Graduate Student Success Librarian

UMBC•Baltimore, MD

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery commits to supporting equity, diversity, and inclusion for its users, staff, collections, environment, and services. It strives to create and maintain a community that acknowledges, encourages, appreciates, and celebrates differences. This position will coordinate the library’s outreach efforts to graduate students, the Graduate School, and other graduate-centered offices on campus. It will oversee workshops within the library’s graduate student series, working with the instruction team to design and deliver innovative, evidence-based programming. The role will serve as a subject librarian to several STEM academic departments, supporting students and faculty by providing outreach, research support, and library instruction. Additionally, the position will contribute to subject-specific collection development, database and e-resource decision-making, and provide reference and research support services, including weekend and evening rotations. The successful candidate will contribute to the goals and priorities of the Reference & Instruction Department, participate in campus and library committees, and engage in research, scholarship, and professional development.

Requirements

Requires a Master of Library & Information Science degree (or equivalent ALA accredited degree).
Minimum of three years of experience working as a reference/research librarian in an academic or special library
Minimum of three years of experience providing outreach and engagement, and working collaboratively across campus in an academic or special library setting
Experience working with undergraduate and/ or graduate student and related campus stakeholders
Experience providing flexible and engaging library instruction, and contributing to a team-based information literacy program
Experience working with diverse populations
Experience creating and leading projects to completion
Experience working effectively independently and in a team
Experience with professional committees, groups, and/ or associations
Demonstrated record of professional scholarship and research

Nice To Haves

Undergraduate or advanced degree in a STEM discipline
Experience supporting STEM students, faculty, and researchers in an academic or special library setting
Knowledge of engineering or applied sciences disciplines, including familiarity with relevant research methods, scholarly communication practices, and resources used in STEM fields
Demonstrated experience in initiating and implementing outreach activities, including leading processes, organizing workflows, and maintaining communication with internal and external partners

Responsibilities

Coordinate the library’s outreach efforts to graduate students, the Graduate School, and other graduate-centered offices on campus.
Oversee workshops within the library’s graduate student series, working with the instruction team to design and deliver innovative, evidence-based programming.
Serve as a subject librarian to several STEM academic departments, supporting students and faculty by providing outreach, research support, and library instruction.
Provide subject-specific collection development that includes monograph selection and approval within allocated budgets.
Contribute to decision making for databases and other e-resources.
Provide reference and research support services to the campus community, including as part of a rotation on weekends during the academic year and evenings during extended hours.
Contribute to the development and implementation of the goals, objectives, and annual priorities and projects of the Reference & Instruction Department.
Participate in relevant campus and library committee work.
Engage in relevant research, scholarship, and professional development activities.