About the job
Librarian: Reference and Information Literacy, Copyright, and Education
Position Purpose And Summary
The Librarian: Reference and Information Literacy, Copyright and Education provides reference/information services across all disciplines as a members of the Library’s reference team. The librarian also serves as the University’s copyright compliance officer, oversees the Curriculum Resource Centre, and is the primary liaison with the University’s School of Education.
Key Areas of Accountability
Research Support and Information Literacy
- Provides reference and information services to students, faculty, staff and community users at various service points as scheduled, by appointment, both in-person and online.
- Develops a working familiarity with the library’s information resources, and the University’s curricular and research needs across all disciplines.
- Develops and manages a program of information literacy including individual/group skills, undergraduate and graduate research credit courses, and distributed learning.
- Provides instruction to faculty and students in information literacy/research strategies with a view to equipping participants and furthering the University’s pedagogical goals. Instruction may be presented both in-person, online, or hybrid.
- Develops tutorials and research guides for library resources and services. Participates in library orientation tours and program or course level library instruction programs.
- Using and/or developing new applications of technology to support library programming and services.
- Acts as part of the reference team to communicate with and serve the needs of all disciplines, with particular responsibilities for assigned liaison departments and programs.
- Initiates and maintains contact with the University’s entire teaching faculty to foster partnerships to anticipate and support their research and curricular needs.
- Informs faculty of relevant services and resources; solicit and discusses collection needs with faculty.
- Works collaboratively with faculty and relevant staff to develop and encourage participation in information literacy and open access programs.
- Contributes to the ongoing development and evaluation of library collections, in all formats.
- Initiates and participates in needs assessment as well as in the design, implementation, and evaluation of services offered by the library.
Education
- Acts as primary liaison librarian to the School of Education, providing assistance with:
- Specialized orientation, information literacy, and research support sessions, and both the undergraduate and graduate level.
- Specialized research assistance in advanced databases, grey literature, and other research tools for both Education students, faculty and community users
- Resourcing School of Education initiatives, including Indigenization initiatives.
- Provides leadership, coordinates, and manages the Harro van Brummelen Curriculum Resource Centre:
- Responsible for overseeing all CRC functions.
- Responsible for managing Curriculum and Project Curriculum funds.
- Responsible for selection, acquisition, organization, and weeding of materials housed in the CRC.
- Responsible for monitoring CRC expenditures for materials, supplies, etc.
- Responsible to liaise with internal/external educational units affecting CRC collections and operations, especially TWU’s School of Education
- Responsible for maintaining an understanding of the B.Ed and graduate Education program of the University.
- Responsible for providing information, point of contact, and instruction to users of the CRC.
- Responsible for demonstrating knowledge of emerging electronic information sources.
The Person
Skills And Abilities
Personal
Driven and inspired by the idea of positively impacting the various marketplaces of life through the development of godly Christian leaders by serving the Trinity Western University community.
A dedicated and mature evangelical Christian with an earnest desire to serve in family, church, work, and community. Affirm and support TWU’s mission, values, Statement of Faith, and Community Covenant. Strength of character and reputation, integrity, focused. A winsome personality with a positive and friendly attitude.
Servant-Leader Way of Life: Act in a manner that exemplifies Jesus Christ in all on and off-campus contacts thereby living out the servant leadership mission of the university and contributing effectively towards achieving the institutional and Kingdom goals of the organization.
Key Internal Interactions
Reports: None
Reports to:University Librarian
Standards & Requirements
Education: ALA-accredited Master's Degree in Library and Information Science (or equivalent)
Experience: 2 – 3 years’ experience in an academic library required. Experience in an education library or curriculum resource centre highly desirable.
Duties and responsibilities that do not constitute a major change may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of the supervisor either orally or in writing.
Submitting Application
All prospective faculty are required to submit the following as part of their online application:
Please complete the online application; only complete applications will be considered. Applications will be accepted until a suitable candidate is found.
Benefits Of Working At TWU
Trinity Western University encourages applications from all eligible candidates who are able to commit to the University’s mission, values, and Christian identity as articulated in its Statement of Faith and Community Covenant. We are committed to an ethic of inclusion and to the equal treatment of all persons without discrimination in accordance with human rights law.
We particularly invite applications from indigenous people, women, persons with disabilities, and visible minorities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations during the application process should contact People & Culture.
Trinity Western University is located on the traditional ancestral territory of the Sto:lo people.
Annual Salary Ranges
General Librarian : $59,728 - $71,855
Assistant Librarian : $69,805 - $90,631
Associate Librarian: $81,207 - $108,876
