LIBRARIAN: Head of Technology, Learning, and Research
Xavier University of Louisiana
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Posted: 13-May-22
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 1983
Job Summary:
Xavier University of Louisiana, a Catholic and Historically Black University, seeks a creative, innovative, engaged, and enthusiastic librarian for its full-time Head of Learning, Research, and Technology position. This position is for the 2022-23 academic year beginning August 2022 and reports to the Library Director. This librarian will focus heavily on instruction in the University Library's Data Visualization Lab, Innovation Studio, and Virtual Reality Lab. Xavier currently offers degrees in statistics/data science, computer science, bioinformatics, engineering, robotics and mechatronics engineering and other STEM education programs. This position will lead their department in collaborations with Xavier faculty as they incorporate technology into course design, student research projects, and instructional literacy sessions. The position will serve as a local expert on issues dealing with maker equipment, virtual technologies, and augmented technologies, that can expand the traditional learning experience. This librarian will work on campus.
Librarians hold non-tenured, faculty status. They are expected to develop a record of service, scholarship, and professional development. The Xavier University Library supports the ongoing professional development of librarians and seeks to recruit individuals committed to continuous learning and growth.
Job Responsibilities:
Instruction (50%)
Designs, teaches, and assesses information sessions for students interested in using the Innovation Studio equipment (3-D printers, laser cutters, CNC millers, digital tools, sewing machines, and other elements) needed to engage students in learning by doing.
Designs, teaches, and assesses information sessions for the Virtual Reality Lab.
Designs, teaches, and assesses information sessions for the Data Visualization Lab.
Leads part-time remote librarians working with these technology laboratories.
Trains undergraduate and graduate student workers to use these technology laboratories.
Xavier students promote STEM to rising high schoolers and middle schoolers via a variety of learning by doing outreach activities. This position would train undergraduate students to teach their young mentees to create in high tech environments.
Collaborate with the First Year-Experience Librarian to develop research projects for summer interns.
Consultation (35%)
This position will consult with instructors to identify technology that will assist them in meeting their pedagogical goals and design and deliver digital literacy programming.
Consult with vendors to update and repair equipment.
As a Library Liaison, assists in the development of the print and online collection in liaison areas (namely the robotics and mechatronics engineering program, computer science, and physics).
In partnership with faculty, ITC partners, and the systems librarian, explore, identify, and evaluate new and emerging technologies to align services and support with faculty course objectives.
Explore new and emerging technologies with the Xavier community and provide opportunities for them to test, tinker, and learn.
Service and Scholarship (15%)
Serves on Library or University Committees.
Demonstrates a commitment to personal professional development through scholarly research and publication, presentations, and participation in national professional associations.
Minimum Qualifications:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (Minimum Qualifications):
Master of Library Science (MLS) from an ALA-accredited program is required.
Experience with 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC millers, sewing machines, and button makers.
Experience with VR headsets, and mixed reality.
Knowledge of relevant academic and instructional design technologies for content creation (e.g., Camtasia, Adobe Captivate, Adobe Creative Suite) when training and instruction are online.
Knowledge of a learning management system (e.g., d2L, Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, Brightspace) should training or instruction need to be online.
Exceptional written, oral, and interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively to groups and individuals at all levels of the organization.
Commitment to ongoing professional development.
Patience and sensitivity for interactions with young adult students.
Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (Preferred Qualifications):
Master of Library Science (MLS) from an ALA-accredited program is required.
Experience with 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC millers, sewing machines, and button makers.
Experience with VR headsets, and mixed reality.
Knowledge of relevant academic and instructional design technologies for content creation (e.g., Camtasia, Adobe Captivate, Adobe Creative Suite) when training and instruction are online.
Knowledge of a learning management system (e.g., d2L, Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, Brightspace) should training or instruction need to be online.
Exceptional written, oral, and interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively to groups and individuals at all levels of the organization.
Commitment to ongoing professional development.
Patience and sensitivity for interactions with young adult students.
Xavier University of Louisiana, founded by St. Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in 1925, is Catholic and historically Black. The ultimate purpose of the University is to contribute to the promotion of a more just and humane society by preparing its students to assume roles of leadership and service in a global society. The only historically Black, Catholic university in the United States, XULA is a private, liberal-arts based, co-educational institution offering 40 undergraduate majors, 5 master’s degree programs and a doctor of pharmacy program. More than one-half of its 3,100 students are from Louisiana, but it draws students from nearly all fifty states and 35 countries. Xavier is recognized as a national leader in the sciences and the liberal arts: • #1 in the nation in the number of African American graduates who go on to complete medical school (AAMC data 2019). • Among the nation’s top four colleges of pharmacy in graduating African Americans with Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D) degrees. (2018) • #1 in the nation in awarding bachelor's degrees to African American students in the biological and biomedical sciences, the physical sciences, and physics. ...(2018) • #3 in the nation in the number of African American graduates who go on to earn a Ph.D. in science and engineering disciplines. (2018) • The Department of Physics is #1 in the nation for awarding African Americans baccalaureate degrees in physics and the physical sciences, according to the American Institute of Physics. (2018) Xavier is consistently ranked by the American Chemical Society as one of the top 25 universities in the nation. • The 2020 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges named Xavier among its 300 “best and most interesting” four-year colleges and universities. • Xavier was also singled out as one of the nation’s 385 best institutions for undergraduate education by The Princeton Review in the 2020 edition of its annual “The Best 385 Colleges”. • College Consensus, a unique college ratings website that aggregates publisher rankings and student reviews, ranks Xavier as the nation’s #3 Historically Black Colleges and Universities) (2019). It also ranks Xavier as #3 among all Louisiana colleges. • College Factual ranks both Xavier’s biology and chemistry programs as program as No. 1 in Louisiana. (2019) • Your 2018 Guide to College Transfer lists Xavier as one of only 90 colleges and universities nationwide profiled as “transfer friendly” in this guide to the college transfer process by the Kaplan Educational Foundation. • The Student Loan Report ranks #Xavier 12 out of 800 Private schools who left graduates with the least amount of private student loan debt, a form of financial aid known for higher interest rates and less forgiving repayment programs. (2018) • Zippia.com named Xavier's Psychology Program as #1 in Louisiana. (2018) • Learn.org ranks Xavier Among the Top 50 STEM schools in the U.S. (2019) • The Edvocate ranks Xavier as the nation’s No. 3 Catholic University. (2019) • Zippia.com rates Xavier #1 in Louisiana in its 2019 report, “Best College in Each State for Getting a Job”.
