Department: Library
Classification: Professional Faculty
Job Category: Administrative or Professional Faculty
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hours/week)
Location: Fairfax, VA
Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible, up to 2 telework
days/week
Sponsorship Eligibility: Not eligible for visa
sponsorship
Salary: Anticipated hiring range $75,000-$95,000,
commensurate with education and experience
The final salary and professional ranking for a selected candidate
will be determined based on factors such as qualifications of the
individual, including their work experience, scholarship, and
service; internal equity; and alignment with the university's
approved pay structures.
At George Mason University, base salary is one component of a
comprehensive total rewards package that includes competitive
health and wellness benefits, retirement contributions, generous
leave, tuition benefits for employees, and the opportunity to
contribute to the mission of Virginia's largest and most diverse
public research university.
Other Conditions of Employment: This is a limited-term
position with grant funding ending in FY30; initial 2-year
appointment, renewable is based on Librarian rank and up until June
30, 2029.
Criminal Background Check: Yes
About the Department:
The University Libraries form an intellectual nexus for George
Mason University. They foster innovation, creativity, and
imagination by facilitating access to scholarship and information,
providing expert consultation in the research process, and actively
teaching the effective and critical use of information. Moreover,
the Libraries fulfill a critical role in the creation,
dissemination, and preservation of knowledge.
The Learning, Research, and Engagement Division (LRE) of the
University Libraries has primary responsibility for the spectrum of
services and programs related to the outward-focused, direct
engagement with undergraduate and graduate students and faculty
pertaining to teaching, learning, and research, including the
assessment of such services and programs. Through the Teaching and
Learning team and the three disciplinary teams of subject
specialist librarians (Arts and Humanities, STEM, and Social
Sciences), the LRE division works continuously with individual
faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates on their individual
learning and research needs by working closely with academic
departments and colleges. Additionally, the LRE division advances
the University Libraries’ goals and plans.
About the Position:
The AI Fluency and Computing Librarian is part of the Libraries'
Science and Technology team, which serves the College of
Engineering and Computing, the College of Public Health, and the
College of Science, as well as several STEM-H multi-disciplinary
university-level institutes and centers. The programmatic role of
the AI Fluency and Computing Librarian is to assist with planning
and readying the University Libraries in providing library
resources and services that support the university's growing
programs in artificial intelligence, computing, and other areas;
this is achieved by providing instruction, reference, research
consultations, collection development, and academic outreach.
Additional duties will extend to such areas as collaborating with
the library's Data and Digital Scholarship Services (DDSS) in
providing research data support for faculty and students, grant
assistance for faculty, and other subject liaison assignment(s)
within the scope of the three aforementioned colleges and STEM-H
institutes/centers. This individual will also work in collaboration
with DDSS on data and applied AI-related efforts, and will
collaborate with the Mason Publishing Group, the Collections
Strategy unit, as well as with other library departments more
broadly and across the university. This position participates in
committees, task force, and/or workgroups as required to share
knowledge, develop best practices, and implement and advance the
work of the Libraries.
Responsibilities:
AI Fluency:
- Contributes to the university’s AI and computer science
initiatives by coordinating AI educational programming provided by
the Libraries;
Serves as the Libraries' primary contact for general AI-related
inquiries, providing initial consultation and directing requests to
appropriate internal or external experts and resources;
Acts as the primary subject matter expert in AI literacy,
provides support for library instructors regarding AI literacy, and
maintains current awareness of AI trends;
Promotes scholarly discourse around ethical and innovative uses
of AI;
Tracks and shares outcomes of internal and external AI
initiatives to inform strategic planning and demonstrate alignment
with the university’s strategic AI goals;
Represents the Libraries among university, consortial,
regional, and national AI initiatives as appropriate; and
Monitors and communicates AI-related policy developments within
the Commonwealth of Virginia and at George Mason University.
Reference and Research:
- Provides general and expert academic discipline-based reference
and consultation, research assistance and course support, and
reference service (in-person/virtual/hybrid) as scheduled;
- Develops and implements creative library services and programs
to integrate collections with teaching and research, including
maintaining content for the library’s online and print guides, as
needed;
- Keeps abreast of curricular and program changes in assigned
programs and follows trends in reference and information services,
particularly in academic libraries; and
- Assesses the impacts and outcomes of reference/research
services and programs in assigned subject areas and implements
changes or improvements.
