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Reference/Instruction Librarian (This is a ten-month academic year
position) -- Raritan Valley Community College -- New Jersey
(This is a ten-month academic year position)
Department: Library
Grade Level: Instructor
Reports to: Library Director
Salary: Starting salary is commensurate with educational
qualifications and experience per Faculty ContractGeneral Description
The Reference/Instruction Librarian leads and coordinates all
reference and instructional services in the College Library in close
teamwork with the library staff. The librarian satisfies faculty, students
and staff information needs and promotes library services. Some evening and
weekend hours may be required.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
· Coordinates the library's instructional program, teaches and
provides leadership in promoting information literacy on campus
· Performs high quality professional reference desk duty,
interviewing and responding to library users, and scheduling the reference
desk duty among full-time and adjunct librarians
· Develops the reference collection
· Acts as liaison to assigned academic departments, meeting with
individual faculty, making faculty group presentations, participating in
academic department meetings, coordinating library service delivery and
promoting library services
· Develops the collections in the liaison areas
· Manages, directs and supervises adjunct librarians to improved
performance and productivity with exemplary personal service and
demonstrable collegiality
· Creates advanced, interactive and creative Web-based
self-learning information literacy tutorials based on the college
curriculum
· Works cooperatively with all library staff in pursuit of
excellent public services
· Provides orientations, user instruction tours, presentations, and
displays
· Contributes to cooperative efforts within VALE and other library
cooperatives and professional groups
· Provides data and analytic reports about reference and
instructional services
· Monitors and reports on library professional trends and
developments, recommending new and improved services, satisfying student,
faculty and staff library needs
· Assesses student learning
· Performs other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications:
· An M.L.S. degree or equivalent from a graduate school of library
science accredited by the American Library Association.
· Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with
diverse clientele
· Web authoring experience
Preferred Qualifications
· Supervisory experience
· Teaching experience at the college level
· Flexibility
· Excellent communication skills
· Excellent reference and searching skills
· Excellent personal and interpersonal skills (energy, creativity,
initiative, friendliness, etc.)
· Keeps current as a professional librarian
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