Salt Lake Community College

Librarian, Affordable Learning & Liaison

Closes: Oct 16, 2026

Salary: $52,302 – $53,848 per year

Salary: $52,302.15 - $53,848.32 Annually

Location: Taylorsville Campus, UT

Job Type: Exempt Full Time

Job Number: [contact details available in the full listing]

Division: Academic Affairs

Department: Libraries

Closing Date: 10/16/2026 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA
Exempt

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

All employees are expected to maintain a permanent residence within the State of Utah as a condition of employment. New employees must provide a valid Utah residential address within 30 days of their start date.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Library Academic Services, the Affordable Learning and Liaison Librarian partners with faculty and staff to advance affordable learning through open educational resources (OER), Library-licensed content, course reserves, and openly available resources. As a member of the Open Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) cross-institutional team, the Librarian contributes to affordable learning and open education initiatives and connects faculty and staff with copyright and licensing expertise as needed. Serving as liaison to an assigned SLCC school, the Librarian builds collaborative relationships with faculty and academic leaders; provides information literacy instruction, research consultations, reference services, and outreach; and develops collections and Library services that support student and faculty success.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities & Knowledge Skills & Abilities

Essential duties and responsibilities

Partner with faculty, staff, and academic leaders to advance affordable learning through OER, library-licensed resources, course reserves, and openly available content.

Collaborate with the Open SLCC cross-institutional team, the Copyright Librarian, and other colleagues to support open education, copyright and licensing referrals, and affordable-learning initiatives.

Serve as liaison to an assigned SLCC school, building relationships with faculty and academic leaders and connecting programs with relevant Library resources and services.

Provide information literacy instruction, research consultations, reference services, and outreach for students, faculty, staff, and administrators in a variety of formats.

Participate in developing collections and in planning and assessing liaison, instruction, collection, and affordable-learning activities.

Knowledge and skills

Demonstrated interest in, or ability to develop knowledge of, affordable learning, OER, open education, open access, scholarly communication, copyright, fair use, intellectual property, and open licensing.
Ability to learn and apply technologies, tools, workflows, and platforms that support OER discovery, adoption, adaptation, creation, and assessment.
Ability to apply information-literacy concepts and instructional practices, including the College's General Education information literacy learning outcome and the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education.
Ability to communicate clearly and build inclusive, equitable, accessible, and welcoming relationships and services for students, faculty, staff, and administrators with diverse backgrounds, identities, abilities, and educational experiences.

Minimum qualifications

Master's degree in Library Science or equivalent from an ALA accredited institution or an international equivalent recognized by ALA; degree completed by date of hire.

Preferred Qualifications

Demonstrated interest in affordable learning, OER, open education, or scholarly communication, including through coursework, internships, practicums, student employment, volunteer work, or professional experience.
Familiarity with copyright, fair use, intellectual property, Creative Commons licenses, and/or copyright-permissions or course-material licensing and permissions processes, including Copyright Clearance Center tools.
Experience in an academic, community college, public, school, or special library setting, or another education- or student-focused environment.
Experience planning, facilitating, or supporting instruction, workshops, presentations, tutoring, or other learning activities for diverse audiences.
Experience building collaborative relationships with faculty, students, staff, or community partners.

SLCC Information

Salt Lake Community College is Utah's largest open-access college in the state. We proudly educate 45,000+ students pursuing degrees in 100+ programs across 8 areas of study, and Utah's fastest growing industries and four-year baccalaureate programs consistently welcome SLCC graduates. Every SLCC employee has a hand in transforming students' lives to strengthen its surrounding communities. SLCC employees work at 8 locations across the valley and capital city of Salt Lake with easy access to the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, world-class outdoor recreation, sporting events, museums, history, and arts and entertainment.

Salt Lake Community College seeks and values contributions from each community member and welcomes new perspectives. A respectful work environment is its top priority; academic excellence and lasting transformation occurs when we can collaborate freely. As an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution, SLCC leads the state with the highest enrollment of students from the Latinx/a/o community. SLCC is committed to serving students and being a model for inclusive and transformative education.

Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) is fully committed to policies of equal employment and nondiscrimination. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, religion, protected veteran status, expression of political or personal beliefs outside of the workplace, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

SLCC is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems ("URS"). In addition to URS, SLCC offers several other retirement account options.

This position is subject to a successful completion of a criminal background check.

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