Summary: The Information Literacy and Digital Learning Librarian coordinates the library’s information literacy program and the library liaison program. This position is responsible for creating and updating digital learning resources, maintaining the library website, and coordinating LibGuides. Reporting to the director of the library, the person in this position serves as library liaison to selected academic majors and programs and teaches information literacy at the undergraduate and graduate levels. As a member of the library team, this person helps provide operational support for the library, including on-call assistance on some weekend days and may work one evening per week during the fall and spring terms. This is a full-time benefits-eligible staff position with faculty status. This position is exempt from provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is not eligible to earn overtime pay for hours worked above 40 in a single work week.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Coordinates, promotes, and assesses the library’s information literacy program and library liaison program. Establishes learning outcomes and goals of the overall instruction program. Assists librarians to develop effective teaching, instructional design, and assessment. Leads assessment of instruction through analysis of statistics and the use of assessment tools. Coordinates library liaison outreach.
• In partnership with library colleagues, develops and maintains library instructional materials, tutorials, and other learning objects for an array of disciplines and subject areas. Ensures compliance with established accessibility guidelines and higher education standards. Assists faculty with integrating library materials into courses. Promotes and supports the use of Open Educational Resources.
• Serves as library liaison to one or more academic majors/programs. Provides research assistance to students and instruction informed by ACRL guidelines for information literacy, creates and maintains research guides, tutorials, and other instructional materials, and maintains regular communication with faculty and administrators in assigned departments. Participates in library marketing and outreach activities. Participates in library orientation to various campus groups.
• Takes the lead on maintaining the library website, ensuring content is up-to-date and accessible, adding new content, and improving findability and usability using best practices. Manages LibGuides and coordinates research guides. Investigates emerging technologies and recommends enhancements to improve the online experience for students and faculty.
• Helps provide operational support for the library, including on-call assistance on some weekend days, occasionally opening or closing the library, and some evening work.
• Maintains understanding and current knowledge of developments in librarianship. Serves on institutional and professional committees and in other capacities. Takes part in professional development activities every year. Other duties and special projects may be assigned to meet department and university needs.

Experience, Knowledge and Skills

• ALA-accredited Master of Library and Information Science degree or equivalent. Required by June 2023.
• Experience working in an academic library preferred.
• Familiarity with information literacy guidance from the Association of College and Research Libraries.
• Knowledge of digital learning resources and instructional design principles.
• Teaching experience, especially in higher education.
• Experience with LibGuides software and the LibApps platform.
• Knowledge of planning and assessment of information literacy programs and websites, including usage statistics.
• Substantial experience with Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and SharePoint.
• Friendly demeanor with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact in a respectful and positive manner.
• Commitment to equitable access to expertise, support, and resources for all constituencies (students, faculty, staff, visitors).
• Commitment to working effectively as part of the library team.
• Excellent organization and follow-through skills to ensure achievement of objectives within established timeframes, working independently and as a member of a team.
• Attention to detail and ability to meet scheduling expectations.

Application Process
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1.    A cover letter addressing the position qualifications and experience
2.    Current résumé or CV
3.    Salary requirements
4.    Contact information for three professional references.

Applications received by December 2, will receive first consideration. Queens will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.

About Queens University of Charlotte
Located in the heart of the nation’s second fastest growing metropolitan area, Queens University of Charlotte leverages the city’s diverse and thriving environment as an extended classroom. Nationally recognized for undergraduate programs in international and interdisciplinary education, Queens blends the best of liberal arts learning with professional preparation and community engagement. Focused on supporting success for diverse learners, faculty build close and collaborative relationships with students and help them build intentional and individualized roadmaps for flourishing at Queens and beyond. At the graduate program level, the University offers innovative educational experiences that help learners advance professionally and retool for new opportunities. Our environs afford faculty myriad opportunities to advance their own professional growth and teaching and research interests by collaborating with vibrant industry, non-profit, and community organization sectors.

Because of our history of innovation and our legacy of strong leadership, Queens is positioned to be among the new forerunners of American higher education. This is a defining moment for Queens. While other institutions are focused on sustaining and surviving, we are thinking much bigger.

Institutions that understand what is needed and are willing to reimagine what is possible can position themselves to thrive and strengthen their market position after the pandemic with innovative approaches that are deeply connected to the world and its greatest challenges.

By 2030, Queens aspires to become the leading, private, national university of Charlotte with deep, meaningful, and reciprocal connections to the needs of our local community and economy; inventive and multidisciplinary academic programs that are connected to the world’s most pressing challenges and biggest areas of opportunity; a fully connected, integrated, and innovative set of experiences that support holistic wellness and wellbeing; a culture of continuous improvement and investment that enables faculty and staff to flourish and achieve their full potential; and a comprehensive approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion that begins on campus and radiates throughout the community.

Benefits
Queens offers comprehensive benefits to eligible employees, including: medical, dental and vision insurance, domestic partner benefits, defined contribution (matching) and supplemental 403(b) retirement plans, vacation and generous paid holidays, tuition remission and tuition exchange, Queens-paid life insurance, supplemental life insurance, dependent life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care, Health Savings Account), sick leave and long-term disability leave, paid parental leave, FMLA leave when eligible, reduced cost meals at Morrison Dining Hall, employee assistance program (EAP), free access to the Levine Center, wellness programs. In addition, employees may choose benefits such as pet insurance, critical care insurance and legal assistance.

Queens University of Charlotte is an equal opportunity employer and is firmly committed to supporting and celebrating all forms of diversity. Queens does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, national origin, disability, political beliefs, veteran status, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law in the administration of its educational and admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic programs, employment and hiring policies, or other University-administered programs.

Any individual with a disability who needs any reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to apply for a position or otherwise to participate in Queens' job search/selection process should contact the Director of Human Resources at 704.337.2222.

Physical Requirements (with or without reasonable accommodation)

• Remain in a stationary position, most of the time.
• Exchange accurate information with co-workers and clients, frequently.
• Read reports, create presentations, use a computer system, most of the time.
• Communicate with co‐workers, clients and vendors, most of the time. 
• Write, type, and use the computer, telephone, copier, and other office equipment systems, most of the time. 
• Move about inside the workspace to access resources and office equipment, and attend meetings across campus, regularly. 
• Exert moderate force to move objects, occasionally. 
• Think critically, concentrate on the task at hand, and respond quickly to changes in conditions, most of the time.

Work Conditions

• Work in a library and office environment, involving contact with students, faculty, staff, service providers and vendors.
• Availability and willingness to provide on-call assistance on some weekend days, occasionally opening or closing the library, and some evening work.
• Work has deadlines, multiple interruptions, high volume and may be stressful at times.

This description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of this positions, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended to describe the general nature of this position.