Job Description
The Instruction & Accessibility Librarian will serve in a tenure track position and play a key role in library instructional services and facilitating accessibility to library-wide services and content. The successful candidate will develop accessible learning opportunities for all students with a focus on disabled users, as well as teaching other librarians and library colleagues how to implement accessibility best practices into instruction and other library services. The successful candidate will coordinate library efforts that ensure all users have equal opportunities for their academic development and success.
Additional Info & Requirements
The MSU Library seeks a collaborative, empathetic, and creative individual to fill the position of Instruction & Accessibility Librarian. The person in this position will:
- Advance diversity and inclusion through the lens of accessibility.
- Serve a key role in fulfilling the library’s core value of building spaces and services that are accessible to all.
- Serve as an internal advocate by leading efforts in education and awareness-building around accessibility. Responsibilities include:
- Training and educating library staff to ensure basic competencies in the creation of accessible content.
- Support functional specialists in the library on accessibility issues surrounding instructional technology, web content, machine comprehension, and access to library spaces and collections.
- Work with stakeholders within and outside the library to ensure that library resources, policies, documentation, and services are accessible and compliant with guidelines established by the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights.
- Develop engaging information literacy instruction and serve as a role model for incorporating universal design for learning (UDL) in instruction.
This role serves a critical function in the Learning and Research Services department, the “access hub” of the MSU Library. As such, the successful candidate will be an effective teacher who takes a collaborative, instructional approach to all aspects of the work. We seek an individual who is empathetic in their approach, likes to teach and work directly with people (primarily students), embraces the core ethos of Universal Design for Learning, and a strong interest in and desire to work with learners from diverse backgrounds. All these attributes will assist in developing the library’s instructional offerings, supporting existing users, and more effectively reaching new and existing audiences. Reporting to the Head of Learning and Research Services (LRS), the individual in this role will work closely with library instructional faculty, LRS staff, students, and faculty campus-wide. Because this is a new position, it would be expected that the person in the role work with the department head and others to create a roadmap and outline what the specific work will look like over the next 1-5 years.
The Community
The MSU Library is a dynamic, adaptive, and responsive research library. We aspire to build innovative digital and physical spaces where our diverse communities can access and apply information to grow intellectually, build meaningful collaborations, communicate ideas, and envision a better future for Montana and beyond. We are proud to serve the university and the people of Montana, and we strive to do so while embodying the core values of the profession of librarianship and MSU. Our values reflect how we carry forward our strategic and operational decisions: we aim to build a more informed, thoughtful, and just world while striving to cultivate an environment that supports the potential for finding joy and meaning in our work. The Library has a full range of resources and services for students and faculty, including books and electronic resources, special collections, public computer workstations, printers, scanners, technology-rich group study rooms, quiet study areas, information instruction, data and publication services, and technology and research consultations. The MSU Library has 55-60 employees, including approximately 18 tenure track faculty and 35 staff.
Website
https://www.lib.montana.edu/
Human Resources / Job Listings
https://www.lib.montana.edu/about/jobs/index.html
HR Info
Robin Francis, (406) 994-4997, robin@montana.edu