Position Title: Continuing Education Services Coordinator & Research/Instruction Librarian Department: Staley Library Supervisor: University Librarian Incumbent: Debbie Myers (since January 8, 2007)
Position Summary:
Coordinate the library's services for Millikin's continuing education program (Professional Adult Comprehensive Education, or PACE), including the provision of basic research instruction both on-and off-campus. With the other library faculty, share in general reference service and in collection development responsibilities, and teach in the very active research instruction program for traditional-age and graduate students. With the University Librarian, the library faculty collaborate in long- and short-range planning and overall management of all Staley Library services. Faculty rank (not tenure track).
Position Responsibilities:
Continuing Education Services management:
Ensure the library's ongoing provision of continuing education services appropriate to Millikin University's vision, mission, and goals, as well as consistent with the library's own service objectives.
In the design and provision of library services to continuing education students, coordinate these with the library's traditional programs and services.
In the provision of library services to continuing education students, coordinate with appropriate staffs and offices internal and external to the library.
Ensure library collection development in all formats that will specifically serve the University's continuing education programs.
In keeping with the struture and purposes of the Staley Library web site, design, create and maintain web-based library services (pages, tutorials, etc.) for continuing education students.
In collaboration with the other library faculty, make sure that all members of the library staff have the skills to provide services that are appropriate for continuing education students, as these students’ needs may differ from traditional undergraduate students.
In addition to PACE-related instruction, teach multiple sections in the library's program of research instruction within the first-year core curriculum.
Collaborate with individual Millikin University faculty in designated academic departmental liaison areas to provide advanced library research instruction for students in academic majors and for other upper division curricula, including at the graduate level as appropriate.
Provide one-on-one library research assistance to library users as needed during scheduled and on-call times at the Staley Library reference desk, including a weekly evening shift and some weekend rotations.
Library collection development and academic department liaison:
As a library liaison with several academic departments, serve as the library contact and promote all library services for those departments (instruction, reference, and collection development).
Create, implement and evaluate reference and instructional materials, programs and services for the assigned liaison disciplines.
Share in developing and maintaining the content, overall cohesiveness and timeliness of the Staley Library web site, with special focus on the assigned liaison disciplines.
Professional:
Maintain current awareness of emerging information and library technologies, keeping in mind their possible application to Staley Library services.
Through continuous collaboration with the University Librarian and other library faculty, plan for and monitor all library services.
As a Millikin faculty member, participate in faculty governance, which includes attending faculty meetings and elected service on councils and committees.
As a member of the library profession, keep up with librarianship literature, participate in regional and/or national library associations by attending conferences and workshops, and become involved in other professional activities as appropriate.
Professional writing and presentations beyond own responsibilities are encouraged and noted, but not required.
Actively support Staley Library colleagues and service goals, and University mission.
Requirements:
Required: Masters Degree in Library Science (MLS or comparable) from an ALA accredited institution.
Required: Evidence of ability to work with library technology in the provision of reference and research instruction and in the creation and maintenance of web materials.
Preferred: Relevant work experience in an academic library, especially in the provision of reference and library instruction using both traditional and electronic approaches.
Preferred: Experience providing service to non-traditional-age students, and/or personal experience as a non-traditional-age student.
Enthusiasm, flexibility, a sense of adventure, and willingness to learn and to pitch in are musts.
Effective interpersonal, collegial, verbal (including presentation and teaching) and written skills important; service commitment essential.
Also necessary: Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team, as well as comfort with details and change.
Date of position description: March 17, 2004 / updated Sept. 20, 2006.
