Research and Instruction Librarian - Haverford, United States - Haverford College

Haverford College
Haverford College
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Haverford, United States

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Work Location:
This position will be eligible for a hybrid work schedule, pursuant to the College's Work Location Policy. The position requires a minimum of 4 days per week on campus. The off-campus day shall be selected and consistent every week in agreement with one's supervisor.


About Research, Instruction, and Digital Scholarship at the Libraries**The Research and Instruction Librarian is part of the Research, Instruction, and Digital Scholarship team, which is a group of librarians in Lutnick Library dedicated to continually iterating a full range of instruction, reference, research support, outreach, collection development, and digital scholarship services, all in the interest of collaborating with students, faculty, staff, and the Haverford community at large.


About the Position

Primary Responsibilities

_ Research, Instruction, and Digital Scholarship_

  • Participate in the Library's instruction program and promote active learning through classroom instruction, individual research meetings, course guides, exhibits, workshops, etc.
  • Collaborate with librarians supporting other disciplines when a project includes a relevant disciplinary aspect
  • Train and supervise student assistants assigned to reference work
  • Participate in and support a diverse and inclusive community of faculty, students, and staff
  • Work to maintain the effectiveness of the Haverford/Bryn Mawr/Swarthmore approval plan
  • Engage actively in research and scholarship with outputs in a range of formats
  • Collaborate with related disciplinary faculty in their digital scholarship projects
  • Engage in digital scholarship and advise faculty and students in development, current thinking, and practices
  • Participate in Tri-College Libraries committees as appropriate
  • Perform other duties or projects as assigned

_ Assessment_

  • Formulate an assessment plan for the Libraries' Research, Instruction, and Digital Scholarship program
  • Fully participate in the Libraries' strategic planning processes
  • Administer and design custom assessment instruments, such as surveys, focus groups, interviews, rubrics, balanced scorecards, and internal data collection forms
  • Consult with librarians to help them choose or develop appropriate methods to assess and improve their instruction
  • Analyze reference interaction data to identify trends and frequently asked questions with the goal of maintaining responsive services and identifying training opportunities for faculty, staff, and students
  • Coordinate the gathering of research and instruction statistics for external surveys and reports

_Data management_

  • Cultivate expertise in finding, acquiring, manipulating, and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, in particular for research, instruction, and digital scholarship projects
  • Seek opportunities for data literacy and skills instruction, and keep up to date with datarelated developments
  • Collaborate with library and community partners on issues of data management and sustainability related to digital scholarship and/or grantfunded initiatives

Line of Report:

The Research and Instruction Librarian reports to the Associate Librarian of the College and Coordinator for Research, Instruction, and Digital Scholarship Services.

This position supervises student colleagues, usually 1-2 per year.


Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline
  • Broad liberal arts background

Professional Competencies

  • Strong commitment to working in and advancing an inclusive environment
  • Proficiency in research, instruction, assessment initiatives
  • Demonstrated useroriented approach to library service
  • Understanding of research trends including digital scholarship and the roles of data and technology in pedagogy
  • Experience related to supervising student colleagues
  • Experience compiling and reporting academic library data
  • Evidence of competence in planning, project management, and/or data management
  • Demonstrated knowledge of processes and software tools for collecting, analyzing, reporting and visualizing data
  • Demonstrated capacity for collaboration including the ability to foster and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and students
  • Evidence of continuing professional development, creativity, and resourcefulness
  • Strong commitment to the goals of a liberal arts education
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, and ability to work energetically and collegially with all constituencies of the academic community.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Two years professionallevel experience with general reference, research support, instruction, collection development, data management, assessment services
  • Additional advanced degree
  • Reading knowledge of another language
  • Scholarly engagement in relevant discipline
Haverford College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice, and providing equal opportun
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