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    Posted: 02/Jul/2019 at 12:18am
Research and Instruction Librarian

Department: User Engagement – Arts, Music, and Powell Division
Rank and Salary: Assistant Librarian - Librarian ($55,014 - $86,534)
Position Availability: Immediately
Application deadline for first consideration: July 24, 2019

[Three positions available.]

The Research and Instruction Librarian will be joining a department that is using a matrix structure to better meet dynamic and evolving campus teaching and research needs. Although physically located in the Powell Library, the incumbent will be part of a team working to support users at multiple Library locations and will have the opportunity to help shape that engagement. The incumbent will serve on one of the multi-unit functional teams in the User Engagement division to provide collaborative leadership for that area, while also supporting work across public services functions. Current functional teams are Collections, Outreach, Research, and Teaching and Learning. The incumbent will play a key role in building this collaborative program at the Library and furthering substantive engagements with the campus. The ideal candidate for this multi-faceted role will be team-oriented, with the ability to both lead and support colleagues, student-centered, and committed to shaping the future of the library profession.

Position Duties
Reporting to the Director of Arts, Music, and Powell Libraries, the Research and Instruction Librarian provides instruction and research assistance for scholars at all levels and in multiple disciplines. Working with campus partners and library colleagues, the incumbent designs, implements and assesses library instructional services and outreach activities. These duties are core to all three positions. Each incumbent will also have focus areas that are distinct.

1.      Cluster Coordinator: The librarian provides collaborative leadership in the administration of the Library’s Cluster Program, serving as a key liaison to Undergraduate Education Initiatives. This includes working with the student supervisor to hire, train, and oversee the Inquiry Specialists supporting the program, as well as coordinating the team of librarian liaisons.
2.      Data Literacy and Digital Scholarship: The librarian will contribute to building a sustainable, scalable program of data literacy and other digital scholarship services and support, in collaboration with colleagues across the Library. This may include online and in-person pedagogical approaches and integration with existing service models.
3.      Online Learning and Scalable Teaching: The librarian will contribute to expanding the Library’s ability to teach and support students and other learners at scale, in collaboration with a range of colleagues and teams across the campus. This includes developing online modules, collaboration with Library research services, and other pedagogical approaches.

Specific duties and responsibilities include:
·        Provides instruction for undergraduate and graduate classes in multiple disciplines, primarily in the humanities and social sciences;
·        Works collaboratively to develop new approaches, services, systems, and strategies to actively engage with scholars during all phases of the research process: from research design, through discovery, analysis, and publication;
·        Both collaboratively and independently designs, implements, and assesses library instructional services, including face-to-face, hybrid, and online learning opportunities, instruction sessions and workshops, and other approaches to developing student research skills;
·        Serves as a liaison to one or more Clusters;
·        Provides research assistance in-person and online to a diverse patron community;

·        Develops and maintains relationships with campus partners in collaboration with library colleagues;

·        Maintains awareness of changes and trends within relevant disciplines and campus programs, including undergraduate research and first year experience;

·        Participates in outreach events and activities;

·        Builds and maintains collections to support student learning and research;

·        Works closely with Library Development to identify and steward donors, collections, and endowed gift funds;

·        Contributes to one of the User Engagement Functional Teams.

Required Qualifications
·        ALA-accredited Master's Degree in Library or Information Science OR significant graduate-level coursework toward such a degree OR equivalent education and experience (subject expertise combined with professional library education and/or experience).
·        Capacity to thrive in the exciting, ambiguous, future-oriented environment of a world-class research institution and to respond effectively to changing needs and priorities.
·        Commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive educational environment and workplace and ability to work with a diverse student and faculty population.
·        Familiarity with the operation of a research university, and ability to work effectively and collegially in a team-based environment with colleagues, clients, and administrators at all levels.
·        Demonstrated evidence of initiative and flexibility.
·        Ability to work independently and collaboratively, as a leader and team member, with library colleagues.
·        Excellent analytical, organizational, time, and project management skills.
·        Excellent oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
·        Familiarity with the research life cycle and information literacy principles.
·        Experience providing research assistance to a diverse population and users of all levels.

Desired Qualifications
·        Strong pedagogical background with experience connecting instructional activities to library collections and programs.
·        Background or advanced degree in arts, music, humanities, or social science discipline.
·        Experience with assessment, quantitative data analysis, digital initiatives, research design and methods.
·        Strong technology skills.
·        Knowledge of established and emerging teaching/learning methods and technologies and their application to discipline-based research methodologies to learners at all levels of the organization.
·        Demonstrated commitment to professional development and contributing to library/information science.
·        Experience training students.
·        Experience coordinating or overseeing service points or service models.
·        Evidence of professional engagement at local, state or national level.
·        Demonstrated experience in one of the following areas: collections, outreach, instructional design and tutorial development, or research support services.
·        Experience in donor relations and stewardship.

