Open Education & Liaison Librarian Job at Salt Lake Community College in Taylors

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All employees are expected to maintain a permanent residence within the State of Utah as a condition of employment. New employees must provide a valid Utah residential address within 30 days of their start date.

Job Summary

This position reports to the Assistant Director of Library Academic Services. As a member of the Open Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) cross‑institutional team, this position provides support for open education activities. It supports faculty and staff by providing OER discovery and copyright review, offers Creative Commons licensing consultations and support for OER publishing platforms. It provides open access guidance at the College and also acts as a liaison to one of the schools at SLCC. The librarian will engage in the Library Liaison program by coordinating with faculty and academic administrators to help provide the resources needed for student and faculty success. The librarian will provide information literacy instruction, research assistance, and reference services for students, staff, faculty, and administrators.

Essential Duties, Responsibilities & Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of current trends in OER, open education, and open scholarship.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new tools and skills to support open scholarship and open education.
• Working knowledge of current laws and trends in copyright, fair use, intellectual property, and open licensing (e.g., Creative Commons).
• Ability to become and maintain certification in copyright and open licensing (e.g., Creative Commons certification, CCC certification, etc.).
• Working knowledge of or ability to learn about current trends in scholarly publication.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with faculty, staff, administrators, and students.
• Demonstrated success building and maintaining excellent interpersonal relationships.
• Experience with planning and providing instruction in an academic setting through a variety of instructional methods and technologies.
• Familiarity with and experience applying ACRL’s “Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education” in instruction.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision and use professional judgement to accomplish required outcomes.
• Ability to manage, coordinate, communicate, set priorities and boundaries, and collaborate across departments, divisions, schools, and institutions.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of people with a variety of abilities and backgrounds, to maintain good working relationships across the College.
• Ability to work with all groups from a variety of academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, and with community college students, faculty, and staff, including those with disabilities.

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s degree in Library Science or equivalent from an ALA‑accredited institution or an international equivalent recognized by ALA.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with OER, open education, materials, and/or scholarly publication.
• Experience with copyright, open licenses, fair use, and/or Copyright Clearance Center processes.
• Academic library experience.
• Instruction experience.

About Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake Community College is Utah’s largest open‑access college in the state. It educates more than 45,000 students across 100+ programs in 8 areas of study. The college’s mission is to transform students’ lives and strengthen surrounding communities through academic excellence and inclusive education.

SLCC is an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution with a leading enrollment of students from the Latinx/a/o community. The college is committed to serving students and being a model for inclusive and transformative education.

SLCC is fully committed to policies of equal employment and nondiscrimination. The college does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, religion, protected veteran status, expression of political or personal beliefs outside of the workplace, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

SLCC is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (URS). In addition to URS, SLCC offers several other retirement account options.

This position is subject to a successful completion of a criminal background check.