Outreach Librarian/Assistant Professor, Riverside City College, Riverside, CA
Posted April 22, 2017
Job Description
Riverside City College is seeking outstanding candidates for the position of Outreach Librarian/Assistant Professor. The successful candidate will plan, implement, and assess library in-reach/outreach programs across college and community groups to facilitate student information literacy and address the academic support needs of non-traditional, underrepresented, and transfer students.
Education:
American Library Association (ALA) accredited master’s degree in Library Science or Library Information Science, or an equivalent advanced degree.
Experience:
- Experience developing and implementing library/ information literacy outreach initiatives.
- Experience promoting libraries through social media, integrating library resources in learning management platforms, and creating media to facilitate library access/use.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
PREFERRED QUALICATIONS:
- Academic library experience.
- Familiarity with event/conference planning.
- Experience with bilingual students.
Licenses/Certifications:
May require the ability to get to a variety of off-campus locations. If operating a vehicle, must have the ability to secure and maintain a valid California driver license, and maintain an insurable driving record acceptable to the District’s insurance carrier.
Other:
Evidence of a sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students (E.C. 87360a).
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Identify outreach opportunities and strategic partnerships with college departments and programs emphasizing the educational and academic support role of the library for student success initiatives.
- Develop liaison relationships with the college’s feeder high schools and institutions of higher of education.
- Coordinate the library’s representation at college and community events.
- Lead the library’s social media initiatives.
- Develop, implement, and assess information literacy instructional activities, services, and materials in a variety of learning modalities.
- Coordinate use of library’s exhibit spaces.
- Participate in librarian duties including reference desk, collection development, and library orientations.
Assignments are based upon the assumption of workload of forty hours weekly, including but not limited to conducting classes, class preparation, student evaluation, office hours, committee work, curriculum and program development, student learning outcomes assessment, program review, student activities, and other duties per the bargaining unit agreement.
Institutional service activities are expected of all faculty members.
Participation in discipline/department decision making processes and work regarding curriculum, program development, Improvement of Instruction, and other professional matters are also expected of all department faculty.
Responsibilities also include maintaining standards of professional conduct and ethics appropriate to the professional position.
Announcement and application information: https://jobs.rcc.edu/applicant
Closing date is May 5, 2017.