Librarian - Systems and Technology

Santa Barbara City College

Santa Barbara, CA

Application Deadline

Apply By Apr 1st, 2015

Wages

$55,435.00 to $86,908.00 per Year   Calculate

Location

Santa Barbara, CA

Hours

Not Specified

MLS

Required

Minimum Education

Master's Degree

Library Experience

Not Specified

Supervisory Experience

Not Specified

Type of Library

Academic

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Job Description

Commencing Fall 2015, a full-time, tenure-track Librarian position will be available in the Santa Barbara City College Luria Library. We are seeking applicants who can participate in a team environment dedicated to excellent customer service and student success. Our emphasis on creativity, collaboration, and technology innovation makes this a dynamic workplace. 

As the technology lead, this position will provide vision, leadership, and support to current and emerging technologies for the library. Primary responsibility is the development and maintenance of library technology infrastructure, including managing and coordinating the library's online presence, library website and web services, and online resources; daily maintenance and administration of the integrated library system; collaborating with campus technology to maintain technology infrastructure; lead in the development and maintenance of online assessment tools and instructional technology. 

Responsibilities also include providing reference services, both face-to-face and virtual, instructing students and faculty in the use of library resources and teaching classes in information competency and collection development. Other responsibilities include full participation in departmental responsibilities and college service (such as committee assignments, co-curricular activities). 

Additional Info & Requirements

Desirable Qualifications: 

  • Professional experience in an academic library. 
  • Significant experience in administration, support and enhancement of a variety of library technology infrastructure tools and techniques, including an integrated library system, link resolvers, proxy server, and service configurations. 
  • Significant experience using web development tools (for instance, Linux / Apache / MySQL / PHP / CSS); ability to design and manage websites, conduct usability studies, adhere to web accessibility standards, and create web pages which use responsive design principles. 
  • Significant experience creating and maintaining blogs, videos, screencasts, and audio podcasts, and other web technologies. 
  • Experience in adopting, implementing, integrating, and evaluating emerging technologies and services.
  • Experience in selecting and integrating electronic resources for peer review, product trials and selection, and producing reports to monitor usage of digital resources.
  • Experience teaching library research skills and information competency, including using instructional technology and online learning objects for delivery of instruction and interaction with students.
  • Knowledge of digital repository projects and metadata development and maintenance for local digital collections.
  • Demonstrated skill in using a variety of devices, including mobile platforms, and Window and Mac platforms for multiple applications.
  • Experience in working with students from diverse cultural, ethnic, socioeconomic, academic, and disability backgrounds, with a wide variance of information-seeking skills and technological competence.
  • Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to adapt to rapidly changing environment and collaborate with various departmental service units.

The Community

Santa Barbara City College Luria Library is a vibrant, award-winning, and busy library, serving many students from a diverse population.

Santa Barbara City College's Mission states:

As a public community college dedicated to the success of each student..

Santa Barbara City College provides students a diverse
learning environment that inspires curiosity and discovery,
promotes global responsibility, and fosters opportunity for all.

 

HR Info

Human Resources

Santa Barbara City College
721 Cliff Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93109

General Human Resources Contact: 805-965-0581 Ext. 2258

 

Please apply at https://jobs.sbcc.edu 

Posted Feb 10, 2015