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Job ID: 253101
Location: Kennesaw, Georgia
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
About Us
For more than 50 years, Kennesaw State University has been known for its entrepreneurial spirit and sense of community. A leader in innovative teaching and learning, Kennesaw State is located just north of Atlanta, and combines a suburban setting on two metro-Atlanta campuses in Kennesaw and Marietta. As one of Georgia’s largest universities, Kennesaw State offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, including a growing number of doctoral programs. A member of the University System of Georgia, Kennesaw State is a Carnegie-designated doctoral research institution (R2) committed to becoming a world-class academic institution positioned to broaden its academic and research missions and expand its scope on a local, regional and national level. For more information, visit kennesaw.edu.
Location
Our Kennesaw campus is located at 1000 Chastain Road NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144. Our Marietta campus is located at 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060.
Department Information
The KSU Library System is committed to supporting and furthering Kennesaw State University’s mission of being a powerful, diverse, student-centered, and research-driven university. The Library System carefully cultivates resources, services, and spaces that enhance teaching, learning, scholarship, and creative endeavors for our users. These efforts focus upon supporting student success–especially advancing undergraduate programs, supporting the graduate programs, furthering research with relevance, and promoting lifelong learning.
Job Summary
Kennesaw State University is now accepting applications for a twelve-month, non-tenure track Research Support Librarian and Librarian Assistant Professor or Librarian Associate Professor faculty position in the Kennesaw State University Library System that begins April 2023.
This position supports the university’s R2 trajectory by providing critical support through the development of academic enrichment opportunities and partnerships, tailored advanced research support, information discovery source mastery, and creating digital research tools.
Responsibilities
Librarianship duties (85%)
- Provide instruction in research and information literacy for both face-to-face and online classes
- Foster relationships with faculty to incorporate library instruction into courses in multifaceted ways
- Develop and maintain digital or physical instructional materials to support subject disciplines and individual courses
- Work with students to develop advanced level library research skills
- Develop academic enrichment opportunities to support advanced student and faculty research
- Develop and maintain partnerships with KSU units, departments, research consortium, centers, etc. that support student and faculty research efforts. Support university research teams’ activities and initiatives.
- Maintain working knowledge of emerging trends in advanced research support
Service (10%)
- Engage in KSU Library System service, KSU University service, and service to the library profession.
Scholarship (5%)
- Participate in scholarship, research, and/or creative activity. Contribute to the development of the library profession and/or subject-specific discipline through scholarship, presentations, and publications.
Because a number of classes take place on weekends or during the evenings, the position will occasionally be required to work during these times to serve the needs of the students. Although based primarily at the Kennesaw campus, this person may need to work at the Marietta campus or other affiliated locations.
Required Qualifications
- An earned Master’s, or the foreign equivalent, from an American Library Association accredited program is required
- Excellent presentation, interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
- Two years or more of library instruction experience
- Two years or more experience working as a librarian in an academic library
- A record of professional service
- A record of developing scholarship within academic librarianship or subject specialty
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of, or experience in, providing data literacy and/or social science research support is preferred.
Proposed Salary
Salary range: $52,476-$60,000
Required Documents to Attach
- Cover Letter
- List of names and contact information for three references
- Unofficial academic transcripts for MLIS (official transcripts due upon hire)
- Curriculum Vitae
Top applicants will be invited to give a presentation on a topic to be determined.
Apply Before Date
Application deadline is January 25, 2023.
Contact Information
For questions about this faculty opening, please contact Ashley Dupuy, Department Chair of Public Services – Search Committee Chair, [email protected], 470-578-2560.
For more information or questions about a faculty job posting, please contact Academic Affairs at [email protected]. For technical support, please call OneUSG Connect Support at 877-251-2644, or by email at [email protected].
Equal Employment Opportunity
Kennesaw State University is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. It is the policy of Kennesaw State University to recruit, hire, train, promote and educate persons without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or status as a protected Veteran. Kennesaw State University is a participant in the Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify) effective October 15, 2007. Participant ID: 61415
Background Check
Per the University System of Georgia background check policy, all final candidates will be required to consent to a criminal background investigation. Final candidates may be asked to disclose criminal record history during the initial screening process and prior to a conditional offer of employment. Applicants for positions of trust with screening results which confirm a disqualifying criminal history will be immediately disqualified from employment eligibility.
All applicants are required to include professional references as part of their application process. Some positions may require additional job-based screenings such as motor vehicle report, credit check, pre-employment drug screening and/or verification of academic credentials.
https://www.usg.edu/hr/assets/hr/hrap_manual/HRAP_Background_Investigation_Employment.pdf
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