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Posted: 31-Jan-23
Location: Oswego, New York
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Description of Department:
Penfield Library is a dynamic, innovative, and learning-centered environment serving students, faculty, and staff at SUNY Oswego. The Library supports campus curriculum, teaching, and research, with a liaison program that provides information literacy instruction, specialized reference, and collection development in all curricular areas. The Library is an active participant in shared SUNY libraries-wide initiatives. The Library is in a time of change, magnified by the recent pandemic: assessing services, reexamining our organizational structure, exploring new ways of engaging with faculty and new campus partnerships, and planning for future building renovations. Penfield library is committed to the practices of social justice, diversity, equality, and respect among our staff, students, collections, and services. We are actively working to build an inclusive environment by setting goals that directly reflect equity and inclusivity, and supporting the goals outlined in SUNY Oswego's Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Plan. All positions will be called on to contribute to building this environment.
Penfield Library at the State University of New York at Oswego invites applications to fill a full time, 12-month, tenure-track faculty Digital Collections Librarian.
Posting Date: January 31, 2023
Review Date: Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
Compensation: Minimum Salary $52,842, commensurate with experience plus full New York State benefits package.
Benefit Information: The State University of New York provides an excellent benefit package. Click here for more information.
Date of Appointment: As soon as possible (or for Faculty will be date of obligation)
Description of Responsibilities:
The Digital Collections* Librarian (Senior Assistant Librarian) will manage the institutional repository, create and implement digitization projects of items from Archives and Special Collections, and lead in the development of strategy and solutions for handling born-digital materials created by SUNY Oswego faculty, staff, and students. They will:
- Collaborate with the College Archivist librarian to provide leadership and supervision of the Archives & Special Collections unit, including strategic planning.
- Develop, document and manage procedures for the arrangement, description, preservation, development, digitization, and accessibility of the digital collections. This will also include gathering statistics on collection use and scholarship resulting from the use of the digital collections.
- Provide on-site and virtual research assistance to patrons, with a focus on Archives and Special Collections, including some evening and weekend shifts.
- Provide instruction, including on the Archives and Special Collections.
- Promote awareness and use of digital collections through virtual exhibits, presentations, articles, social media, local media, and other outlets.
- Build and maintain relationships with campus offices and departments (e.g. Alumni Development, Student Association, History department) to promote awareness of digital collections.
- Administer the college's institutional repository.
- Serve as liaison to assigned academic departments, with responsibility for subject specialized collection development and instruction.
- Engage in educational opportunities and work to increase awareness and understanding of diversity and inclusion.
- Oversee interns and volunteers.
- May supervise students or staff.
In addition, this position will be expected to demonstrate the potential for excellence in librarianship, scholarship, and service; commitment to undergraduate and graduate education; and possess communication and interpersonal skills sufficient to work effectively with an increasingly diverse array of students and colleagues.
SUNY Oswego works continuously to create an inclusive environment which respects, embraces, and promotes cultural safety, belonging, civil discourse, cultural humility, and other values and goals outlined in SUNY Oswego's Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Plan. As such, the incumbent is expected to contribute to these efforts and possess communication and interpersonal skills necessary to engage effectively with an increasingly diverse community of students and colleagues.
Required Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Librarianship/Information Science from an ALA-accredited program (by time of appointment).
- Strong customer service orientation.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with colleagues.
- Outstanding organizational skills.
- Ability to effectively adapt to and use new technologies and software.
- Demonstrated knowledge of best practices, procedures, and technologies regarding digital curation.
- Demonstrated experience with processing, accessioning, and digitizing of materials.
- Demonstrated interest or engagement with social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion issues, through professional or community experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience using PastPerfect, LibGuides, ContentDM Project Client
- Experience with born-digital collections
- Experience supervising staff and student employees
- Experience engaging in outreach initiatives that expand, improve, and promote library services.
- Experience with instruction, reference service, and/or collection development.
*Note that "Digital Collections" does not include ebooks or electronic subscription resources, which is handled by the Electronic Resources and Systems Librarian.
At SUNY Oswego we value the diversity found in each member of our campus community and strive to create a community where that diversity is embraced and enhanced. Recognizing the strength of diversity, our mission is to foster an environment which respects, embraces and promotes cultural competence, civil discourse and active engagement in developing an inclusive and vibrant community of scholars who act as transformational agents of change and responsible citizens of the world. For more information see SUNY Oswego's Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Plan.
As a candidate seeking consideration you are asked to submit a separate statement specifically addressing how your commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion has been evidenced in your career experience and professional activity, and/or community service (volunteer work, etc.), and/or professional development. (Please see Application Instructions)
