The Rohrbach Library at Kutztown University is hiring a User Experience Librarian. See the advertisement and application instructions here. The complete job description is below.
Essential Responsibilities: The User Experience Librarian will:
- Oversee User Experience for the Rohrbach Library
- Coordinate user-centered services and user engagement initiatives.
- Design and deploy user experience (UX) studies and approaches.
- Stay engaged with the library UX community and developments in the field.
- Develop guidelines to ensure a uniform user experience in the library and online.
- Provide Library Services with an increased focus on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB.)
- Lead library efforts to promote DEIB among Kutztown University students with carefully curated resources that impart accurate non-biased information.
- The User Experience Librarian will represent the Library in DEIB efforts on university committees and set an example of best practices for library DEIB services within PASSHE and the region.
- Collaborate with the other librarians in planning and organizing programming, developing displays, and selecting library resources to ensure that they represent DEIB best practices.
- Participate on DEIB-related advisory boards (such as Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program) to aid in providing library resources needed by professors for programs or courses.
- Coordinate assessment efforts related to user experience and DEIB.
- Maintain the Rohrbach Library website content and design.
- Liaison to academic departments
- Communicate with assigned academic departments regarding collection development
- Confirm department liaisons for assigned academic departments.
- Recommend relevant resources to the department liaisons.
- Order materials that best serve a well-rounded academic collection in accordance with the Rohrbach Library Collection Development Policy.
- Apprise department liaisons of the academic department materials budget allocation and deadlines for ordering materials.
- Notify department liaisons about changes in library policies and procedures that impact users.
- Publicize and promote electronic resources and other library materials that are applicable to assigned academic departments.
- Strategize with Collection Management Librarian regarding resource selection and budget allocations.
- Pursue the goals detailed in the Rohrbach Library Liaison Program
- Maintain curricular knowledge and subject expertise for assigned academic departments.
- Information Literacy Instruction
- Provide information literacy instruction to students and faculty.
- Communicate with faculty regarding instruction requests.
- Create and maintain LibGuides or other materials for IL instruction as needed.
- Create plans or goals for IL instruction.
- Research Services
- Provide research service as assigned.
- Offer assistance to all patrons in making effective use of the library's collections, facilities, and services.
- Maintain current knowledge of library resources.
- Assessment
- Collect and report statistical data for assessment purposes.
- Prepare annual, narrative and statistical reports as requested by the Director of Library Services
- Participate in assessment projects.
- Other
- Work collaboratively with faculty and staff.
- Communicate and partner with campus offices and groups.
- Pursue scholarly growth activities.
- Provide service to the Department, the University, and the Community.
- Perform related duties as assigned by the Director of Library Services.