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NEOGOV · 5 months ago

Public Services Librarian/Assistant Professor

Lake Charles, LA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$50K/yr - $50K/yr

McNeese State University is a public university located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, seeking a Public Services Librarian/Assistant Professor for the Frazar Memorial Library. The role involves advocating library services, conducting library orientations, providing reference services, and assessing library initiatives.

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Responsibilities

Advocates library services across campus

Participates in the library’s liaison program

Plans and conducts library orientations, classes on information literacy, and other course-specific information literacy activities

Prepares special materials, reports, study guides, and related materials

Analyzes and reports qualitative and quantitative data from various sources to support strategic planning

Researches, experiments, and implements new methods of data collection to improve library assessment

Maintains current awareness of changes and trends in libraries and librarianship through activities such as, but not limited to, reading the professional literature; attending conferences, professional meetings, and workshops; completing additional coursework; engaging in scholarship; and contributing to the library profession

Provides reference service and research assistance to students, faculty, staff, and visitors through various modes (face-to-face, email, phone, chat, text, etc.)

Organizes library resources

Demonstrates commitment to excellent service and ability to work successfully in a collegial environment within a diverse community that includes: faculty, students, library staff, and other members of the university community, members of the profession, and the general public

Contributes to the improvement of library programs and services

Serves on Committees

Participates in evening and weekend rotations

Responds to patron requests or questions by phone and in person

Assists in training graduate and undergraduate student workers

Relocates and re-organizes library books when needed

Creates course-specific activities for self-guided student tours

Performs other duties as assigned

Physically capable of retrieving library resources from multiple locations, pushing loaded book carts, and lifting twenty pounds

Qualification

Degree in library scienceProficiency with Microsoft OfficePublic services experienceExperience assessing library servicesManage workloadAdaptability to changePresentation skillsWork collaboratively