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The  Assistant Professor and Student Success Librarian provides instruction, research support, and outreach services to students across the university. This position also serves as a liaison between other academic support offices and programs and is responsible for supporting the library’s efforts to increase academic success and retention. This 12 month, tenure-track faculty contract offers a rich benefits package, upon hire, including generous paid time off, medical, dental, vision, retirement plan with match, doctoral assistance and tuition remission for employee, spouse/partner and dependents.

Essential Job Duties

• Lead the library’s information literacy program, including offering for-credit information literacy courses.
• Work collaboratively with faculty and library colleagues to offer synchronous and asynchronous information literacy instruction, develop learning objects, and create other teaching materials to improve students’ information literacy skills.
• Develop and implement outcomes assessment measures and maintain detailed records for assessment of the Libraries’ instruction and orientation program.
• Build, maintain, and strengthen relationships with other campus offices and programs across the university.
• Measure learning outcomes and assess programs to regularly improve library offerings.
• Identify and address barriers to student use of library collections, services, and spaces and collaboratively work with library staff to address them.
• Participate in the university’s orientation activities.
• Keep current on trends and developments in information literacy, library instruction, and the library’s role in supporting student success.
• Contribute to instructional design initiatives on campus.
• Provide reference and research consultations for students across academic disciplines.
• Contribute to collection development of print and non-print resources.
• Attend library, university, and consortium meetings.
• Fill in as required by staff absences or special needs as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Master’s degree in Library and Information Science or equivalent
• Knowledge of trends, methods, and best practices in library support of student engagement and success
• Understanding of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education and ability to teach library sessions
• A vision for the role of the library in advancing student academic success and retention
• Strong commitment to patron service and the ability to develop collaborative relationships with students and faculty
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability and willingness to work both collaboratively and independently
• Ability to effectively communicate ideas and information in both verbal and written form
• Ability to work independently and multitask
• Ability to locate and retrieve library materials in a variety of formats throughout the building, as well as from remote locations through networks including the Internet
• Ability to assist patrons with location and retrieval of materials or information by title, subject, and interest of library patrons
• Demonstrate knowledge, skills and abilities in working with faculty, staff and students with diverse backgrounds including academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation, and disabilities
• Exercise good judgment in making decisions and solving problems

 Preferred Qualifications

• Two years of relevant academic or research library experience
• Experience developing library programming
• Experience creating learning objects
• Understanding and using assessment tools and techniques

Physical Requirements

• Some bending, lifting (at least 50 lbs), reaching overhead, stretching
• Able to stand for extended periods

To Apply: Review of resumes will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.  Please submit a cover letter indicating salary requirements, C.V., transcripts (official, upon hire) and list of three professional references to HumanResources@rockford.edu.  This position offers an annual salary of $50,000-$54,500.

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