"Broward Services Librarian"

Company: Florida Atlantic University

Job Location: Boca Raton, Florida

Category: Library and Information Science

Type: Full-Time

Established in 1964 as the first public university in southeast Florida, Florida Atlantic University serves 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students on six campuses along Florida's beautiful southeast coast in Broward, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie counties. Florida Atlantic has ten distinguished colleges that offer more than 180-degree programs, including the Schmidt College of Medicine, and is home to one of the world's preeminent marine science education and research centers, the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. Florida Atlantic University is taking its place among the world's great research centers and has been given the designation of a "High Research Activity" university by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. In 2015, it earned the distinction of being a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution.

The Florida Atlantic University Libraries have prioritized working collaboratively with an R1 campus community on a Top 100 research initiative that includes a highly library engaged campus and community environment. FAU Libraries house approximately 3.7 million items and provide access to over 80,000 electronic journals, nearly 500 databases, and a growing collection of e-books and streaming videos. The Libraries house many distinctive collections, including artists’ books, sound recordings, print music, rare books and manuscripts, and University Archives. The Digital initiatives and Scholarship Unit provides the Research Hub learning space for graduate students, post-docs, doctoral students, researchers, visiting scholars, and community users. In addition, this unit creates online collections from unique materials held in Special Collections and University Archives, serving as the University repository for intellectual output generated on campus including FAU created journals and curated displays.

The Florida Atlantic University Libraries seek a student focused, high-energy, collaborative, organized, engaged, positive, innovative, strong written and verbal communicator, and self-starter, who adapts well to change and can manage multiple projects. We endeavor to be a highly engaged organization that believes in striving for excellence, utilizing assessment and data for decision-making, and maintaining a culture of appreciation/gratitude, as an R1 University pursuing a Top 100 national ranking. Successful candidates are also expected to demonstrate commitment to professional development and lifelong learning.

Reporting directly to the Assistant Dean for Access, Research, and Learning Services, with a dotted line reporting to the Associate Dean of University Libraries who oversees services to offsite campus centers, the Broward Services Librarian will extend the Libraries’ proactive, user-centric service model to actively engage and collaborate with the FAU Broward community and support its instructional and research needs in traditional and innovative ways with a special emphasis on graduate programs and faculty research.

This position provides introductory and in-depth orientations to library services and resources for graduate students and faculty using exhibitions, public programming, classes, online tutorials, social networking, and other innovative techniques to engage the FAU Broward community. In collaboration with the Research and Instructional Services Unit within the Libraries, the Broward Services Librarian will participate in library outreach and programming efforts, serve as a liaison with assigned academic and student support units, participate in collection management for assigned areas, and conduct in-person and virtual reference and instructional services. This position will also prioritize providing focused services for Florida Atlantic graduate students and faculty at the University/College Libraries on the Florida Atlantic Davie Campus. The Broward Services Librarian will serve one day a week at a Florida Atlantic Broward Campus (e.g. Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach, or Davie in Broward County) using the University Libraries’ state vehicle (if desired), and the remaining days at the S.E. Wimberly Library on the Boca Raton Campus (Palm Beach County) including virtual support for the Broward campuses.

Virtual services to the FAU Broward community will also be provided from the Boca Raton Campus. When working from the Boca Raton Campus, the Broward Services Librarian will also prioritize working on liaison activities, collection management responsibilities, marketing materials, research guides, professional development, professional service, scholarship/research activities, and faculty governance.

Essential Functions:

• Provide focused in-person and virtual library services to FAU students, researchers, and faculty at Broward campus locations.
• Provide focused services specifically for FAU graduate students and faculty at the University/College Libraries on the Florida Atlantic Davie Campus including conducting systematic reviews.
• Provide reference and information assistance in-person and virtually to external and internal library users for all types and formats of library materials and services.
• Promote and market the Ask a Librarian online reference service for Broward locations.
• Provide instructional sessions using library resources to an assorted community and student body, working across various disciplines.
• Provide group, one-on-one, distance learning, and hybrid instruction for courses, workshops, and programs.
• Engage in liaison activities across disciplines such as architecture, communication and multimedia studies, visual arts and art history, and ocean and mechanical engineering.
• Support scholarly communication, promoting awareness and adoption of open educational resources (OER), and contributing to collection management.
• Promote and market Digital Commons and Research Commons to faculty, researchers, graduate students, and post-docs.
• Develop subject/discipline promotional materials that effectively communicate the Libraries’ digital collections and other resources to the community by utilizing research guides, online tutorials, and other media.
• Actively engage with University and library colleagues to ensure current collections and services meet the needs of the FAU Broward community and support the University’s and Libraries’ mission and strategic plan including maintaining R1 status and obtaining Top 100 status.
• Support the Libraries’ KPIs and other strategic initiatives.
• Participate in FAU programs and events that promote student recruitment, academic preparedness, and graduation.
• Participate in Libraries’ engagement events.
• Work closely with library colleagues on community outreach and development activities.
• Contribute to developing and strengthening a positive view of the FAU Libraries as an active partner in the University’s educational and research mission and assist with promoting the Libraries’ needs and services.
• Serve on appropriate Libraries, University, regional, state, or national committees including professional committees, and actively participate in faculty governance.
• Investigate opportunities to carry out, publish, and present original scholarship, research, and scholarly projects related to the area of expertise or responsibility.
• Develop an annual professional development plan.
• Submit reoccurring library faculty activity reports as assigned.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

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