Location
Carbondale, Illinois
Job Type
Faculty
Job Number
202400025
Department
Library Affairs-SIUC
Opening Date
02/06/2024
Closing Date
4/1/2024 12:00 AM Central
FLSA:
Exempt
Security/Safety Sensitive:
NA
Description
This position is an Assistant Professor, tenure-track, full-time, 12 month continuing appointment reporting to the Associate Dean of Library Affairs.
The STEM Librarian provides instruction, multimedia support services, reference, outreach, and library services to the university community.
Examples of Duties
Responsibilities include:
Serve as the subject specialist to units covering the physical sciences, engineering, and technology, providing formal and informal instruction in library research for these departments and assisting with subject-specific research queries in areas of expertise.
Identify opportunities for outreach and strategic partnerships with specific SIU Carbondale departments based on expertise.
Support the library's information literacy program, which includes teaching, assessment, and developing instructional materials.
Assist library users at the Information Desk with research and reference questions, face-to-face and remotely, including limited nights and weekends.
Participate in collection development.
Participate in the library's scholarly communications initiatives, including the population of the Institutional Repository.
Conduct scholarly research/creative activity as part of the position, promotion, and tenure process.
Engage in professional activities, including university and library committees and task forces.
Qualifications
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
ALA-accredited master's degree in library science.
An undergraduate major in a STEM discipline.
Demonstrated strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written.
Potential to meet established Library Affairs criteria for promotion and tenure, including professional service and published research.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Additional advanced degree in any science discipline.
Experience with information literacy instruction.
Experience providing in-person or online reference services.
Supplemental Information
Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) is a nationally ranked public research university with a population of over 11,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
Morris Library holds more than three million volumes and subscribes to a wide range of electronic resources and databases.
The library is a member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA), and the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI).
Librarians at SIUC are faculty and are covered by collective bargaining.
Applicants may direct any questions to Terri Elliott at telliott@siu.
edu.
SIU Carbondale, member of the SIU System, is an anti-racist community that opposes racism, discrimination and inequity in any form, and embraces diversity, inclusion, equity, and justice for all people.
SIU Carbondale is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans that strives to enhance its ability to develop a diverse faculty and staff and to increase its potential to serve a diverse student population.
All applications are welcomed and encouraged and will receive consideration.
University employees may be eligible for a variety of State of Illinois benefits.
These benefits are administered through the Illinois Department of Central Management Service (CMS).
These benefits include: Health Insurance plans (HMOs, OAPs, QCHP and CDHP), Dental Insurance, Vision Plan, Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Supplemental Long Term Disability (LTD), Flex Spending Accounts, MCAP and DCAP, and 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan.
Eligible employees are required to participate in the State Universities Retirement System (SURS).
SURS is the retirement administrator for employees in public higher education in the State of Illinois.
Other benefits available to eligible employees include: Generous paid time-off, 403(b) Supplemental Retirement Plans, Employee Assistance Program and a Tuition Waiver Program.
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