Location: Middlebury, VT 
Posted: 01/23/2013
Application Deadline: March 14, 2013
Education: Graduate degree in Library or Information Science from an accredited institution or equivalent and a strong background in at least one liberal arts academic subject required.

The Research and Instruction Librarian provides research and basic curricular technology assistance and instruction to faculty, students and staff within a merged library/information technology environment. This support includes serving as a Library and Information Services (LIS) liaison to assigned departments, promoting the wide range of services offered by LIS, developing strong working relationships with faculty, and preparing for changes in the curriculum and teaching methods being used. The Librarian utilizes his/her expertise to develop appropriate documentation for the use of LIS resources, to teach research skills, to provide one-on-one consultations, and to assist in the development of the Library collection.

The Librarian contributes to the success of the LIS liaison program by working closely with others in LIS and beyond. The LIS liaison program comprises LIS staff including librarians and technologists, and its goal is to help ensure that faculty, students and staff have appropriate support and access to information and technology resources.

Essential Functions:

• Serve as a Library and Information Services liaison to assigned departments
• Provide technology and research assistance as part of a team supporting the Middlebury Summer Language School programs
• Develop strong working relationships with faculty through regular communication and meetings
• Provide assistance with curricular development, for example through workshops and selective dissemination of relevant information
• Educate students and other researchers in library and information skills, for example through classes for First Year Seminars and senior seminars
• Conduct research consultations
• Provide research assistance at public service points
• Promote and seek feedback on LIS services and resources
• Create and maintain resource guides and point of use aids
• Develop and maintain selected LIS web pages
• Take responsibility for library collection development for selected academic subject areas and for general research use
• Maintain subject and technical expertise in a rapidly evolving field through ongoing education, professional development and collaboration, and/or other scholarly activity
• Provide positive representation of LIS across the College by attending relevant meetings and events
• Work cooperatively with others in LIS and beyond, and accept direction from supervisors
• Contribute to workgroup, area and LIS routine tasks and annual goals
• Must be able to work evenings and weekends

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Preference will be given to candidates with a humanities background and working knowledge of one or more non-English, non-Romance language taught at Middlebury (particularly Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hebrew, and/or Russian).
• Excellent written and interpersonal skills, a positive attitude and enthusiasm for learning are essential.
• Technical skills and a willingness to develop new competencies are required.
• Ability to work in a team oriented environment is required

Experience:

Experience with outreach, information literacy program development, instructional design and assessment, graphic design, or curricular technologies is preferred.

Full details and application at HigherEdJobs.com.