Instruction:
- Uses general and subject-specific knowledge and resources, as
well as current technologies and appropriate pedagogies, to develop
and deliver high-quality instruction to faculty, staff, and
students in Computing Sciences;
- Develops a strong understanding of the research and teaching
needs of emerging AI and Computing Sciences programs in order to
design new and enhance existing services in anticipation of these
needs;
- Actively engages with faculty, students, and staff in the
College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) to develop strong
working relationships and partnerships;
- Participates fully in the research and teaching initiatives of
the Libraries, including conducting workshops and training
sessions, as needed;
- Attends training sessions to maintain and enhance skills;
and
- Implements innovative ways of delivering information literacy
with the advent of new technologies in consideration of diverse
learning needs.
Collection Development and Information Management:
- As subject area expert, and working closely with faculty from
assigned departments, the AI Fluency and Computing Librarian
selects, recommends, monitors, evaluates, and manages reference and
research collections (in all formats) in the assigned disciplines
to meet curricular and research needs. This is done in
collaboration with another Computing Librarian with shared
funding;
- Works with Special Collections to identify and acquire
archives/other special materials;
- Participates in system-wide shared collection initiatives and
activities, and as a member of the Science and Technology team,
participates in setting and achieving annual goals and tasks as
established by the team;
- Monitors trends and maintains knowledge, skills, and expertise
with regard to relevant general and subject-area databases,
relevant publishers/vendors, intellectual access mechanisms,
resource formats, and library and information technologies;
and
- Proactively supports initiatives in open access and sustainable
collections, open science, and open data.
Scholarly Communication, Outreach, and Engagement:
- In collaboration with the OER & Scholarly Communications
Librarian and Data and Digital Scholarship Services, proactively
supports researchers on scholarly communication models; promotes
the use of open access sources and tools to faculty, students, and
researchers; and helps researchers find, manage, and critically
evaluate information and data, as well as affiliated research
tools, platforms, and infrastructure. Builds internal and external
partnerships to support this activity;
- Promotes library services, resources, and programs to the
George Mason University community, and initiates and strengthens
communication channels between the Libraries and programs by
forming partnerships with faculty, staff, and students in assigned
academic programs; and
- In collaboration with library colleagues, markets library
services and programs at Fenwick Library, Mercer Library, and Mason
Square Library, as appropriate.
Service and Scholarship:
- Engages in university and professional service, and in research
and creative work as outlined in the George Mason University
Librarians’ Handbook and University Libraries Librarians’ Council
Bylaws.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited library and information
science program or a certified foreign equivalent required;
- Experience in planning, designing, and implementing AI literacy
programming for a variety of audiences;
- Experience in developing outreach strategies and building
relationships with faculty and students to deliver high-impact
services and resources;
- Experience in building collaborative and mutually beneficial
working relationships with people of varying backgrounds and
perspectives;
- Knowledge of emerging trends in AI technologies and innovation
and their implications for AI literacy, with awareness of its
advantages and challenges;
- Knowledge of electronic resources and information technologies
to support reference, research, and collection development in
Computing Sciences or STEM-related disciplines;
- Demonstrated ability to provide library instruction and
research support in STEM that support the educational goals of a
multicultural student population; and
- Ability to build collaborative and mutually beneficial working
relationships with people of varying backgrounds and perspectives,
especially within the context of information literacy, written
communication, problem-solving, critical thinking, and integrative
learning.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Degree in a computing sciences-related field, or significant
coursework in those areas;
- Demonstrated experience in supporting STEM teaching, learning,
and research activities;
- Some relevant industry experience (e.g., testing
software);
- Knowledge of ethical, legal, and policy issues in computing
sciences, including privacy and intellectual property
ownership;
- Collection management expertise, including fund management,
working with collection development packages, and in-depth
knowledge of relevant databases and publishers/vendors; and
- Working knowledge of resources for data literacy, scholarly
communications, and open access concepts and trends.
Instructions to Applicants:
For full consideration, applicants must apply for the
AI
Fluency and Computing Librarian at
https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online
application to include three professional references with contact
information, and provide a cover letter, resume, and responses to
the embedded application questions.
Posting Open Date: October 15, 2026
For Full Consideration, Apply by: October 29, 2026
Open Until Filled: Yes
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