Instruction and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA
Posted July 14, 2016
Do you have a passion for teaching and working with students in a small-college setting? Do you enjoy the challenge of designing new programs and initiatives? Do you want to make a difference as a part of a service-oriented team? Elizabethtown College’s High Library invites a creative, nimble, enthusiastic librarian to join its collaborative staff. Position duties include:
- providing information literacy instruction and research support to undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of disciplines
- partnering with faculty to adopt innovative teaching approaches for the in-person, embedded, and online delivery of the library’s information literacy program
- serving as a liaison to several academic departments and areas
- consulting with students individually and in small groups for research assistance
- coordinating the library’s reference desk activities
- starting a scholarly communications program that showcases outstanding College scholarship and that supports student and faculty authors at various stages of the publishing process
- joining a library team for the creation of an institutional repository
- acting as a campus resource for questions involving author rights, advanced database searching, citation management, copyright, and related topics
The successful self-motivated candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a positive attitude, and an ability to embrace change. A Master’s degree in library science from an ALA-accredited institution and at least two years of relevant work experience are required. Experience with instructional design is strongly preferred.
Located in southeastern Pennsylvania near Harrisburg and Lancaster (on an Amtrak line, and within a two-hour drive of Baltimore and Philadelphia), Elizabethtown College offers its 1,900 students more than 53 academic programs in the liberal arts, sciences and professional studies. Driven by its motto to “Educate for Service,” Elizabethtown centers learning in strong relationships, links classroom instruction with experiential learning, emphasizes international and cross-cultural perspectives, and nurtures the capacity for lives of purpose and leadership as global citizens. For more information, consult www.etown.edu.
To apply, please visit http://etown.peopleadmin.com/
All application materials must be received by Friday, August 5, 2016.
As an equal opportunity employer, Elizabethtown College is seeking candidates who will enhance the diversity of its faculty, staff, and administration.