CARL Job Listings

Santa Ana College, a community college in Southern California, has an opening for Assistant Professor of Library Science to serve as a General Reference/Instruction Librarian to begin Fall 2019. This is a tenure track position.

Closing date to apply is March 19, 2019.

You can read about the opening here: https://rsccd.edu/Employment/Documents/Job%20Announcements/AC19-0740%20Assistant%20Professor%20of%20Library%20Science.pdf

A link to the career opportunities page is here: https://rsccd.igreentree.com/CSS_Academic/CSSPage_Welcome.asp

Join the Library leadership team at Santa Clara University (SCU), an award-winning comprehensive Jesuit university located in California’s vibrant Silicon Valley. We recently earned U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 top ranked regional university in the western United States and our University Library was awarded ACRL’s 2017 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award for our innovative climate of program and service delivery. SCU’s teaching-focused faculty, librarians, and staff support more than 9,000 students in rigorous undergraduate curricula in the arts and sciences, business, and engineering; master’s degrees in business, education, counseling psychology, pastoral ministry, and theology; and law degrees and engineering doctoral degrees. Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and collaborative individuals are invited to contribute to our trajectory of growth by applying for the critical position of Head of Access & Delivery Services on our Library team. This individual leads the Access and Delivery services team in developing and delivering innovative and user-centric pathways to library resources and services, including ILL, Link+, and circulation. They also serve on our Library Management Council to provide input and direction into the strategic growth of the Library. Learn more about this position, our institution, and how to apply here https://jobs.scu.edu/postings/8193. Applications received by March 8, 2019 will receive first consideration.

Sacramento State seeks to fill a Library Services Specialist III in the Department of Special Collections and University Archives. This position is focused on public services and accessioning, processing, and cataloging of historical collections and institutional archives in analog and digital formats. This position directly contributes to student and faculty success by making special collections and archives materials available for research and instruction.

As the center of campus intellectual discovery, the University Library promotes teaching, learning, research, and scholarly communication at the University by integrating the Library with campus student success programs and instruction. One of twenty-three libraries in the California State University System, the Library holds over 1.4 million volumes, comprised of print and electronic monographs and serials, and is a Federal Document Depository. The Library’s mission is to inspire excellence in teaching, learning, and scholarly activities. The University Library is undergoing rapid transformation with new leadership, a forward-thinking vision, and a deep commitment to improving the campus learning environment.

Applications for this positions are to be submitted through the Sacramento State jobs website: https://csus.peopleadmin.com/postings/3837.  Instructions on how to apply can be found at this link.

As the center of campus intellectual discovery, the Sacramento State University Library promotes teaching, learning, research, and scholarly communication at the University by integrating the Library with campus student success programs and instruction. One of twenty-three libraries in the California State University System, the Sacramento State Library holds over 1.4 million volumes, comprised of print and electronic monographs and serials, and is a Federal Document Depository. The Library’s mission is to inspire excellence in teaching, learning, and scholarly activities.
The University Library is undergoing rapid transformation with a forward-thinking vision and a deep commitment to improving the campus learning environment. We welcome individuals from diverse backgrounds to join our growing organization of 28 Library faculty, 33 staff and approximately 40 FTE student assistants. We take pride in the collaborative nature in which our students, staff, and faculty work together in a professional and supportive environment to ensure one another’s success.

We seek an energetic, innovative, and collaborative librarian to spearhead the effort to create a program in support of scholarly publication innovation and act as a campus resource on copyright, fair use, and open access. Under the general direction of the Head of Collection Management Services, the Scholarly Communication Librarian will lead efforts to design systematic and sustainable approaches to outreach and new services that support dissemination of scholarly output. This position will offer guidance on library services and university policy to the Library and to faculty, students, and staff on matters pertaining to scholarly communication, such as institutional repository best practices, academic publishing guidance, copyright and fair use, and open access support.

For full information: https://csus.peopleadmin.com/postings/3800

SJSU is recruiting for an Outreach & User Engagement Librarian position.  If you have ever thought about working in the South Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area, then this position might be the right one for you!  SJSU is an integrated campus with the City of San Jose.  The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library is an award-winning library, and it holds the distinction of being a joint-use library serving as the library for the SJSU campus, and the main branch of the City of San Jose.  As a result, there are lots of opportunities to outreach to campus students, faculty, staff, and supporters, as well as engage with SJPL city librarians and community!  For more information,  click here and apply online: https://apply.interfolio.com/59977

Join the Archives & Special Collections team at Santa Clara University in a key position managing digital collections and contributing to digital humanities initiatives at an award-winning, comprehensive Jesuit university located in California’s vibrant Silicon Valley. Reporting to the Head of Archives & Special Collections (A&SC), this position oversees the digital collections and digital scholarship functions of A&SC, including digital humanities collaborations with teaching faculty and the digitization of unique material. This position coordinates and oversees all aspects of the daily operation of the unit’s digitization activities and also works with third-party vendors who offer specialized or mass digitization services.

Why Santa Clara University?

You will be joining a dynamic, service-oriented team committed to developing a vibrant and vital center for learning, inspiring both intellectual pursuits and community engagement. Santa Clara University Library is situated in our state-of-the-art Learning Commons on a beautiful campus located in one of the most diverse areas of the United States. We recently earned U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 top ranked regional university in the western United States and our Library was awarded ACRL’s 2017 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award for our innovative climate of program and service delivery.

How to Apply

Application materials, including a cover letter, resume, and diversity statement, received by Sunday, March 3, 2019 will receive priority consideration. View the full position description and details on how to submit your application materials at https://jobs.scu.edu/postings/8214.

Sacramento City College is seeking a Public Services Librarian, to begin in August 2019. The position closes March 11, 2019.

The instructional assignment may include, but is not limited to:

• Providing equity-minded leadership in the development, assessment and continuous improvement of the library’s face-to-face and online information literacy instruction.
• Providing reference and information services to students and staff.
• Maintaining up-to-date instruction materials for library resources, including print and online publications and services.
• Selecting materials in subject areas for print and electronic collections.
• Utilizing current and emerging technology in reference and instruction duties.
• Developing online learning tools.
• Providing services and monitoring student access to library resources at the college’s outreach centers in Davis and West Sacramento.
• Instructing students in credit courses.
• Developing training for librarians and library support staff.
• Developing and coordinating programs to market library resources and services to students and faculty.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Founded in 1916, Sacramento City College (SCC) is a multi-campus, urban college that consists of a 70-acre main campus across from William Land Park. The college has two educational centers, one in Davis on the campus of the University of California, Davis, and one in West Sacramento located adjacent to the public library, community center and civic center. SCC is a vibrant teaching and learning institution with approximately 20,000 day and evening students and is recognized as both a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI).

For more information and to apply, please visit the job announcement at https://jobs.losrios.edu/postings/10200

San Diego State University Library & Information Access seeks applications and nominations of candidates for the position of Head of Technical Services. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic, collegial, user-focused librarian who will provide dynamic leadership for technical services departments. The Head of Technical Services will provide direction and strategic management for all of technical services including: acquisitions, cataloging, database management, electronic resource maintenance and physical processing. The successful candidate will lead Library Technical Services in forward thinking directions as information organization, discovery, and access tools change and evolve.

The position is appointed at the Associate Librarian rank. Salary commensurate with experience and based on CSU Salary Schedule. This position also offers a generous startup package.

This position will remain open until filled. Review will begin immediately. Preference will be given to applications received by February 14, 2019.

Anticipated start date is July 2019.

To view a complete job description and instructions for the application procedures, visit:

https://apply.interfolio.com/58396

SDSU is an Equal Opportunity/Title IX Employer.

Director of Learning, Research, and User Services – Administrator II

Salary:

Classification Salary Range: $44,712 – $153,204

Anticipated Starting Salary: $90,000 – $95,000

Overview:

Library Environment:

The Henry Madden Library at California State University, Fresno, is the largest academic library in California between Los Angeles and San Francisco. With over 1.5 million visitors a year, the 339,000 square foot library serves as the hub of the campus community. It provides innovative services including technology lending to both faculty and students, a growing digital repository, integrated information literacy instruction, and student-centered campus partnerships. The library has helped lead the CSU’s transition to a system-wide unified library management system, ALMA, with full transition to be completed prior to the 2017-2018 fiscal year.

The library has over a million print volumes, hundreds of thousands of electronic resources, and significant special collections of children’s literature, teacher resources, music and media, World’s Fair materials, local and regional history, and hosts numerous rotating exhibitions and campus and community events. The library also uses 3M’s RFID system to safeguard its assets. Library personnel include 18 library faculty, 39 support staff, and 29 FTE student assistants. For more information, visit https://library.fresnostate.edu/.

Position Summary:

The Director of Learning, Research and User Services reports to the Dean of Library Services and serves as a member of the library’s leadership team, which prioritizes strategic initiatives, plans library-wide services, and facilitates operations. The Director of Learning, Research and User Services is a new position and will oversee a division handling over 1 million transactions every year, encompassing circulation, course reserves, technology lending, virtual reference, outreach programs and library instruction. In addition to managing the public-facing areas in the Henry Madden Library (Fresno State’s main library), the Teacher Resource Center and the Music and Media library, the Director works collaboratively with the Special Collections Research Center and the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature, and Collection Development to create an engaged, student-centric learning environment throughout the Library. The Director serves as the collaborative partner and point of contact for the Center for Faculty Excellence, Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) and the Learning Center, and others.

The Director will plan, organize, and lead the User Services Division to best meet the needs of the Library’s internal and external community of users. The Director will supervise and mentor all user services faculty and staff, and oversee the faculty liaison program, providing vision, oversight and accountability. In this role, the Director will serve on library, campus, and consortia committees as appropriate; contribute to the profession through engagement with appropriate internal and external organizations; and participate in research, publication, and other professional and scholarly activities.

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Director of Library Technology and Collection Management – Administrator II

Salary Range:

$44,712 – $153,204

Anticipated Starting Salary:
$90,000 – $95,000

Overview:

The Henry Madden Library at California State University, Fresno, is the largest academic library in California between Los Angeles and San Francisco. With over 1.5 million visitors a year, the 339,000 square foot library serves as the hub of the campus community. It provides innovative services including technology lending to both faculty and students, a growing digital repository, integrated information literacy instruction, and student-centered campus partnerships. The library has helped lead the CSU’s transition to a system-wide unified library management system, ALMA, with full transition completed prior to the 2017-2018 fiscal year. The library has over a million print volumes, hundreds of thousands of electronic resources, and significant special collections of children’s literature, teacher resources, music and media, World’s Fair materials, local and regional history, and hosts numerous rotating exhibitions and campus and community events. The library also uses 3M’s RFID system to safeguard its assets. Library personnel include 18 library faculty, 39 support staff, and 29 FTE student assistants. For more information, visit https://library.fresnostate.edu/.

Position Summary:

The Director of Library Technology and Collection Management reports to the Dean of Library Services and serves as a member of the library’s senior leadership team which plans library-wide services, facilitates operations, and resolves issues. The Director is primarily responsible for developing strategic directions for managing access to physical and virtual collections and digital services and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Technology Services and Collection Management Division including materials in all formats, electronic resources management, collection development and collections budget management, and cataloging in all formats.

The Director also leads this division in meeting and expanding library and digital scholarship needs and ensuring the continued implementation of technologies that serve teaching and research at Fresno State. The Director also oversees and provides infrastructure support to promote the Fresno State Digital Repository (FSDR) as an integrated tool in scholarly communication and research throughout the University.

As a leader, the Director will foster an environment where strategic and well-informed risk taking is encouraged. As a member of the Library Leadership Team, this person is responsible for library-wide planning and policy making. The incumbent works with other library leaders to shape strategic directions for the Henry Madden Library and will monitor current standards and explore emerging technologies to more effectively support the organization of and access to library resources. The position also requires a commitment to representing the library and participating in the development of California State University (CSU) policies and maintenance of the new consortia and local system.

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