Critical Artificial Intelligence Librarian Job at Dartmouth College in Hanover

Position Title:

Critical Artificial Intelligence Librarian

Position Purpose:

The Critical Artificial Intelligence Librarian accelerates the Dartmouth Libraries engagement with advanced machine learning technologies and their relevant ethical, practical, and educational implications. This expert fosters critical AI literacies by helping Dartmouth students learn how to evaluate AI-inflected systems and information tools, understand the limitations and biases of these systems, appreciate the affordances of referential and inferential information paradigms, and, when appropriate, use these systems responsibly.

This is a 3 year term position. It is a hybrid work location eligible position.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of curriculum-aligned information literacy instructional modules focused on the emergent information landscape, especially generative artificial intelligence.
• Develop and refine a suite of multimodal information literacy resources for a variety of Dartmouth student populations that provide guidance around and methods for engaging with information systems marked by uncertainty.
• Develop a program where students can apply machine learning models and local inference to library-facilitated collections, corpora, and diverse cultural datasets.
• Develop and maintain an ongoing AI fundamentals training programs for all Libraries staff.
• Stay informed about the evolving landscape of machine learning models, emergent information systems, ethics, policies, and regulations, including issues related to data privacy, bias, and transparency.

Required Qualifications:

• Masters or equivalent combination of education and experience
• ALA-accredited masters degree in library and/or information science, or an advanced subject or professional degree; 5+ years of relevant postgraduate experience
• Demonstrated experience working with a variety of machine learning or generative artificial intelligence tools in an academic context
• Demonstrated experience developing or implementing critical information literacy frameworks in curricular contexts
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a team member to solve problems
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills; ability to prioritize tasks, manage time, and complete projects

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with information retrieval paradigms, especially semantic search
• Experience with using and developing generative artificial intelligence tools, associated tool chains, machine learning frameworks, and/or natural language processing (NLP) for projects; experience with database design and development
• Knowledge of statistical concepts and approaches in academic disciplines
• Willingness to learn new programming languages, statistical analysis tools or other relevant tools as needed
• 2+ years experience in data science work

Dartmouth College is an equal opportunity employer under federal law. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status. Applications are welcome from all.