Camarillo - CSU Channel Islands - Outreach and Engagement Librarian

https://jobs.csuci.edu/en-us/job/519744/outreach-and-engagement-librarian

Salary 

Salary is commensurate with knowledge, skills, and experience. The University offers excellent fringe benefits.

Close Date

Open until filled

About the Position:

The Outreach & Engagement Librarian works with the CSU Channel Islands campus to strategically plan and coordinate the Library’s efforts in designing and implementing effective and innovative library programming to engage the campus community in a collaborative and equitable fashion. The Outreach & Engagement Librarian works closely with librarians, staff, faculty, and university partners to lead and develop Library initiatives that support student success, equity, recruitment, and retention for all students, including historically underrepresented student populations.

At the heart of this position is a chance to harness evidence from a growing body of retention and library research that suggests that academic libraries have a positive impact on student outcomes. Reporting to the Head of Instruction, Engagement, & Assessment, this position supports student-centered learning, focusing on coordinating the Library’s efforts to build library research skills and engage students with the tools of scholarship. The Outreach & Engagement Librarian builds relationships internally with Library faculty and staff, as well as with both academic and non-academic units across campus to raise awareness about the various ways that the library can serve as an essential partner in facilitating the success of our diverse body of undergraduate students.

Minimum Degree Requirements:

Master of Library Science (or equivalent) from an ALA accredited program.

Required Qualifications:

• Two (2) or more years’ full-time professional experience in an academic library setting.
• Demonstrated experience providing strategic vision and leadership in the area of coordinating outreach efforts, and leading the library in intentional design of programming and partnerships with a focus on proactive inclusivity and equity.
• Experience with needs assessment and program development, and the ability to provide leadership in project management.
• Evidence of flexibility, adaptability, and the ability to work successfully in a complex, dynamic, and diverse environment with competing demands.
• Applicants should demonstrate the commitment to effectively work with and engage a diverse campus population.’
• Evidence of effective cross-cultural interpersonal and communication skills (i.e. multicultural competencies), applied to relationships, and service to campus and local communities.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a rapidly changing environment with a student-centered outlook.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and lead effectively in a team environment.
• Applicants should demonstrate the commitment to effectively work with and engage a diverse student population and evidence of how they would successfully mentor minoritized students with special focus on Latinx, Black/African American, American Indian, and Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander students.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing intentional programming and creating collaborative partnerships to support student learning, success, and equity.
• Evidence of cultivating relationships with faculty, students, staff, and community members to encourage collaborative partnerships.
• Experience teaching library instruction to a diverse student body.
• Experience providing reference and research services to a diverse population.
• Dedication to research and scholarship in the field of library and information sciences.
• Responsibilities:
• Provides vision and leadership in mapping and coordinating Library outreach efforts
• Works with the unit head to draft and maintain a strategic plan for Library outreach efforts, including determining specific goals and iterative assessment for those efforts;
• Collaboratively leads the Library program in the intentional design of coordinated Library programming;
• Cultivates relationships with Library colleagues, faculty, students, staff, and community members to encourage collaborative partnerships that promote inclusivity, learning, diversity and equity in library programming
• In communication with unit head, leads needs assessments, assessment of outreach initiatives, and participates in assessment of university-wide initiatives
• Collaborates with library units and leads efforts to publicize and market library services, programs, and resources, including managing the Library’s social media outlets
• Coordinates the Library's presence at campus outreach events, including campus orientations and new student events
• Designs exhibits, public programming, social networking, and other innovative techniques to engage a diverse student community
• Works with colleagues and students to foster creative and intellectual collaboration with the academic and co-curricular life of the University to generate engagement with the library’s collections, staff, and services
• Develops programming to promote student and faculty scholarship and use of the Library’s resources
• Collaborates with other university units in support of student success, diversity, recruitment, and retention initiatives
• Works with campus, local and regional off-campus partners to create collaborative relationships that contribute to recruitment and student learning
• Works directly with faculty in the development of the collections, Information literacy classes, and research guides in assigned subject areas.
• Provide public service, including reference shifts, research consultations, and outreach to the campus community per assigned areas, and the creation and development of digital content.
• Engage in professional and scholarly activities and service to the University (e.g. university-wide committees, etc.), the Library, and the profession.
• Pursues scholarship as expected of a tenure-track position