The General Library of the University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez Campus seeks an enthusiastic, innovative and technology-savvy librarian with knowledge and experience in emerging technologies. This tenure-track faculty position identifies, analyzes, develops and promotes the implementation of emerging technologies in a library. The successful candidate will participate in the information literacy program providing consultations and collaborating with professors and researchers from various faculties. The successful candidate should be bilingual in Spanish and English. In addition, the successful candidate selects information resources to support the instructional and research needs of a diverse institution.
Duties:
• Collaborate with CEDIBI (Center for the Development of Information Literacy and Bibliographic Research) efforts to incorporate information literacy into the curriculum through general instruction including teaching both course-related instruction sessions and for-credit courses (in-person, online or hybrid), offering workshops, orientations and research consultations.
• Apply emerging educational technology to create and maintain high-quality instructional resources, learning objects, teaching modules, mobile and social media applications, online tutorials and content for the library’s website.
• Participate as a library liaison in at least one academic unit.
• Pursue and active research and publication agenda, seeking grants as appropriate.
• Participate in the management and implementation of the library’s discovery tools, chat applications and LibGuides
• Provide in-person and online information and reference services to library users
• Serve as a resource to provide training and consultation to faculty, students and librarians engaged in digital scholarship, emerging information technologies, scholarly communication and copyright issues
• Serve on department, library and university committees
• Participate actively in professional development and scholarly activities
• Prepare monthly, semester and annual reports
• Availability to work some weeknights and weekends
• Attend library faculty meetings
Requirements:
Master’s degree (MIS, MLS, MLIS) in library or information science from a graduate professional program accredited by the American Library Association (ALA).
• Bilingual in English and Spanish.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills plus exemplary collaborative work with faculty and students.
• Ability to work creatively, collaboratively and effectively on teams and independent assignments
• Experience conducting library presentations, teaching in an academic library setting and preparing instructional materials and tutorials.
• Evidence of strong technology and organizational skills and experience with online tools and emerging educational technologies in an academic library setting.
• Experience with web application programming languages such as Java, PHP and core internet standards including HTML, XML, metadata or RDF.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Second Master’s degree or subject specialization, PhD or coursework toward a PhD degree.
• Knowledge of current issues and trends in scholarly communication, including digital scholarship and e-research, data management and corresponding needs of faculty and researchers.
• Experience designing and delivering online instruction and innovative approaches to enhance teaching and learning, including distance education and alternative delivery systems such as Moodle.
To Apply: Please send a cover letter, official academic transcript of all college degrees, resume, three (3) letters of reference and all relevant information to:
Prof. Edith M. Torres Gracia, Interim Director
Library
Deans Academic Affairs
Call Box 9000
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681
Telephone: (787) 265-3810
For an official job posting, please see: http://home.uprm.edu/hrjobs/showjob.php?id=563
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