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*Undergraduate Learning and Research Librarian*
*RECRUITMENT PERIODOpen date:* August 22nd, 2019
*Next review date: *Friday, Sep 20, 2019 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
*Final date:* Friday, Nov 29, 2019 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those
received after the review date will only be considered if the position has
not yet been filled.
*DESCRIPTION*
Undergraduate Learning and Research Librarian
Instruction Services Division - Library
University of California, Berkeley Library
Hiring range: Associate Librarian
$62,854 - $79,888 per annum, based on qualifications
This is a full time appointment available starting January 2020.
The University of California, Berkeley seeks a collaborative and
user-centered librarian to join a team committed to teaching emerging
scholars to approach research with confidence, creativity, and critical
insight, empowering them to access, critically evaluate, and use
information to create and distribute their own research in a
technologically evolving environment. This position focuses on designing
user-centered spaces and services to meet the needs of Berkeley’s
undergraduate learning communities.
*The Environment*
The UC Berkeley Library is an internationally renowned research and
teaching facility at one of the nation's premier public universities. A
highly diverse and intellectually rich environment, Berkeley serves a
campus community of 30,000 undergraduate students, over 11,000 graduate
students, and 1,500 faculty. With a collection of more than 12 million
volumes and an annual collections budget over $15 million, the Library
offers extensive collections in all formats and robust services to connect
users with those collections and build their related research skills. The
Library’s mission and strategic plan can be viewed at
http://stories.lib.berkeley.edu/strategicplan.
The Instruction Services Division (ISD) is a team of librarians and
professional staff who provide leadership for all issues related to the
Library’s educational role such as student learning, information literacy,
first-year and transfer student experience, reference and research
services, assessment of teaching and learning, instructor development, and
the design of physical and virtual learning environments. We support
course-integrated instruction, drop-in workshops, online guides, and
individual research. Our work furthers the Library’s involvement in
curricular initiatives and emphasizes the opportunities associated with
undergraduate education. We cultivate liaison relationships with campus
partners and academic programs. The Center for Connected Learning (CCL),
currently in the design phase, is a hub for undergraduates to engage in
multidisciplinary, multimodal inquiry and creation. Students learn from
peers and experts as they ask, seek, and find answers to their questions in
an environment unbound by disciplines or domain expertise. The space is run
in partnership with students, and they are empowered to influence service
and space design, structure, and policies.
*Responsibilities*
Reporting to the Head of the ISD, the Undergraduate Learning and Research
Librarian actively participates in the Library’s reference and
instructional services—providing in-person reference, virtual reference,
individual research consultations, and in-person classes, and creating
instructional content. This librarian also collaborates with colleagues
across the Library in various areas (e.g., Digital Literacies, Geographic
Information Systems, and Digital Humanities) to support undergraduate
inquiry and discovery. This position plays a lead role in piloting,
assessing, and designing services and spaces in the CCL and applies
expertise in student-centered space design and assessment across the
Library. This position also plays a key role in user outreach and
engagement by creating, deploying, and assessing strategies such as:
digital signage, exhibit content, student art displays, and event promotion.
The Undergraduate Learning and Research Librarian connects with formal and
informal communities of learners and contributes to a student-centered
ethos, ensuring that novice scholars are connected to the Library’s wealth
of resources and programs. A key pedagogical tactic is peer-to-peer
learning for undergraduates, and this librarian will participate as a
mentor in the Library Undergraduate Fellows program, which gives students
training and networking opportunities and helps the Library pilot service
models to support emerging scholars. The person in this position will help
coordinate the Data Peer Consulting program, a collaborative effort with
the Division of Data Science in the CCL; the program is an example of
leveraging collaborations with campus partners to offer entry-level
research support services.
*Minimum Basic Qualification required at the time of application:*
● Advanced degree or enrolled in an advanced degree program.
*Additional Required Qualifications required by start date of position:*
● Advanced degree
● At least two years of experience providing instruction, reference, or
consultation services in an academic environment.
*Additional Preferred Qualifications:*
● Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited institution or equivalent
international degree.
● Experience planning effective programs and services including designing
and implementing learning-oriented, research-oriented, and technology-rich
spaces.
● Experience teaching information literacy concepts and skills to
undergraduates.
● Experience engaging undergraduates through outreach efforts.
● Experience with quantitative and qualitative assessment techniques or
methods.
● Experience applying design thinking principles.
● Experience applying digital scholarship or data science methods.
● Excellent analytical, organizational, problem solving, interpersonal, and
communication skills.
● Demonstrated initiative, flexibility, creativity, and ability to work
effectively both independently and as a team member.
● Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
The UC Berkeley Library is committed to supporting and encouraging a
multicultural environment and seeks candidates who can make positive and
imaginative contributions in a context of ethnic and cultural diversity.
UC professional librarians are academic appointees and are represented by
an exclusive bargaining agent, University Council – American Federation of
Teachers (UC-AFT). This position is in the bargaining unit.
Librarians are entitled to appropriate professional development leave,
vacation leave, sick leave, and all other benefits granted non-faculty
academic personnel. The University has an excellent retirement system and
sponsors a variety of group health, dental, vision, and life insurance
plans in addition to other benefits.
This recruitment will remain open until filled.
Submit applications online at https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02296
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or
protected veteran status.
For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative
action policy see:
http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct (link is external).
Send inquiries to:
Immaculate Adesida
Library Human Resources
Phone: (510) 643-8470
Email: librec_at_library.berkeley.edu
*JOB LOCATION*
Berkeley, CA
*REQUIREMENTSDocument requirements - Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently
updated C.V.- Cover Letter**Reference requirements*
- 3 required (contact information only)
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*Ricky Brown*
*Project Policy Analyst*
*Library Human Resources*
*110 Doe Library*
University of California, Berkeley
Phone: 510-664-7650
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