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Business Librarian, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University, Saint Joseph/Collegeville,Business Librarian, MN

Posted February 23, 2023

Description:

The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University Libraries are seeking a Business Librarian to join our Learning and Research Team. The Business Librarian position is a full-time, twelve-month, benefit-eligible Administrative Staff position that reports to the Libraries’ Associate Director for Learning and Research.

The Business Librarian works directly with students, faculty, and staff to support institutional and departmental teaching and learning goals. In their liaison role, the Business Librarian provides information literacy instruction, research consultations, collection development, and other forms of outreach to each of their assigned departments or programs. This liaison work includes developing or curating learning materials – such as instruction modules, research guides, video tutorials, slide decks, and sample activities or assignments – to meet the information literacy and library research needs of their assigned subject areas. The Business Librarian’s areas include the Global Business Leadership (GBUS), Accounting & Finance, and Economics departments; our new Data Analytics minor and Data Science major; the Mayo Innovation Scholars program; and the Donald McNeely Center for Entrepreneurship.

 As a member of our highly collaborative Learning and Research Team of liaison librarians, the Business Librarian shares responsibility for 1) delivering information literacy instruction to general education courses (see https://www.csbsju.edu/integrations-curriculum/faculty-resources) and 2) collaborating with IT Services’ Instructional Technology Specialists to build information and media literacy skills into classroom media assignments (see https://www.csbsju.edu/instructional-technology/instructional-design). Learning and Research Team librarians are also valued as functional specialists who provide expertise and support to our campus communities in areas like information ethics, digital scholarship, citation management, copyright and author rights, visual literacy, and data literacy. The Business Librarian, in consultation with their supervisor, will have opportunities to customize parts of their position and receive professional development support in these or similar areas, based on their professional interests and our institutional needs.

Responsibilities:

Information Literacy and Instruction:

  • Offer course-integrated information literacy instruction sessions in assigned subject areas and the general curriculum. 
  • Partner with faculty to integrate and scaffold information literacy concepts and skills into departmental curricula.
  • Collaborate with members of the Learning and Research Team and Instructional Technology to build information and media literacy skills into classroom media assignments (e.g., video production, podcasting, web exhibit, data visualization, 3D printing projects).
  • Develop and maintain educational resources in support of information literacy efforts. 

Departmental Liaison:

  • Maintain awareness of each assigned department’s learning goals and curriculum. 
  • Develop relationships with faculty and learn about their information needs, research interests, courses, and service expectations.
  • Proactively communicate about CSB and SJU Libraries resources and services. Partner with the Collection Development Librarian and departmental faculty to manage and promote use of relevant resources.
  • Develop and maintain subject expertise needed to serve students in assigned subject areas.
  • Promote our institutional repository (https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/).

Research Support: 

  • Provide student research consultations (both in person and via Zoom).
  • Respond to other reference inquiries (in person, via phone, and through email). Note we have an appointment-based model of reference service and do not staff a reference desk or schedule set reference shifts.

Institutional Service and Professional Engagement: 

  • Collaborate with academic support offices (e.g., Academic Strengths Network, Experience Hub) and other campus partners on student success initiatives.
  • Serve on additional committees, task forces, and working groups as needed.

Qualifications:

Required

  • Master’s degree from ALA-accredited program of library or information science (or equivalent international education credential).
  • Ability to work effectively and efficiently on one’s own and in collaboration with others.
  • Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Teaching and instruction skills or aptitude. 
  • Capacity for self-directed learning and an ability to successfully learn new platforms, tools, and technologies commonly used in libraries.
  • Demonstrated experience and/or strong commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. 
  • Available to work on campus Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm.

Preferred 

  • Understanding of best practices in information literacy instruction.
  • Significant background education or experience in business or a related field.  
  • Understanding of the functions and purpose of undergraduate liberal arts education and the role libraries play in that experience. 
  • Familiarity with class assignments involving technology (e.g., video production, podcasting, web exhibits, data visualization, and/or 3D printing).

To Apply: https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/csbsju/jobs/3726167/business-librarian 

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