Reference Coordinator/Undergraduate Services Librarian

 

Online applications must be received before 12:00am on:

December 2, 2024

If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details.

 

Available Title(s):

470-NN_FACULTY - Librarian 2

 

Business Title:

Reference Coordinator/Undergraduate Services Librarian

 

Employee Type:

Faculty

 

Position Term:

12 Month

 

Position Details:

 

The Opportunity: The Libraries at Washington State University invites applications for a permanent, full-time, twelve-month, tenure-track Librarian position in Pullman, WA, with a specialty in Reference Coordination. We seek applicants to teach classes on accessing and managing information for lower-level undergraduate courses and coordinate reference services in the Holland and Terrell Libraries, as well as campus-wide virtual reference services.

 

It is anticipated that the successful candidate will begin the appointment on January 1, 2025.

 

Job duties:

 

Instruction and Reference (70%)

 

• This position is responsible for designing, delivering and/or assessing liaison and outreach services to academic departments and student support services.

 

• Responsible for teaching and/or training students, staff, faculty and/or community members. This includes providing specialized class- and reference-based instruction.

 

• Provide reference service in person and through virtual reference platform(s).

 

• Coordinate reference services, including:

 

• Scheduling for all reference services.

 

• Hiring and training student assistants or part time employees.

 

• Keeping up to date with trends and developments.

 

• Assessing services.

 

• Communicating with library staff, faculty, student workers, and constituents.

 

• Serve on the Research Services Steering Committee with the Undergraduate Services team instruction coordinator and the coordinator(s) for the Subject Liaison team.

 

• Responsible for teaching and/or training students, staff, faculty and/or community members.

 

Professional and Scholarly Activities (20%)

 

• Keeps up on trends in librarianship, information literacy, electronic resources and higher education.

 

• Participates in professional organizations and attends workshops, conferences, institutes, etc. at the local, state and national level.

 

• Participates in scholarly research and publication.

 

Library/University/Public Service (10%)

 

• Serves on Library Working Groups, task forces and search committees.

 

• Serves on WSU committees and task forces. Performs related special assignments as necessary.

 

Required Qualifications:

 

• Master's degree from an ALA-Accredited Library and Information Studies program by date of hire

 

• Demonstrated record of coordinating or managing library services

 

• Demonstrated record of experience with instruction and/or reference services

 

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

 

• Demonstrated ability to work creatively, collaboratively, and effectively both as a team member and independently, and to promote teamwork among colleagues.

 

• Demonstrated commitment to campus diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts