Education/Distance Education Librarian, Mississippi State University Libraries, Starkville, MS
Posted May 22, 2015
Join Mississippi State University Libraries’ faculty as the Education / Distance Education Librarian and become part of a progressive, research-oriented, growing, patron-focused Research Services Department. We are the flagship research university in Mississippi with a Carnegie High Research Activity designation and a student body of over 20,000. Located in historic Starkville, MS, we have all the conveniences and amenities of a college town: http://visit.starkville.org/ or @msucollegetown. Find out more about MSU and the MSU Libraries by visiting http://msstate.edu/web/about/ and http://lib.msstate.edu/ or @msu_libraries. The employment application can be found here: http://lib.msstate.edu/about/
Position Function:
Will collaborate with team members to ensure the effective delivery of user services, including reference, instruction, outreach, scholarly communication support and collection management in an information and technology intensive environment. This position reports to the Coordinator of Research Services.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Ability to work as an effective, flexible team member in a service-oriented, computer intensive environment; works scheduled hours at a public service desk and on chat, including one evening each week and as a part of a Sunday rotation schedule; provides specialized and general research consultations, instruction sessions and in-person and virtual reference services; provides outreach to undergraduates, graduate students and faculty in the College of Education; supports faculty and student research needs involving open access, data management, institutional repositories and copyright; serves as the Research Services Department’s collection development subject specialist in education-related fields; serves as a Library liaison/subject bibliographer for assigned academic department(s); prepares and maintains research guides for the College of Education; works as a team member of the MSU Libraries’ Campus Outreach initiative; participates in University and library-wide committees as appropriate; maintains a course of personal professional development through active participation in professional associations and/or other professional activities external to the libraries; conducts research/creative activities in accordance with the guidelines for promotion and tenure at the MSU Libraries.
Minimum Qualifications:
Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited program; strong commitment to reference, scholarly communication, instruction and outreach services.
Preferred Qualifications:
Related master’s degree; K-12 classroom teaching experience; recent reference and/or instruction experience in an academic research library; web authoring and development skills; understanding of scholarly communication issues; experience with copyright as related to education; proficiency with education resources in all formats; knowledge of the research process in education disciplines; experience providing virtual reference; experience with instructional design and developing online tutorials, distance learning and/or library outreach services; understanding of current issues, trends and technologies impacting higher education and academic libraries.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Strong organizational skills as well as effective interpersonal, collegial and communication/presentation skills (both oral and written); ability to work independently and as a team member, to set and adjust priorities and workflow in a dynamic and changing environment and able to accept new challenges in order to realize departmental and library goals; maintains effective working relationships with colleagues, faculty and staff in a complex and rapidly changing environment; demonstrates continuing commitment to professional development; demonstrates potential for meeting the requirements for promotion and tenure; experience with providing library or course-related instruction.
Application Instructions:
Applicants must complete the “Personal Data Information Form” online at www.jobs.msstate.edu and attach a cover letter and curriculum vitae. Submit the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of three professional references who can address the suitability of the candidate for the responsibilities above to Ms. Debra Fairbrother, Administrative Assistant to the Dean, Mississippi State University Libraries, P.O. Box 5408, Mississippi State, MS 39762.
Departmental Contact: Debra Fairbrother
Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact Phone: 662-325-0812
Position Open Date: 01-27-2015
Position Close Date: Open Until Filled
Position Category: Faculty
Tenure Track Status: Tenure-Track
Position Type: Regular
Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time
12-Month/9-Month: 12 Month
Salary Grade: UC
Minimum (Annualized Salary for the Position): $45,500
Work Location: Main Campus
Restricted Clause: None
PARF Number: 8670
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