Graduate Assistant- Library Program Specialist

Nevada System of Higher Education • Reno, NV

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The University Libraries is seeking a Library Program Specialist Graduate Assistant (GA) to support open educational resources (OER) and other instructional areas. The Libraries lead OER efforts on campus, including managing a grant program for faculty and overseeing Pressbooks, an authoring and editing platform for open textbooks. OER helps make college education more affordable by providing freely available and reusable teaching materials. This position, located in the Research and Instructional Services Department of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, will also assist with dual enrollment classes and AI literacy education. The appointment is for 20 hours per week for 10 months, from August through May, and is approximately equivalent to teaching two face-to-face courses per semester.

Requirements

• Be enrolled as a doctoral student at the University of Nevada, Reno
• Be active in a degree-seeking program
• Have intermediate experience with Microsoft Office suite (e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)

Nice To Haves

• Experience creating or editing educational materials, such as videos, online tutorials, handouts, etc.
• Experience with WCAG and accessibility standards for online content
• Experience using AI to responsibly assist in workflows while providing human oversight

Responsibilities

• Format and edit content in the authoring platform Pressbooks for University faculty using open educational resources
• Help promote the University Libraries’ efforts in open educational resources and other instructional areas, such as by creating outreach materials or assisting with events
• Edit and create instructional materials about information literacy, AI literacy, and library research skills (e.g., videos, handouts, webpages, online modules)
• Depending on the incumbent’s interests, assist with workshops and high school visits, provide research assistance to library users, and/or analyze assessment data

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees