Librarian for Academic and Public Engagement

At Sandhills Community College, we are committed to the health and well-being of our employees, their families, and children across North Carolina. Recently, we became a Family Forward NC Certified Employer. Family Forward NC Employer Certifications, issued by the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation’s (NCECF) Family Forward NC initiative, designate employers that offer policies and practices that support the health and well-being of working families and children.

Summary

The Librarian for Academic and Public engagement provides instruction and research support to students and faculty in a variety of disciplines. This role will also involve information literacy instruction that focuses on critical evaluation of library resources.

Essential Functions

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide in-person and virtual reference assistance to all users seeking various types of library resources to support research activities.
• Coordinate the daily taskings of public services areas, to include creating and updating LibGuides, resource platform, LibCal scheduling module and performance evaluation of assigned circulation staff.
• Determine and communicate circulation policies and procedures under the guidance of the Associate Dean of Learning Resources.
• Participate in library outreach, including promotion, event planning, and collaboration with other campus departments, local libraries and community entities.
• Collaborate with Marketing staff to support the library's social media presence and website content related to all audiences.
• Solicit collection development recommendations from faculty through intensive review and other engagement activities. Prioritize acquisition requests for library materials to support diverse curriculum offerings.
• Collaborate with librarians to identify materials for acquisition, weeding and discard.
• Schedule and prepare library instruction sessions as requested by faculty, with emphasis on particular assignment and course requirements at main and Hoke campuses.
• Demonstrate persistent helpfulness in service to student, faculty, staff and community patron customers.
  
  

Qualifications

• Position requires a Master's Degree in Library Science/Library Information Science from a university accredited by the American Library Association.
• Possess working knowledge of Library Management Systems and electronic databases.
• Thorough knowledge of current best practices in information literacy instruction.
• Effective communications skills; both oral and written.
• Familiarity with LibGuides, and course management systems, such as Moodle Functional knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 platform and applications.
• Qualified candidate should possess strong customer service background that embodies the SCC core value of helpfulness.
  
  

Sandhills Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or parental status, religion, age, ancestry, mental or physical disability, military status or veteran status.

We’re proud to be a Family Forward NC Certified Employer. We’re also proud members of the Moore and Hoke county communities, and we recognize that the more family-friendly workplaces we have here, the better for children and families.

We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees including the North Carolina State Health Plan, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short and long-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

To learn more details, visit our benefits page: Employee Benefits