General Information
Professional librarians at UCLA are academic appointees. Librarians at UCLA are represented by an exclusive bargaining agent, University Council – American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT). This is a represented position. They are entitled to appropriate professional leave, two days per month of vacation leave, one day per month of sick leave, and all other benefits granted to non-faculty academic personnel. The University has an excellent retirement system and sponsors a variety of group health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans in addition to other benefits. Relocation assistance may be provided.

Appointees to the librarian series at UC shall have professional backgrounds that demonstrate a high degree of creativity, teamwork, and flexibility. Such background will normally include a professional degree from an ALA-accredited library and information science graduate program. In addition to professional competence and quality of service within the library in the primary job, advancement in the librarian series requires professional involvement and contributions outside of the library, and/or university and community service, and/or scholarly activities. Candidates must show evidence or promise of such contributions.

Application Procedures
Anyone wishing to be considered for this position should apply here: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF04709

Applications must include:
·        a cover letter describing qualifications and experience;
·        a current resume/vitae detailing education and relevant experience; and
·        the names and contact information for three professional references, including a current or previous supervisor.

Candidates applying by July 24, 2019, will be given first consideration for this position. UCLA welcomes and encourages diversity and seeks applications and nominations from women and minorities. UCLA seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the people of California, to maintain the excellence of the university, and to offer our students richly varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.

Description of Institution and Library
As one of the world's great public research universities, UCLA integrates education, research, and public service so that each enriches and extends the others. From its beautiful neighborhood campus in a uniquely diverse and vibrant city on the Pacific Rim, teaching and research extend beyond the classroom, office, and lab through active engagement with communities, organizations, projects, and partnerships throughout the region and around the world.

UCLA’s diverse community of scholars encompasses nearly 30,000 undergraduates pursuing 125 majors, 13,000 graduate students in fifty-nine research programs, and 4,000 faculty members including Nobel Laureates; Rhodes Scholars; MacArthur Fellows; winners of the Fields Medal, National Medal of Science, Pritzker Prize, and Pulitzer Prize; and recipients of Oscars, Emmys, Tonys, and Golden Globes. UCLA ranks tenth in the Times of London Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, twelfth in the Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and fifth in the U.S. by Washington Monthly. The National Research Council ranks forty of its graduate and doctoral research programs among its top ten.

To enable these accomplished students, faculty, and staff to create, disseminate, and apply knowledge for the benefit of global society, the UCLA Library is re-envisioning how it is acquired, synthesized, and shared across academic audiences and with the public. It was among the first academic libraries to develop subject-specialist librarians and to launch a program to enhance students’ research skills. Its Special Collections pioneered the acquisition by public institutions of rare and unique books, children’s literature, pulp and detective fiction, works by or about women and minorities, screenplays, architectural plans, and Los Angeles-related materials and today leads the way in collecting archival resources in digital format such as emails and manuscripts. It has launched innovative data management services and an affordable course materials initiative that have served as models for other libraries.

The Library serves UCLA students, faculty, and staff whenever and wherever they need its resources and expertise. Reconfigured, high-tech spaces and services in its ten campus libraries enable users and librarians to explore and work with print and digital materials collaboratively or individually, pursue new lines of inquiry, and develop new pedagogical approaches as well as novel forms of scholarship. More than 3.5 million people visit annually, while an additional 3.4 million visitors enter online through its virtual front doors.

Whether on campus or online, the Library forms the intellectual heart of UCLA, a hub for cutting-edge discovery, scholarship, and instruction.

Description of Unit
User Engagement (UE) brings together public services librarians and staff across three major divisions (Sciences; Arts, Music, and Powell; and Management/Humanities and Social Sciences) and four functional teams (Collections, Outreach, Research, and Teaching and Learning). The UE group is a matrixed organization designed to enhance library services through a cross-disciplinary and cross-functional approach.

The Arts, Music, and Powell division unites librarians and staff from three library locations. The unit supports research and teaching in a wide variety of subjects and at all levels, including specialized collections and services for art, architecture, theater, film and television, music, musicology, and ethnomusicology. Powell Library collaborates with campus partners focusing on undergraduate education initiatives, which build foundational research and writing skills in student scholars. The team consists of 11 FTE librarians and 3 FTE library assistants.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: UC Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action Policy at http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct

Under federal law, the University of California may employ only individuals who are legally authorized to work in the United States as established by providing documents specified in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Employment is contingent upon completion of satisfactory background investigation.

Visit the Jobs @ UCLA Library website at: http://www.library.ucla.edu/about/jobs-ucla-library
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