Librarian II

mc; Maryland; Presencial; USD 55 000 - 75 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Montgomery College, Germantown Campus, is seeking a Librarian II for the Research and Teaching division. The role includes providing professional research assistance and information services to students, faculty, staff, and community patrons, with classroom and one-on-one instruction in information literacy.

The Librarian II will coordinate library instruction for English composition courses (ENGL 101/011, ENGL 102, ENGL 103) across all campuses and online, collaborating with faculty to improve

Responsabilidades

• Provide professional reference assistance and information services to library users, including students, faculty, staff, and community patrons.
• Deliver information literacy instruction in classroom and one-on-one settings.
• Coordinate library instruction for English composition courses (ENGL 101, 011, ENGL 102, ENGL 103) across campus locations and online.
• Collaborate with Arts, English & Reading, and Humanities departments to support curriculum and student learning.
• Lead outreach and relationship-building with faculty in assigned departments.
• Participate in planning, assessment, and continuous improvement of library services and resources.

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job Description

Montgomery College, Germantown Campus, is seeking candidates for a Full-Time Librarian II position in the Research and Teaching division. The regular work schedule is 40 hours a week, Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., allowing for flexibility to accommodate one evening shift per week, and an occasional Saturday as required. This is a non-bargaining, exempt, grade 29 position. This position is currently eligible for telework one (1) day per week. This eligibility is subject to change based on the needs of the unit. Montgomery College promotes and creates a working and learning environment rooted in the basic tenets of fairness, belonging, and inclusiveness.

The primary responsibilities of this role are to provide professional research assistance and a wide range of information services to library users, who are students, faculty, staff, and community patrons. This includes providing formal instruction on information literacy topics, in the classroom and one-on-one. This position will be a member of the Arts, English & Reading, and Humanities librarian liaison team, providing outreach and support to faculty and students in these discipline areas. This position serves as the coordinator for the Research & Teaching division's library support of English composition courses, including ENGL 101 and 011, ENGL 102, and ENGL 103. The incumbent will coordinate library instruction requests for each of these courses, across all campus locations and online, collaborate with faculty, and lead the ongoing assessment and improvement of library services and resources to advance information literacy and scholarly communication in support of Montgomery College's composition courses.

Duties

• Perform all aspects of Academic Area Liaison and Embedded Librarian services which include providing professional reference assistance and a wide range of information services to library users; providing effective information literacy instruction; and creating and delivering information literacy activities and tools for in-person and online learning environments.
• Perform outreach to faculty and others in the Arts, English & Reading, and Humanities disciplines to foster effective relationships for creating dynamic learning strategies in support of the curriculum and specific student needs in a variety of courses and stages of student development.
• Familiarize themselves with the needs, attitudes, and internal operations of the academic departments in which they liaise.
• Learn about the programs and curricula for their assigned academic departments and plan for growth and change accordingly.
• Form relationships and regularly communicate with faculty in their assigned academic department(s).
• Work with their librarian supervisor and liaison team to establish and maintain relationships and outreach methods.
• Coordinate MC Library instructional support for English composition courses and schedule library instruction sessions for these courses, college-wide, teach library instruction sessions, and provide training to Research &Teaching librarians.
• Serve as the Arts & Humanities team lead liaison to faculty course coordinators for ENGL 101 & 011, ENGL 102, and ENGL 103.
• Coordinate with the Arts & Humanities librarian liaison team to develop scaffolded library instructional support for English composition courses, as well as develop and maintain instructional materials and digital learning objects.
• Participate in planning and priority-setting for the Research and Teaching division's annual goals.
• Commit to professional development opportunities (internal and external), by participating in conferences, seminars, and professional meetings that enhance their knowledge in current professional librarianship practices and to learn and develop new skills that will improve library services and fulfill unit goals and objectives.
• Maintain a high level of proficiency with electronic and print resources in a constantly evolving information and technology environment.- Maintain and update skills with the latest hardware and software products, trends, and their practical use in an information seeking environment.
• Maintain proficiency in the use of web-based, social media, networked, and emerging technologies to deliver real-time and asynchronous reference and instructional services.
• Create and maintain online library guides using an extensible web-based platform.
• Maintain a high level of interpersonal, intercultural, and intergenerational communication skills to reach a diverse user population.
• Participate on library committees, task groups, or subcommittees in support of goals and objectives surrounding the Library Master Plan and Research and Teaching goals and special projects; and/or participate on college governance or college committees with faculty and staff, and/or planning events with faculty from other departments to establish relationships that promote library services and resources.
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