Open Education & Affordable Learning Librarian

Salt Lake Community College; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt Lake Community College seeks an Affordable Learning and Liaison Librarian to partner with faculty and staff to advance affordable learning through open educational resources (OER), Library-licensed content, course reserves, and openly available resources.

As a member of the Open SLCC cross-institutional team, the Librarian builds collaborative relationships with faculty and academic leaders; provides information literacy instruction, research consultations, reference services, and outreach;

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Library Science (ALA-accredited) or international equivalent.
• Degree completed by hire date.
• Interest in affordable learning, OER and scholarly communication.
• Experience with information literacy instruction in an academic setting.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with faculty and staff.

Responsibilities

• Partner with faculty to advance affordable learning through OER and licensed content.
• Collaborate with Open SLCC team and Copyright Librarian on open education initiatives.
• Liaise with assigned SLCC school and connect programs with Library resources.
• Provide information literacy instruction, research consultations, reference services, and outreach.
• Develop collections and plan liaison, instruction, and collection activities.

Skills

OER knowledge

Information literacy

Open licensing

Communication

Education

Master's in Library Science

Tools

Copyright tools

Job description

Salt Lake Community College seeks an Affordable Learning and Liaison Librarian to partner with faculty and staff to advance affordable learning through open educational resources (OER), Library-licensed content, course reserves, and openly available resources.

As a member of the Open SLCC cross-institutional team, the Librarian builds collaborative relationships with faculty and academic leaders; provides information literacy instruction, research consultations, reference services, and outreach;