Engineering Librarian Senior Rank, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Posted August 20, 2015
Specialization: Engineering Librarian
Job Opening ID (JOID): 23400
Rank: Senior Assistant Librarian, Tenure-track
The Martin Luther King Jr. Library seeks an innovative and creative student-centered librarian to provide leadership in the area of Engineering Librarianship. The Engineering Librarian will collaborate with faculty, library staff, and campus staff, and on the development of innovative services and support for instruction and research.
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s degree from an ALA accredited program or equivalent
- Experience and/or coursework in collection development, reference service/research consultation and information literacy/instruction
- Potential for scholarly research and/or professional achievement
- Awareness of and sensitivity to the educational needs of diverse populations, as gained through cross-cultural study, training, teaching or other comparable experiences, for the provision of user-centered services, systems and programs
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated ability to plan, design and implement innovative projects or services, including community outreach programs
- Experience and/or coursework incorporating current and emerging technologies into instructional and informational services
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with public and academic librarians and staff, teaching faculty, and students in a rapidly changing information environment
- Undergraduate or graduate degree or coursework in an engineering-related field or equivalent work experience
- Familiarity with disciplinary electronic databases and major reference works
Responsibilities:
The Liaison Librarian is responsible for collection development, information literacy, reference service (to both university and public users) and research consultation in assigned subject areas. In addition to other duties as described below.
The Liaison Librarian:
- Serves as outreach liaison to faculty and students in assigned disciplines, remaining conversant with curricular and program changes.
- Provides specialized reference and research consultation in assigned subject areas in addition to providing reference services to campus and community library users.
- Delivers information literacy instruction in the classroom, in online environments, and through faculty partnerships.
- Ensures curriculum-aligned collection development, including selection, evaluation, and budget oversight for assigned subject areas.
- Participates in library governance, professional development activities, and university service. This may also include serving on and representing the library on joint (San José Public Library and SJSU), campus and system-wide committees and/or task forces.
- Builds a record of progressive scholarly and professional achievement to fulfill the University requirement of retention, tenure and promotion.
Application Procedures: For full consideration upload a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching interests/philosophy, research plans, and at least three original letters of reference with contact information by September 21, 2015 at apply.interfolio.com/30807.
Please include Job Opening ID (JOID): 23400 on all correspondence.