Claremont University - STEM Team Librarian - Full Time

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Team Librarian

Department        The Claremont Colleges Library

Physical Class     Twenty pounds or less

Work Schedule  

Regular hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday–Friday. Some holiday, weekend and evening work hours may be required. Regular hours may vary due to needs of the organization or library unit.

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Job Purpose       

The STEM Team Librarian is responsible for campus liaison and subject specialist services, information literacy instruction, research and reference services, and information resource services specifically related STEM fields. This position reports to the STEM Team Leader, who is part of the Research, Teaching, and Learning Services Department of the Claremont Colleges Library.

Essential Functions          

• Campus Liaison and Subject Specialist Services
• Develops collaborative ongoing relationships with faculty, students and staff to support teaching, learning, and research with STEM communities across the Claremont Colleges.
• Works actively with on-campus user communities as a conduit for information needs of all kinds, including content, tools, research support, and data literacy/management.
• Serves as a liaison to one or more colleges, develops ongoing relationships to continuously improve service provision.
• Designs and implements specific projects or programs that cater to the needs of STEM campuses communities across the seven Claremont Colleges.
• Information Literacy Instruction Services
• Works to better understand STEM programs and curricula and to appropriately integrate IL instruction across the curriculum.
• Provides IL instruction and assignment design consultations at a variety of levels, as well as drop-in workshops in the (Love Your) Library workshops series.
• Research & Reference Services
• Provides virtual and in-person research and reference assistance with an emphasis on specialized services to faculty and students in STEM fields.
• Information Resource Services
• Helps to develop STEM electronic and print collections that reflect the short and long term teaching and research needs of the Claremont Colleges science community.
• Engages in physical and digital collection management activities across the library through the assessment, selection, preservation, de-selection and dispersal of collections, including an emphasis on print to electronic transformation projects such as the ongoing transformation of Claremont’s print journal archive.

Service & Professional Engagement

• Participates in library-wide planning and projects through service on teams, committees, task forces, and special projects as assigned.
• Actively participates in networking and professional development through national/regional/local professional organizations via office-holding, presentations, and publications.

Required Education Summary      

• MLS/MLIS from an ALA accredited program or equivalent Master’s or Doctoral degree in a related field.

Preferred Education        

• Bachelors or higher level degree and/or research experience in a STEM field, preferably in the physical sciences.

Preferred Experience Summary   

• One year of experience providing instruction, reference, collection development, or research services in an academic library.

Required Knowledge and Critical Skills     

• Demonstrated commitment to academic librarianship; strong commitment to public service provision.
• Outward-facing, assessment-minded, user-centered service orientation; demonstrated awareness of emerging trends, best practices, and applicable technologies in academic librarianship.
• Exemplary goal orientation and self-management abilities, self-starter with ability to successfully handle multiple projects.
• An attitude of energy, initiative, drive, and team-orientation.
• Ability to maintain flexibility and to prioritize tasks as necessary in response to the needs of patrons and colleagues.
• Ability to work effectively in a technological and rapidly changing environment.
• Knowledge of all discovery and access tools currently used in libraries (e.g. OpenURL resolvers, metasearch engines, OPACs, digital libraries).
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.
• Effective planning, time management and organizational skills.

Preferred Knowledge and Critical Skills  

• Demonstrated teaching excellence and pedagogical knowledge related to IL instruction.
• Experience applying established and emerging academic technologies such as screen capture, citation management tools, and data visualization software.
• Knowledge of collection development, research and reference services in STEM fields.
• Experience conducting data-driven analysis of user needs in order to provide innovative RTLS services and revise existing programming.
• Advanced skills in, or aptitude for data management software, especially MS Excel & Access.

Required Documents

1. Resume
2. Cover Letter
3. Optional Documents
4. Unofficial Transcripts
5. Other Document
6. Curriculum Vitae
7. Writing Sample
8. Reference Letter