Website University of Arkansas at Little Rock
The Academic Success Librarian collaborates with university faculty, students and staff to support campus-wide initiatives in research and teaching and learning. The successful candidate will work both independently and collaboratively with library colleagues and campus partners to contribute to a shared vision of the Ottenheimer Library’s role in academic success. This position holds a 12-month faculty appointment with rank leading to tenure.
Required Education and/or Experience
- A master’s degree in library and information science from an ALA-accredited program.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide student research support in-person and online as part of a collaborative service model;
- Provide instructional services, including face-to-face, hybrid, and online learning sessions and other innovative approaches to develop information literacy, research, critical thinking, and technology skills;
- Serves as liaison to assigned departments and actively develops relationships with faculty, students, and staff in those departments;
- Collaborates with faculty and other campus partners to integrate affordable course content (ACC) and open educational resources (OER) into courses and create learner experiences that integrate active and inclusive learning strategies into learner experiences;
- Promote open scholarship through faculty and student engagement with the library’s open access (OA) and institutional repository (IR) initiatives;
- Participate in assessment efforts, focusing on the library’s impact on academic success and student learning outcomes;
- Engage in scholarly, professional and service activities in accordance with university and library promotion and tenure guidelines;
- Works occasional evening and weekend hours to support instructional sessions or library events.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Experience in the provision of research assistance and/or instruction in an academic library;
- Proficiency in using technology to achieve pedagogical goals;
- Knowledge of trends in information literacy, universal design for learning (UDL) and experiential learning techniques;
- Knowledge of trends in digital scholarship, including open access, institutional repository, and research impact librarianship;
- Understanding of assessment methods and ability to put these methods into practice;
- Superior written and oral communication skills.
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