Librarian, Liaison and Outreach (Full Time, 3 Year Term Appointment), The University of British Columbia | Okanagan Campus

Librarian, Liaison and Outreach (Full Time, 3 Year Term Appointment)
The University of British Columbia | Okanagan Campus

Job ID: 24821
Position No: 00043081
Anticipated Start Date: Jan 1, 2017

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITY:

The Liaison and Outreach Librarian is obliged for a coordination of library services and collections for a Faculty of Management on a Okanagan Campus. The Librarian coordinates and participates in a sustenance of in-depth anxiety and information services for a Faculty; coordinates ongoing growth of government collections to support students, expertise and staff; provides web-based and classroom instruction and assistance in use of information resources; and participates in a growth and smoothness of other Faculty initiatives. The Liaison and Outreach Librarian is a valued member of a Okanagan Library and participates in a growth of Library policy, procedures and services. Assumes shortcoming for coordination and government of staff, services and projects, as required. Evening and weekend work might be required. The inlet and range of responsibilities for this and other Library positions are approaching to change as a Library classification evolves.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Graduate grade in Library and Information Science (MLIS) or homogeneous is compulsory from an ALA accredited institution. An educational credentials in a associated fortify or homogeneous believe gained by unsentimental believe is required. Demonstrated ability to work effectively both exclusively and in a group environment. Excellent written/verbal communication, analytical, organizational and interpersonal skills, and demonstrated ability to build and encourage relations with outmost partners and work effectively with comparison leaders. Ability to set priorities and yield analysis, and to strategize options to safeguard success of projects and processes. Flexibility and eagerness to assume a accumulation of assignments. Evidence of entrepreneurial and artistic approaches to problem solving. Commitment to evidence-based practice. A clever seductiveness in equity and farrago issues, and a hurdles of education in a tellurian context is essential. Familiarity with mechanism technology, electronic services and information resources used in an educational sourroundings are required.

Public use and enlightening believe in an educational library, or homogeneous experience, is desirable.

RELATIONSHIPS:

Reports jointly to a Associate Chief Librarian during UBC’s Okanagan campus Library and a Dean, Faculty of Management, UBC’s Okanagan campus. Coordinates activities with other Librarians during UBC’s Okanagan campus and collaborates with Librarians via a UBC Library system. Works closely with colleagues in other units within UBC. Works with faculty, students, staff and a public.

DUTIES:

Reference and Research Services:

1. Provides in-depth anxiety and investigate services for Management disciplines and participates in a ubiquitous on-call rota to yield anxiety and investigate services to UBC Okanagan Campus students, staff and expertise members. Collaborates with UBC Vancouver Campus librarians to yield services to UBC faculty, staff and students and members of a public, as required. Provision of these services might take place on campus or remotely.
2. Liaises with Faculty of Management researchers and students conducting research.
3. Provides training and behind adult for Library Services Assistants
4. Participates in a monitoring and upkeep of UBC Okanagan Campus Library imitation and electronic anxiety collection.
5. Works with other staff to rise and say a UBC Okanagan Campus Library participation on a UBC Library web pages and via UBC, as appropriate.

Teaching and Orientation:

1. Teaches classes in a use of a Library’s resources, including a Library’s catalogue, imitation resources and e-resources. May also yield instruction in a use of program that assists users in handling a formula of their information retrieval process.
2. Undertakes specialized enlightening programs and workshops including planning, conceptualizing and organizing; regulating several formats for presentation; and assessing outcomes.
3. Participates in march tours and Library-use instruction programs.
4. Prepares hand-outs, investigate guides and informational brochures in partnership with UBC’s Vancouver Campus Library.
5. Provides instruction/presentations to expertise and students (in a Library, online and within a Faculty).
6. Directly supports students intent in experiential and case-based training activities.

Faculty Liaison:

1. Initiates and maintains hit with expertise members.
2. Liaises with expertise on issues of copyright, collection growth and management, and on issues associated to scrupulously archiving investigate outputs.
3. Works with expertise on a growth and smoothness of information and investigate modules, services and courses or workshops and march readings for students.
4. Attends expertise meetings and events and participates in expertise committees.
5. Responds to requests for Library impasse in accreditation, new march proposals, etc. in conference with a Associate Chief Librarian. Provides support for curriculum and march pattern and/or redesign within a Faculty of Management.
6. Liaises with, and provides information and investigate support for researchers in a Regional Socio-Economic Development Institute of Canada, and in associated UBC investigate institutes.

Collection Development and Management:

1. Responsible for a preference of new resources in conference with other UBC Librarians and Faculty representatives.
2. Participates in a growth and concentration of criteria for a examination of electronic subscriptions, send of imitation materials to storage and for weeding.
3. In conference with other UBC Librarians, participates in a analysis of intensity gifts-in-kind to a Library during UBC’s Okanagan campus.

Diversity and Outreach:

1. Assist with a continued growth of a Faculty and Library meridian and enlightenment that supports and celebrates diversity.
2. Collaborate with a UBC Okanagan Equity and Inclusion Office, Vantage College, International Programs and Services, and other campus groups to build and minister to applicable networks and cross-campus initiatives.
3. Assess need for, develop, and broach applicable programming in partnership with campus stakeholders.
4. Serve in an advisory ability to a Faculty of Management and a UBC Okanagan Library to accommodate farrago goals summarized in their particular vital plans.
5. Coordinate and/or yield training for employees in both a Library and a Faculty of Management to assist them in work with different populations

Supervision and Administration:

1. May be compulsory to manipulate staff within a Library or plan team.

Library Liaison:

1. Represents a UBC Okanagan campus Library on Library committees and charge forces.
2. Liaises with Librarians in other areas of a UBC Library system.
3. Maintains an recognition of new novel and investigate developments in areas of specialization and rising trends in educational libraries.
4. Keeps sideways of developments in open services opposite UBC Library and some-more widely.

Other Activities:

1. Identifies best practices and implements as appropriate.
2. Participates in veteran and university-wide initiatives.
3. Seeks appropriation opportunities and completes extend applications within UBC’s Okanagan campus Library portfolio and in partnership with UBC’s Vancouver campus.
4. In partnership with other UBC librarians, participates in comment and conference processes relating to collection development, space and use design, staffing, and other associated areas.
5. Performs other duties as assigned.

STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE:

• Provision of competent, veteran library services.
• Effective, associated operative relations with support staff, colleagues and government during UBC’s Okanagan campus and, some-more generally, opposite UBC.
• Flexible, innovative approaches to problem solving.
• Effective concentration on critical issues and demonstrated ability to change a crowd of responsibilities.
• Current believe of Library policies, practices and procedures and suitable interpretation of these to staff and users.
• Effective concentration of stream developments in information resources.

To perspective a posting and apply for this position, greatfully revisit a following link:

• facultycareers.ubc.ca/24821 OR
• hr.ubc.ca/careers-postings/faculty.php and name Job ID 24821

Please approach your questions to:

Lois Marshall
Manager, Planning and Operations | Library
The University of British Columbia | Okanagan Campus
۳۳۳۳ University Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7

Or by e-mail to lois.marshall@ubc.ca