Job Title: Librarian
Closing Date/Time: Mon. 04/01/19 11:59 PM Central Time
Salary: $45,260.00 – $82,417.00 Annually
Job Type: Temporary Full-Time
Location: Inver Grove Heights, MN, Minnesota
Inver Hills Community College seeks a full time Faculty Librarian
This position provides library services such as library instruction, including a credit-based Information Literacy course, one-on-one reference services, and supervision of circulation. Faculty members at Inver Hills are professionally active scholars who participate in departmental and campus-wide activities to enhance their disciplines, promote interdisciplinary discourse and collaboration, and advance the college mission. The college is committed to reflecting a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds among its administrators, faculty and staff.
Appointment: Temporary Full Time, academic year 2019-2020
Examples of Duties:
The successful candidate will:
• Provide high quality reference services (one-on-one instruction) to a diverse population of students, staff, faculty, and community patrons
• Provide high quality research assistance to our students, faculty, staff, and community patrons
• Collaborate with faculty to develop course integrated library instruction, and create associated lesson plans and research guides
• Deliver high quality course integrated instruction in all delivery modes
• Engage in collection development of library materials, including selection and deselection
• Engage in on-going professional development to keep current in library science and in the scholarship of teaching and learning
• Work collaboratively with faculty, staff, and administration to develop and execute work plans in support of identified college and library priorities
• Collaborate with staff, administrators, and faculty across the college to innovate and problem solve
• Serve on college committees, councils, or work groups
• Represent the college on MnPALS and Minnesota State system committees and initiatives
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
• Master’s degree in library science or equivalent degree
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience working in a strong collaborative, service-oriented environment
• Experience working with diverse populations
• Demonstrated knowledge of current practices in library science
• Demonstrated knowledge of current methodologies and pedagogy in library instruction, user education, and reference services (one-on-one instruction)
• Demonstrated aptitude with library resources in a variety of formats
• Strong commitment to service orientation
• Teaching experience
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong problem solving skills
Supplemental Information:
You must apply online and attach an electronic resume , cover letter and copy of your transcript(s) to your online application in order to be considered for this position. Paper applications and resumes will not be considered.
Founded in 1970, Inver Hills is a comprehensive community college offering 35 program options and degrees including the Associate in Arts (A.A.), a liberal arts education degree that leads to transfer to four-year colleges; the Associate in Fine Art (A.F.A.) degree in studio arts; and the career-related Associate in Science (A.S.) and Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degrees in leading occupational areas such as nursing, paralegal, computer networking, law enforcement, human services, business, emergency medical services, teacher education, and more.
Located 10 minutes from downtown St. Paul, scenic Inver Hills Community College serves over 9000 credit students annually. Many Inver Hills students are first generation. The student of color population has increased from 24% to 28% in the last four years. Almost 30 percent of students are low income and eligible for Pell grants. Inver Hills strives to reflect a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds among administrators, faculty and staff.
Inver Hills is committed to quality improvement, Learning Communities, campus-wide assessment, innovative instruction, integrating technology in instruction, collaboration with Pre-K-12 for college readiness and access, and civic engagement.
Instructors work 171 days during a nine-month academic year and receive excellent benefits including health insurance (95% employer paid single premium or 88% employer paid family premium); life insurance; optional dental, short- and long-term disability and long-term care insurance; paid personal and sick leave; defined benefits and defined contribution (401(a) retirement plans); tuition waiver for employees and dependents; and optional 457 and 403(b) retirement savings plans.
Inver Hills does not reimburse for travel expenses for interviews.
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