Library Assistant Professor

POSITION TITLE: Digital Initiatives Outreach Librarian

ACADEMIC RANK: Library Assistant Professor, non-tenure track

RESPONSIBLE TO: Director of Research Collections

BASIC FUNCTION: The University of Vermont Libraries seeks a
service-oriented, innovative, and energetic librarian for the position
of Digital Initiatives Outreach Librarian. The Institute for Museum and
Library Services has recently awarded the University of Vermont a
24-month grant to continue development of the Libraries’ digital
initiatives.
The Digital Initiatives Outreach Librarian will implement outreach,
educational, and assessment efforts for the University of Vermont
Libraries’ Center for Digital Initiatives (CDI, http://cdi.uvm.edu). In
collaboration with CDI and Special Collections staff, the Digital
Initiatives Outreach Librarian will adopt a user-centered approach to
working with constituents, including UVM faculty, students and staff;
researchers; and the general public.
The Outreach DIL will assess and increase the CDI’s user base,
collaborate with appropriate faculty to integrate digital collections
into UVM’s curriculum, and encourage campus and community participation
in the development of digitization projects. He or she will also advance
the grant project’s goal of developing collaborative relationships with
other institutions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Conducts an evaluation of CDI users/usage at the beginning of the
grant period, and an overall project evaluation at the conclusion,
using tools developed in collaboration with CDI staff;

* Establishes and implements an education outreach plan, engaging
the UVM community and local K-12 educators in the use and creation
of CDI resources.

* Actively communicates with library liaisons to academic
departments about the CDI and its possible applications in the
disciplines they cover;

* Publicizes the CDI’s collection development process and plays an
active role in encouraging and developing proposals for content
creation;

* Responds to digital project proposals submitted by community
members, guiding them through the project evaluation and selection
process;

* Provides leadership for CDI communications by developing publicity
materials, in collaboration with the Assistant to the Dean for
External Relations, to inform target audiences and the public at
large about CDI news, resources, and project opportunities;

* Organizes a small conference of Vermont cultural heritage
stakeholders to explore possibilities for collaborative projects
and strategies for establishing statewide standards,
resource-sharing, and evaluation;

* With Special Collections’ Manuscript Curator and the Digital
Initiatives Librarian, assumes shared responsibility for CDI
project management.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

* Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited program or foreign equivalent;

* Demonstrated knowledge of current issues in digital librarianship;

* Demonstrated experience with outreach and/or communications
techniques such as publicizing events, services, or collections;
the creation of public programming; and the use of marketing
techniques

* Ability to work both independently and collegially as a member of
a team;

* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;

* Commitment to professional achievement and growth;

* Commitment to diversity and inclusion.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

* Experience with assessment/evaluation techniques;

* Programmatic experience in an educational setting;

* Demonstrated project management experience.