area, is a Christ-centered community whose faculty and staff must affirm the College's Statement of Faith as expressing their own theological convictions. They also agree to live by the moral standards in Wheaton's Community Covenant, modeling these commitments for the Christian formation of our students. Wheaton College faculty and staff also support the Christ-Centered Diversity Commitment, which highlights our desire to treat all individuals as equal image-bearers of Jesus Christ.

We encourage applications from candidates who will work to deepen Christ-centered diversity by fostering a campus climate where all faculty, staff, students, and alumni feel welcomed, respected, valued, and supported. For more information about Wheaton College, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

Additionally, Wheaton College aspires to provide a physically safe environment for students, staff, and faculty to learn and work. In support of this objective, the College requires background checks for final candidates after an employment offer is extended. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.