DEADLINE TO APPLY MAY 8
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) University Library, http://www.ulib.iupui.edu, seeks a creative, collaborative librarian to join its Educational Services Unit to contribute to a robust instruction and liaison program. The Instruction Librarian will have a passion for teaching undergraduate students. We are seeking applicants who welcome a dynamic, collaborative environment with a desire to impact student learning. This position will foster a learning environment where diversity, equity, and inclusion are advanced, including navigating obstacles that underrepresented and historically marginalized student populations may experience in college. This is a tenure-track position which includes expectations of professional development, creative activity, and service, with an anticipated start date of August 1, 2021.
As the state’s premier urban research institution, IUPUI is committed to being a welcoming campus community that reflects and enacts the values of diversity, equity and inclusion that inform academic excellence. We seek candidates who will not only enhance our representational diversity but whose research, teaching, and community engagement efforts contribute to diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning and working environments for our students, staff, and faculty. IUPUI condemns racism in all its forms and has taken an anti-racist stance that moves beyond mere statements to interrogating its policies, procedures, and practices. We hope to identify individuals who will assist in our mission to dismantle racism so that everyone has the opportunity to succeed at IUPUI.
Position Summary
The Instruction Librarian reports to the Associate Dean for Educational Services. The position will collaborate with their fellow liaison librarians to provide information literacy activities aimed at early undergraduate students and will participate in the Educational Services Unit’s core functions of teaching, learning, outreach, engagement, and instructional assessment. University Library is especially interested in promoting an environment of diversity and excellence throughout the institution and welcomes candidates committed to fostering diverse and inclusive environments.
Responsibilities
●Teach and assess first-year courses with general research requirements collaborating with other liaison librarians and departmental course coordinators in developing learning outcomes aligned with University Library information literacy learning outcomes and curriculum
●Collaboratively coordinate instruction of STEM and Health Sciences first-year classes with liaison librarians
●Coordinate library participation in campus orientation activities (in conjunction with the Library’s Campus Outreach Group)
●Liaison to the Institute for Engaged Learning
●Participate in liaison activities in assigned STEM or Health Sciences areas such as Technology Leadership/Communication and HPER but flexible based on experience/interest.
●Adhere to IUPUI University Library Liaison Guidelines, including instruction, research consultations, outreach, support for scholarly communication, and awareness and use of open educational resources.
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