Social Science and Interdisciplinary Studies Librarian

Overview

Title: Social Science and Interdisciplinary Studies Librarian
Employee Classification: Instructional Asst Professor
Division Name: Academic Affairs
College/Unit: Milner Library
Department: Milner Library
Campus

Location:

Normal, IL

Illinois State University's Milner Library seeks an innovative and collaborative Social Science and Interdisciplinary Studies Librarian for a renewable 12-month, non-tenure-track faculty position. The Social Science and Interdisciplinary Studies Librarian, reporting to the Head of Liaison Services, provides dedicated support for the School of Communication, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, and a growing and engaged portfolio of undergraduate interdisciplinary minors—including Women and Gender studies, Latin American and Latina/o studies, African American studies, and Native American Studies.

The Librarian will provide these constituents with research support, information fluency instruction, and collection development to ensure equitable access to Milner’s resources and services.

• Serves as library liaison to the School of Communication and the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences; providing dedicated support to administrators, faculty, students, and staff.
• Serves as the primary library contact for all Interdisciplinary Studies Minors; providing dedicated support, as time and budget allows, to administrators, faculty, students, and staff.
• Participates in campus outreach and engagement programing and events that support student success.
• Proactively communicate with all relevant constituents about library matters, resources, and services.
• Oversees collection development and maintenance within subject area(s), including purchases, de-accessioning, and budgetary management for the materials in liaison departments and units.
• Plans, develops, conducts, teaches, and assesses library instruction sections in alignment with information fluency outcomes.
• Participates in general and specialized reference and provides in-depth consultation with faculty and students in liaison departments, programs, and schools.
• Assists library colleagues with integrating scholarly communication initiatives and teaching with primary sources from Special Collections and University Archives into liaison activities.
• Participates collaboratively on projects, goals, and activities that serve the strategic priorities of Milner Library and the Liaison Services Department.
• Serves on library or university committees as needed.

University Benefit Highlights: Insurance benefits, retirement and supplemental retirement planning options, tuition waiver benefits available to staff as well as their eligible dependents, Paid holiday/administrative closures during Thanksgiving and Winter Breaks, Paid benefit time.

Additional University Benefit information, including information regarding eligibility to participate in the State Universities Retirement System and the State of Illinois Group Insurance program, can be reviewed here: /

Illinois State University:
Illinois State University (http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).), founded in 1857, is the oldest public university in Illinois. There are approximately 21,000 students in the six colleges of Illinois State University. In our most recent strategic plan Educate ∙ Connect ∙ Elevate, we have committed our resources to realizing seven core values:
Learning and Scholarship, Diversity and Inclusion, Respect, Collaboration, Individualized Attention, Civic Engagement, and Integrity. By acting on these values, we create a learning environment that results in our University being the first-choice public university in Illinois for high-achieving, motivated students seeking an individualized educational experience combined with the resources of a large university. Also, visit the University’s points of pride at .

Milner Library:
Milner Library supports Illinois State’s academic programs with a service-focused staff of nearly 80, an institutional budget of approximately $9 million, and a collection of over 1.4 million volumes, nearly 700,000 e-books, and nearly…