Full Time Faculty - Public Services Librarian
Salary: $80,735.29 - $117,234.15 Annually
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: A22 - 28 PS LIB POS
Closing:
1/31/2022 11:59 PM Pacific
Location: Both Liberal Arts Campus & Pacific Coast Campus, CA
Department: Library (Instructional)
Description
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE Long Beach City College is committed to providing equitable student learning and achievement, by delivering high quality educational programs and support services to our diverse communities. Long Beach City College currently has the privilege of serving approximately 34,464 students, the majority of whom are students of color. Long Beach City College is a Hispanic serving institution, and of our student population 53% are Hispanic/Latinx, 18% are White, 14% are African American, 12% are Asian & Filipino. An ideal candidate will demonstrate cultural competency in serving the diverse academic, socioeconomic, gender identity, sexual orientation, racial, and cultural backgrounds of community college student populations, including students with differing abilities. For more information on our College demographics please click here: https://www.lbcc.edu/pod/lbcc-college-facts.
ABOUT THE POSITIONLong Beach Community College District is currently seeking one full-time tenure Public Services Librarian commencing with the fall 2022 semester.The LBCC Library is seeking applications from librarians who are collaborative, innovative, and motivated.This position is right for you if you:
• Enjoy working with and helping students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds.
• Motivate and encourage team members to share ideas and perspectives.
• Have a strong commitment to excellent customer service and believe that student perspectives are necessary to contributing to excellent library services.
• Enjoy a fast-paced work environment, problem-solving and inspiring new/improved strategies.
• Have a growth mindset, contribute innovative and original ideas, thrive in team-based environments where creativity, flexibility, and the ability to multi-task are highly desired.
The Public Services Librarian, working closely with the library team, is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the forward-facing public service areas, such as, the circulation desk, reserves, reference & information desks, periodicals, document delivery, and interlibrary loan (ILL). This assignment also includes curriculum development, participation in the shared governance process through work in normal professional activities, committee work, and student activities.
The teaching assignment may be at the Liberal Arts campus, the Pacific Coast campus or other college teaching locations. The assignment may be day, evening, weekend, on-line or off campus and is subject to change as needed. Faculty positions offer the opportunity to assist a diverse group of adult students in achieving their educational goals. As one of the most diverse community college districts in southern California, we offer a wide range of opportunities in transfer, general education, vocational and occupational programs.
COLLEGE MISSIONLong Beach City College is committed to providing equitable student learning and achievement, academic excellence, and workforce development by delivering high-quality educational programs and support services to our diverse communities. We are Purposeful, Focused, Nurturing, Connected and Respectful.
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At https://youtu.be/6NI6N0w-40k, we celebrate equity, diversity and ensure a positive and inclusive working environment for all college students, faculty, staff, and administrators. We believe diversity fosters awareness, promotes mutual understanding and respect, and provides suitable role models for our students. We are committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and to hiring qualified applicants who are dedicated to student learning and success.
Duties
The College seeks candidates who exhibit an understanding and commitment to the community college mission, and who have a passion for commitment to student success. The position encompasses the following professional responsibilities and competencies:
SERVICE
• Assume leadership roles both within the department and in the institution as a whole. Commitment to serving the needs of the student, department, college, and community. Collaboration across disciplines and utilization of student support resources.
• Participation in department, division, college committees, and participatory governance activities.
• Participation in curriculum and program development.
• Work collegially and collaboratively within the college community. Participation in ongoing professional development.
TEACHING
• Ability to create a dynamic learning environment that values instructor/student interaction. Ability to effectively engage with and facilitate authentic learning for students of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences.
• Ability to adapt teaching pedagogy to the knowledge of each individual and class. Ability to self-reflect and respond to an evidence-based assessment of student learning.
• Demonstrated experience and commitment to integrating new technologies into the learning process, including but not limited to interactive technologies for on campus and on-line courses.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
• Oversees the daily operations of the public services area: coordinates on-duty schedules and provides coverage for all related librarian and staff absences; provides direct circulation and reference services and support to students, faculty, staff, and other library users. Drafts, revises, implements, and evaluates circulation and reference policies. Investigates and independently solves patron and public access circulation and reference problems with referral to the Department Head when appropriate. Solves disputes with faculty, students, and others by analyzing the problems and recommending practical solutions.
• Assists in recruiting, training, and supervising personnel to provide exceptional customer service in-person and online.
• Coordinates and manages the library management system circulation functions; creates, edits, and deletes library catalog records, instructs, and assists library users in using the library catalog including recalls, holds, and renewals, establishes staff and student employee access privilege levels; conducts training in the operational application and use of the circulation functions: manages library user accounts and circulation item record profile; establishes loan and request terms and policies; identifies and modifies overdue, recall, and notice parameters in collaboration with the Systems Librarian.
• Selects and purchases electronic and print textbooks for the reserve collection. Establishes strategic partnerships with the teaching faculty, vendors, and campus bookstore; processes materials to make them discoverable via the ILS discovery systems.
• Regularly performs and oversees stack maintenance, ensuring books are shelved in LC order and removing any damaged materials. In collaboration with the Collection Development Librarians and the Electronic Resources Librarian, coordinates periodic collection inventory and review and suggesting purchases for an assigned subject area.
• Provides reference services in-person and online; participates in all aspects of library online or face-to-face instructional services, including providing library tours, workshops, orientations and the creation of course-specific resources, guides, online tutorials, and web pages for use in both traditional and virtual environments. Collaborates with faculty to integrate information literacy into the curriculum and to prepare library-research-related sessions and resources to meet student learning needs. Participates in the development and assessment of library instructional activities and programs. Maintains awareness of emerging trends in information literacy, library instruction, research retrieval and instructional technology.
