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Student Success Librarian
Location: Queens Campus - Charlotte
Title: Student Success Librarian
Position Type: Staff with Faculty Rank
Days Per Week: Monday-Friday
Hours Per Week: 40 hrs/wk
VP Area: Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs
Department: Library
Location: Queens Campus - Charlotte
Position Summary
The Student Success Librarian is a one-year appointment dedicated to engaging students, faculty, and staff on the Charlotte campus as the library develops and expands shared services between the libraries in Charlotte and Burlington. The librarian plays a key role in supporting student success by delivering high-quality research assistance and developing information literacy instruction and building strong relationships with academic departments, student support services, and student…
organizations. This librarian will promote library services, programs and collections through campus partnerships, program development, workshops, and targeted support. The Student Success Librarian will remain current with developments and trends in teaching, research, and learning that impact students, such as AI tolls, and proactively incorporate instructional material related to the use of emerging technologies in library research.
Benefits of Working at Elon
Employees at Elon enjoy a generous and comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- 28 annual days off, including holidays and vacation.
- Immediate tuition remission for undergraduate courses
- Tuition remission for approved graduate-level courses after 12 months of employment.
- Free use of campus fitness facilities.
- Free admission to musical and theater performances, guest speakers, religious and ethnic observances, recitals, art exhibitions, entertainment and our Division I Phoenix athletics.
- Eligibility for tuition remission at Elon for spouses, qualifying domestic partners and dependents begins at two years of service. After two years of employment, eligibility begins for participation in the Tuition Exchange, a national scholarship exchange program that enables dependents to enroll in nationally recognized partner colleges and universities.
Elon values and celebrates the diverse backgrounds, cultures, experiences and perspectives of our community members. As an equal opportunity employer, Elon's principles of diversity extend to race and gender identity, age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion, and other aspects of one's identity. At Elon, our employees respect human differences, passion for lifelong learning, emphasis on personal integrity and an ethic of service.
Minimum Required Education and Experience
- Master's degree in Library and Information Science from an American Library Association accredited program.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively.
- Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and SharePoint.
- Coursework, knowledge of, or experience in outreach and student success activities.
- Commitment to student-centered service and continuous learning.
- Familiarity with various modes of instruction and various services in an academic library.
- Commitment to equitable access to expertise, support, and resources for all library patrons.
- Commitment to working effectively as part of the library team.
Preferred Education and Experience
- One or more years of experience working in an academic library.
- Experience providing reference and instruction in an academic library.
- Experience with a learning management system (LMS).
- Experience collaborating or working in a student services capacity, such as an academic success center.
- Experience using Canva, LibGuides, and Zoom.
Job Duties
- Partner with faculty, campus departments, and student groups to coordinate student success efforts by promoting library services and expanding campus-wide engagement with library resources.
- Assist in developing promotional materials, social media content, and events to raise awareness of library services and resources.
- Participate in campus activities, including student events.
- Work with Library Services and Operations Specialist to coordinate library representation at various orientation and enrollment events.
- Provide instruction and consultation to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff in using library resources, including databases, research tools, and OER support.
- Assists with managing Research 101 online self-paced course, including providing access and usage reporting.
- Design, develop, and deliver information literacy instruction sessions, workshops, and tutorials that prepare students to think critically, evaluate, and responsibly use information and emerging technologies such as AI.
- Working with Associate Dean of Charlotte library, conduct a needs assessment to inform planning as merger of two universities moves forward.
- Engages in professional development, scholarly activity, and service.
- Participates in inclusive team building in the Charlotte library, the Belk library, and University at large.
- May serve on QEP Steering Committee or other campus committees.
- May help provide operations support for the library as needed.
Special Instructions to Applicants
This is a one-year time limited position located at the Queens University campus in Charlotte, NC.
For priority consideration, please submit all application materials by Friday, September 11.
To Apply
To apply, visit: https://jobs.elon.edu/jobs/student-success-librarian-queens-campus-charlotte-north-carolina-united-states.
Organization
Elon University is a private university located in Elon, North Carolina. Elon has built a national reputation as the premier student-centered environment for experiential learning, with an emphasis on strong personal relationships between students and their faculty and staff mentors. Elon is ranked among the top 100 National Universities by U.S. News & World Report, with a #1 ranking for excellence in undergraduate teaching and #6 for innovation.
About 6,300 undergraduate and 800 graduate students come to Elon from 49 states and 50 other countries.
Elon’s rigorous curriculum is grounded in the arts and sciences and complemented by nationally accredited professional and graduate programs. The 480 full-time faculty members teach in more than 70 undergraduate majors, along with numerous graduate programs in business, education, communications, health sciences and law.
The university includes Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences; the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business; the School of Communications; the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education; the School of Health Sciences; and Elon University School of Law, which is located on a campus in downtown Greensboro, N.C.
Global engagement is central to Elon’s student experience and the university is consistently ranked among the top programs in the nation for study abroad. In addition, 81 percent of students participate in service-learning, 87 percent of students complete internships, 59 percent of students hold at least one campus leadership position and 23 percent of students work with faculty mentors on undergraduate research projects.
Elon is a member of the Colonial Athletics Association and the Phoenix athletics program includes 17 intercollegiate men’s and women’s sports in NCAA Division I (FCS football). Elon also offers extensive opportunities in club sports and intramurals.
Elon’s historic 690-acre campus in central North Carolina is designated as a botanical garden and includes the 56-acre Elon University Forest, a land preserve and natural area for scientific research; and Loy Farm, a center for environmental research and sustainability that includes a solar farm.
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