Liaison Librarian

Liaison Librarian

Non-Tenure Stream

EP - EHRA 12 mo leave earning

Located in North Carolina’s third largest city, UNC Greensboro is among the most diverse, learner-centered public research universities in the state, with nearly 18,000 students in eight colleges and schools pursuing more than 150 areas of undergraduate and over 200 areas of graduate study. UNCG continues to be recognized nationally for academic excellence, access, and affordability. UNCG is ranked No. 1 most affordable institution in North Carolina for net cost by the N.Y. Times and No. 1 in North Carolina for social mobility by The Wall Street Journal — helping first-generation and lower-income students find paths to prosperity. Designated an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, UNCG is a community-engaged research institution with a portfolio of more than $67M in research and creative activity. The University’s 1,100 faculty and 1,700 staff help create an annual economic impact for the Piedmont Triad region in excess of $1B.

The Research, Outreach, and Instruction department (ROI) supports the teaching mission of UNCG by providing research assistance and information literacy instruction. ROI is the administrative home of most of the liaison librarians. Each department on campus has a liaison librarian who works with that department to provide information literacy instruction, in-depth research consultations, research assignment design, and collection development.

The Liaison Librarian will serve as a liaison to several academic departments at UNCG, with a focus on the humanities. In this role, they will teach course-integrated information literacy sessions, provide research assistance to the students and faculty in their liaison areas, provide support for the Libraries’ participation in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), instruct students and faculty in the use of digital primary source material, including government information and digitized historical periodicals, and assist with collection management. They will also contribute to the Libraries’ active student success and outreach efforts.

• Required ALA-Accredited Master of Library Science degree
• Required experience providing reference services

• Prefer experience providing information literacy instruction
• Prefer experience working in an academic library
• Prefer ability to proficiently speak English and Spanish

$58,406 - $60,000

University Libraries - 11601

03/04/2024

Yes

1.000

Permanent

12

Exempt

75

Liaison work, including instruction, consultations, and collection development

• Teach course-integrated information literacy sessions in liaison areas.
• Create and update research guides and tutorials in liaison areas.
• Regularly do outreach to instructors in liaison areas to promote liaison services.
• Teach course-integrated information literacy sessions beyond liaison areas as needed.
• Provide in-depth research consultations to undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty in liaison areas by chat, email, and in person.
• Work with faculty in liaison areas to order relevant books, scores, and other materials.
• Communicate library updates and information to faculty in liaison areas.

10

General reference support

• Assist patrons with circulation transactions at the reference desk.
• Work closely with the ROI staff and student employees to provide excellent customer service to patrons.
• Provide in-depth reference service to walk-in patrons when needed.
• Provide chat support to patrons through LibraryH3lp.
• Support the library’s Ask Us chat service as needed.

10

Outreach

• Provide outreach and promotion for services to faculty, students, and the community.
• Serve as Libraries’ representative on campus-wide initiatives and support related policies.
• Engage with campus partners to work openly discoverable, accessible, and reusable.

5

Professional Development

• Participate in professional development activities as warranted.

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