Instructional Services Librarian
Franklin College Switzerland invites applications for the position of Instructional Services Librarian.
Position Description
Job Purpose
To develop and deliver an instructional services program designed to ensure that students, faculty, and staff are aware of library and information technology resources and services appropriate to their needs, and how to make the most effective use of those resources.
Qualifications and Experience
- Master's Degree in library or information science
- Experience of working in an academic library
- Fluency in English. Spoken and/or written knowledge of another language, preferably Italian, German or French, is desirable
- Knowledge of issues and trends in information and instructional services
- Must demonstrate excellent written and interpersonal communication skills
- Must demonstrate excellent presentation skills
- Demonstrated ability to provide reference and instructional services in an academic library setting
- Good knowledge of commonly used software, such as Microsoft Office
- Strong commitment to public service
- Ability to work independently, collaboratively, and as part of a team to maintain and improve library services
- Competence in basic copy-cataloguing procedures is desirable
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Dean of Student Support & Information Services/library Director, the responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Providing a Reference Service for students, faculty and staff
- Developing an Information Services Instructional Program (in conjunction with the Dean of SSIS/Library Director, the Director of IT Services, and the Director of the Writing Center). The program will include both library and information skills, and IT literacy
- Teaching Information Skills to the Library's Life-long Learning Scholars
- Preparing print and electronic instruction tools
- Developing and maintaining the Library web site, under the direction of the Dean of SSIS/Library Director
- Developing and maintaining the Library's presence within the College's Course Management System (Moodle)
- Assisting in the cataloguing and processing of library materials and the processing of inter-library loans
Further information about the College and the Library can be found at http://www.fc.edu/.
Preferred start date is 1st July 2011, or as soon as possible thereafter. Review of applications is ongoing. Interested candidates should send a letter of application with their resume by email to libsearch@fc.edu.
Franklin College is a private, residential, four-year, US and Swiss accredited college located in Lugano, Switzerland, the principal city of Switzerland's southernmost Italian-speaking canton of Ticino. An American liberal arts institution in an international environment, Franklin is fully accredited in the United States by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and in Switzerland by the Swiss University Conference. Franklin places emphasis on cross-cultural perspectives. A commitment to courses of study that are international in perspective and cross-cultural in content has been the cornerstone of our education mission since our founding in 1969.
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