Research and Instructional Services Librarian (STEM)
Position Overview
Marquette University’s Raynor Library seeks an energetic, collaborative, and service-focused librarian to support student success and faculty research related to the fields of STEM. A member of the library’s Research and Instructional Services team, this librarian is responsible for research assistance, instruction, collection management, and outreach as the subject liaison for the College of Engineering, Departments of Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics and Physics at Marquette. The successful candidate will bring awareness of library resources and practices related to STEM as well as enthusiasm for faculty outreach and student learning.
Raynor Library offers a collegial work environment that makes space for creativity, innovation, and personal growth. Broad collaboration is encouraged with fellow librarians, faculty, and others on innovative initiatives that enhance student success, faculty research, and sustainable scholarship. Resources for professional development are provided to allow librarians to grow in their positions and be successful.
With a workplace culture that centers on inclusion, equity, and diversity, the library seeks candidates whose lived experience is culturally diverse and who enjoy working with individuals of diverse backgrounds, races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, and perspectives.
Responsibilities:
- Develop strong collaborative relationships with faculty and students that support all stages of their instruction and research.
- Partner with faculty and the library acquisitions team to select, manage, and evaluate relevant areas of the library’s collections information resources that support current student and faculty academic and research needs.
- Collaborate with faculty to integrate information literacy into the curriculum.
- Develop and conduct instructional sessions for students on information literacy and the use of relevant research resources and practices.
- Create instructional materials in a variety of formats for online use by students and faculty.
- Assist faculty with federal funding agencies’ policies requiring open access to publications, data management planning and tools.
- Provide in-person and virtual reference support, including occasional evening hours.
- Communicate regularly with the departments about relevant news, services, resources, and programming of interest to their faculty and students.
- Contribute to and learn from the field of librarianship through such avenues as local, state, and national professional organizations, presentations, and publications.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- MLS from an ALA accredited institution.
- Understanding of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education.
- Demonstrated ability to teach library information literacy sessions, including the development of learning outcomes and measurable assessments.
- Demonstrated interest in the fields of STEM.
- Experience with software and tools for collaborative research including electronic lab notebooks, data analysis, or repositories.
- Demonstrated commitment to diversity and an ability to work with a diverse student body, faculty, and staff.
- Strong commitment to patron service and improving the user experience.
- A growth mindset and commitment to professional development.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- College course work or experience in a STEM field appropriate to the position.
- Familiarity with resources in engineering, physics, mathematics or computer science in all formats
- Experience working in an academic library including internship or practicum experience related to STEM fields.
- Experience teaching information literacy.
- Experience with collection management.
Librarians at Marquette University hold non-tenured faculty appointments. The successful candidate will be hired at assistant or associate librarian rank as outlined in the Marquette University Academic Librarians Assembly promotion and tenure guidelines. A strong record of job performance, professional growth, and service is required for reappointment and promotion in rank. The minimum salary is $50,000.
For full consideration, submit application online by September 22, 2023 to the University’s application site: https://employment.marquette.edu/postings/19968
About the Marquette University’s Raynor Library
Marquette University is situated in the heart of downtown Milwaukee, a beautiful, diverse, and walkable city with a rich history located on the shores of Lake Michigan. The university is an independent, Catholic, Jesuit doctoral-granting institution with 7,700 undergraduates, 3,600 graduate students, and 2,500 faculty and staff. Student success, access to education, and service are emphasized by the university in its work to educate well-rounded servant leaders who transform their fields, their society and the world.
Raynor Library, which sits at the intellectual and geographic center of Marquette’s campus, is comprised of two connected buildings that house a 1.8 million volume print collection, a digital scholarship lab, one-of-a-kind archival collections, as well as an online collection that includes 2.5 million e-books and 500 databases. In 2024, the library will become the gateway to Marquette’s new Lemonis Center for Student Success, an innovative hub for academic support services for students. www.marquette.edu/library/