Fresno - Fresno City College - Librarian (Full-Time) (Two Vacancies)

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Salary

Starting annual salary is $60,678 – $91,350 based on education and experience. An annual doctoral stipend of $2,270 is available. 

Close Date

02/22/2022

Essential Functions of Position

At Fresno City College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful faculty member will be an equity-minded individual committed to student success by collaborating with faculty, classified staff, administration, students and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps. An equity-minded individual is a person who: 

• Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
•  Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility; 
• Encourages positive race-consciousness and embraces human difference; 
• Reflects on institutional and teaching practices and aims to create a culturally responsive teaching environment;  
• Strategically builds buy-in and participation among colleagues for equity-related initiatives.
• Fresno City College seeks faculty members who value mentorship and working in a collegial, collaborative environment, guided by a commitment to helping all students achieve their educational goals. Divisions strongly encourage collaboration across disciplines to create inclusive, integrated, and interdisciplinary learning experiences. Fresno City College faculty are expected to be knowledgeable about, and willing to use, different learning and teaching methods appropriate to the students they serve. Faculty members should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Fresno City College.

The ideal candidate will share Fresno City College’s commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. As of the 2020/2021 academic year, we enrolled over 21,500 students in which 60% identify as Latinx, 12% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 5% as Black/African American, 18% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 4% as multiracial.  Fresno City College is a Hispanic-Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility that the College has to the educational attainment and economic well-being of the surrounding community. The successful candidate will join a department dedicated to the use of curriculum responsive to the students it serves.

Providing instruction and technical services to students on the Fresno City College campus and/or at off-site community campus locations, the librarian will be responsible for: 

• Providing on demand reference and extended research services to students; 
• Conducting bibliographic instruction for students in a classroom environment; 
• Collaborating with faculty to increase awareness of library resources to students, including developing Library Guides and Open Educational Resources (OER) materials; 
• Promoting library resources to faculty, students, and campus groups; 
• Collaborating with other librarians to establish library policies and procedures, and the development of budget proposals;
• Collaborating with other librarians on the development, purchasing, and maintenance of library collection(s); 
• Planning and implementing the college’s information competency goals; 
• Collaborating with other librarians to design and teach library research skills and library technology courses, workshops and online tutorials; 
• Utilizing Canvas and other online platforms to teach and communicate with students; 
• Serving on and attending department, college, and district committees as needed;
• Participating in program review, student learning outcome development and assessment to improve student learning; 
• Teaching and working assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, on-line or off-campus and large group instruction classes as needed; and 
• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122.

Minimum Qualifications

All candidates must have evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practices;

 AND 

Master’s in library science or library and information science; 

 

 OR

 A valid California Community College Credential; 

 

 OR

 The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency).

(NOTE: If the degrees posted on your transcript(s) do not match EXACTLY as stated above, you MUST petition for equivalency. 

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience and skill incorporating elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all areas of responsibility; 
• Recent experience working with African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups in higher education shape patterns of participation and outcomes; 
• Willingness to examine and remediate one’s instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students; 
• Experience working with students of various academic, socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, and abilities backgrounds; 
• At least one year of experience in an academic library setting, preferably at community college; Demonstrated commitment to student learning and to the success of all students in the open-access learning environment of a community college; Experience in providing individual research consultations with students using programs such as “Book a Librarian,” or “Research Assistance Program,” that supports students research needs utilizing learning technologies such as databases, integrated library systems, discovery layers, learning management systems, etc.; 
• Experience and skill in library instruction and academic support services that effectively engage and support minoritized students to improve student success and reduce equity gaps;
• Knowledge of collection development, cataloging and technical services functions; 
• Knowledge and experience in the development and assessment of student and program learning outcomes;
• Related work and professional experience; 
• Demonstrated ability to assume leadership roles, develop programs, and plan and implement library projects; 
• Commitment to student-centered library services; 
• Demonstrated ability to work creatively, collaboratively, and effectively; 
• Knowledge of open educational resources (OER) and other textbook affordability strategies and initiatives; 
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students and staff; 
• Potential for contribution to institutional vitality and growth; and 
• Knowledge of the community college and its mission and goals.