Pedagogy and Learning Design Librarian, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston MA
Posted April 28, 2014
Position Summary:
Reporting to the Head of Reference, Outreach, Instruction, and Public Services, the Pedagogy and Learning Design Librarian works collaboratively as part of the ROI team to provide high-quality user education and information support services.
Healey Library maintains a long-standing tradition of offering top-quality, user-centric education and support as a key component of the intellectual and scholarly community at a research-extensive public university. As the Pedagogy and Learning Design Librarian, this person serves as an instructional design consultant in helping the ROI team reimagine and redesign our library instruction sessions so that the focus is always on inquiry-guided active learning, student engagement, and student-centered pedagogy. The Pedagogy and Learning Design Librarian works behind the scenes to help us design better classes. This improvement process may happen in one-on-one meetings, team meetings to workshop upcoming library instruction sessions, or independently by the Pedagogy and Learning Design Librarian, who will then “train the trainer” to instruct ROI librarians in how best to implement these new approaches. The incumbent also coordinates our efforts to create a library of reusable lesson plans, learning objects, and assessments, all built around programmatic information literacy goals, so that these transformative pedagogies and practices may be easily reworked and reused for many different situations. Additionally, the Pedagogy and Learning Design Librarian teaches information literacy instruction sessions, provides research and reference support to the UMB community, and provides additional user support functions that allow Healey Library to maintain a responsive, agile, user-centered approach to connecting library users with high-quality resources and efficient and effective research strategies.
Healey Library prizes innovation and creativity in providing library services, and ROI librarians are expected to explore, experiment, and innovate both in their own work and through collaborative practice with the ROI team. ROI librarians keep each other apprised of educational technologies, innovative teaching practices, service ideas from other universities or libraries, and ideas for engaging in a cycle of continuous evaluation and improvement of the services offered. ROI librarians participate in assessment initiatives, technology pilots both within the library and sponsored by the information technology department, and collaborative practice based on idea generation and idea sharing, with the understanding that these ideas may be generated and shared among the ROI team, among other library departments, among other departments and programs across campus, or even among colleagues at different schools and colleges.
ROI librarians maintain membership in relevant professional organizations and participate in regular and ambitious professional development opportunities both through local and national conference and meeting attendance, and by sharing ideas and scholarship with the UMB community and beyond through publications and presentations.
Required qualifications:
A Master’s degree in library or information science from an ALA- accredited program or equivalent. Knowledge of information literacy theories and practices. Strong grounding in pedagogy and learning theories. Innovative and creative approach to teaching and learning. Ability to train staff, students, and colleagues in various pedagogical approaches. In-depth knowledge of the instructional design process. Capacity for working enthusiastically, flexibly, and creatively in a student- centered environment. Commitment to working in a team-based, collaborative environment. Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively with people of diverse backgrounds. In-depth knowledge of the research process and with evolving models of scholarly communication. Excellent interpersonal skills; verbal and written communication skills. Demonstrated organizational and time management skills. High competency and comfort level with wide range of educational technologies and productivity software.
Preferred qualifications:
Second Master’s degree. Professional library public service experience. Classroom teaching experience. Experience with course and learning management systems, such as Blackboard, Moodle, or Canvas. Experience in creating online learning objects, including tutorials, videos, and instructional guides.
To apply:
Please apply online with your resume, cover letter and list of three professional references: