Learning Resources Librarian
6 months ago
**The Opportunity:
The Library and Learning Commons Department at Zayed University seeks an experienced, innovative, and collaborative Learning Resources Librarian to join the team. The Learning Resources Librarian provides leadership in developing learning resources that enhance language, literacy, technology, and learning skills for students in today’s ever-changing higher education learning environment. The Learning Resources Librarian advises and leads the resource development to facilitate and enhance eLearning and blended learning. Learning Resources Librarian, as a professional academic librarian, engages in all aspects of library services that support university teaching and learning activities, such as information literacy instructions, collection development, liaison assignments, and reference services. Zayed University is in the phase of transformation therefore assignments and duties might evolve as needed.
- Critical Success Factors:
Strong organizational and leadership skills to supervise, guide, and work with staff and library faculty to build a successful team
- Demonstrated ability to initiate, develop, prioritize, and manage projects and/or services
- Must be able to communicate effectively with university faculty, staff, students, administrators, and external community stakeholders
- Experience and broader vision of best practices in developing learning resources, particularly in the eLearning and blended learning environment, and providing user-centered services in all aspects
- Aptitude for technology; willingness to learn new systems and integrate to enhance resources, services, and workflow
- Flexibility in adapting to and thriving in a constantly changing environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work with others in a pleasant and open manner
The Responsibility:
- Learning Resources:
- Provides leadership and coordination in the development, management, assessment,
- communication and outreach of the learning resources in Curriculum Resources Center and Learning Commons, as well as learning resources that support eLearning and blended learning. This includes but is not limited to:
Uses various softwares and programs (e.g. Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Adobe, etc.) to develop high-quality and interactive learning objects for online and blended learning
- Develops programs benefiting STEAM disciplines to expand the Library’s Learning Commons
- Oversees the development of the library’s maker/STEAM spaces, STEAM-related programming and outreach online and on-campus
- Promotes the Learning Commons programming and activities to the campus and larger community
- Engages in collaborative initiative and program planning with colleagues across the Libraries, campus, and community
- Brainstorms, explores, plans, implements, and supports interactive learning programming online and on-campus
- Cultivates a consciously welcoming and accessible environment for students and other users with a diverse range of needs and abilities; ensures appropriate signage, policies, equipment, communication, and feedback mechanisms to facilitate accommodations on an individualized basis
Curriculum Resources Center:
Ensures CRC collections and activities are in line with the university curriculum and program development directions
- Coordinates resources and staff in the CRC and oversees day to day tasks and supervises CRC Technicians on both campuses
- Manages the CRC resource and materials budget, including creating annual budget proposal
- Coordinates the development and management of a print, electronic and multi-media collection of curriculum, pedagogy and education learning materials for the CRC
- Promotes awareness of the CRC materials and services across the university community and to the broader education community in UAE
- Informs faculty regularly on the availability and use of resources in the CRC/Library, in particular those related to curriculum and pedagogy
Other tasks and responsibilities:
Contributes towards course reviews in relation to the availability of course-related resources
- Provides reference service to faculty, students and staff and serves on the Library Reference Desk and rotates to cover extended hours
- Trains and works closely with reference technicians in performing reference duties
- Collaborates with faculty on their research and participates in facilitating workshops for faculty on library resources available to support their teaching and research
- Fosters and contributes to an environment of collegiality, respect, trust, and teamwork to positively contribute to the goals of the university
- As an academic faculty position, active participation and engagement in scholarship, teaching and service is required
- Serves on relevant library teams, councils and university committees
- Actively participates and demonstrates commitment in professional responsibilities that serve the Library, University, pro
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