• Conducts and uses assessment strategies and data to plan, improve, and deliver innovative library services with measurable impact to ensure that the diverse needs of students, faculty and other library users are being met.
• Actively contributes to departmental and campus-wide initiatives to promote and increase awareness of library services, resources, and programs, especially to underserved and/or minoritized student populations. Collaborates with library and inter-disciplinary colleagues in college-wide initiatives to advance the library's role in student learning and success in addition to serving on campus-wide committees and taskforces.
• Manages multiple departmental and campus-wide projects simultaneously to meet college and departmental deadlines.
• Actively participates in the LBCC community through committees, teams, working groups, projects, or initiatives that further the College's mission.
• Stays abreast of innovative academic library customer service trends and practices and make improvements, recommendations, and/or implementing changes, as necessary.
• Performs other duties as assigned that support the overall objective of the position and the District's mission and philosophy.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
• Models exemplary customer service and care in all interactions, including in-person and online.
• Knowledge of or willingness to learn Alma's circulation, cataloging, admin and configuration modules. Ability to maintain accurate records.
• Communicates inclusively, with cultural sensitivity and be approachable in verbal, written, and non-verbal communications.
• Brings a creative and meaningful approach to library programs and services.
• Skillfully use and trouble-shoot emerging technology as a tool to enhance effectiveness, innovation, and efficiency.
• Demonstrates initiative and adaptability to change. Evidence of continuous education and training to enhance skills and knowledge.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Master's in library science, library and information science,
OR
the equivalent
College specific requisites
Evidence of sensitivity, understanding, and the ability to manage a library unit AND effectively provide assistance to community college students of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds.
Desirable Qualifications
• Experience working in the public services area.
• Knowledge of Alma or experience working with Integrated Library Systems.
• Experience with needs assessment, knowledge of assessment trends.
• Experience providing in-depth information and research assistance virtually and in-person; knowledge of principles and techniques used in bibliographic research.
• Familiarity with open access and open educational resources.
• Experience processing ILL requests using OCLC's WorldShare platform and serving as primary contact for resource sharing.
• Working knowledge of: library collection and its organization, as well as classification schemes national standards pertaining to library operations, including a thorough knowledge of institutional standards pertaining to copyright and intellectual property protection and the ability to interpret and apply them, as well as explain them to patrons, to ensure compliance; library accounting and budget procedures and allocation processes, and ability to apply this knowledge to assist in handling vendor accounts and the budget process, practices and procedures.
• Librarian experience that reflects culturally responsive library practices.
Additional Information
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTSLong Beach City College only considers complete applications for employment. All application materials must be electronically submitted and uploaded by the applicant by the application deadline. Applications are initially screened for completeness and State Minimum Qualifications. Complete applications are forwarded to the Department hiring committee for further review. A complete application includes:
• A Long Beach Community College District Online Application.
• A cover letter outlining your education and experience relevant to this position. A current resume or curriculum vitae.
• A list of three references, including current addresses and telephone numbers of both colleagues and supervisors.
• ALL graduate and undergraduate transcripts, showing school name, all college coursework, degree title and conferral date. This includes transcripts for any and all for the following degrees, MA/MS and above (Ed.D, Ph,D, etc.) and courses used for transfer credit. Transcripts can be official or unofficial and must be submitted as an attachment. The conferral date must be on or before the application deadline in order to meet Minimum Qualifications.
• Transcripts from countries other than the United States must be evaluated by an agency that is a member of the National Association of Credentials Evaluation Service (http://www.naces.org/members.html).
• Applicants who do not meet the Statewide https://www.cccco.edu/-/media/CCCCO-Website/About-Us/Divisions/Educational-Services-and-Support/Academic-Affairs/What-we-do/Curriculum-and-Instruction-Unit/Minimum-Qualifications/updated_cccco_2020_report_min_qualifications-a11y.pdf?la=en&hash=976FF09D36A5141E9710046EFF9CEC13F5AC80E7 for this discipline verbatim are required to submit a http://www.lbcc.edu/sites/main/files/file-attachments/supplementalequivalencyapplication-fillable.pdf https://get.adobe.com/reader/.
SELECTION PROCESS AND TENATIVE SCHEDULE
• Application deadline: 01/31/2022
• Application screening: 03/21/2022 - 04/01/2022
• Applications are initially screened for completeness and Minimum Qualifications.
• Complete applications are forwarded to the Department hiring committee for further review.
• First level interview: Week of 04/18/2022
• Final interview: tentatively planned for: Week of 05/09/2022
COVID-19
All Long Beach Community College employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan 3, 2022 in compliance with District Policy. Please note that if selected for employment, you must provide proof of fully vaccinated status by date of hire. Documented proof of vaccination is required as part of the onboarding process. Individuals requesting accommodation must do so in a timely manner for consideration. For further information on LBCC District COVID-19 policy and guides please view our https://www.lbcc.edu/return-campus.
DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS
If you require accommodations in the Application or Examination Process, please notify Human Resources at least two days prior to the closing date, by calling (562) 938-4813.
THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
The Long Beach Community College District is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and equity-minded hiring practices. It is the District's policy to ensure that all qualified applicants for employment and employees have full and equal access to employment opportunities and are not subject to discrimination in any program or activity of the District on the basis of ethnic group identification, language, accent, citizenship status, race, color, ancestry, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, marital status, military or veteran status, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, or on the basis of these perceived characteristics.
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