Position Available: The expected start date is as soon as possible after the closing date. This is a 100% twelve-month, tenure-system appointment.
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Duties and Responsibilities
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library seeks a dynamic and collaborative librarian to serve as the Public Services and Engagement Librarian for the Library’s Life Sciences Division. The Life Sciences Division is connected to a variety of units across campus, including the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES); the College of Veterinary Medicine; the School of Integrative Biology; the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology; the Department of Landscape Architecture; the Department of Urban and Regional Planning; the Prairie Research Institute; and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology. The Funk ACES Library serves as the hub library for life sciences on the Illinois campus.
This position requires a professional with interest in and enthusiasm for library outreach, engagement, and public services. Working closely with other Life Sciences Division librarians, the successful candidate will expand and coordinate the division’s outreach and engagement activities and marketing materials. The public service aspects of the position include, but are not limited to, serving as the liaison to two units in the College of ACES that are dedicated to outreach and communication themselves – the Agricultural Communications Program; and University of Illinois Extension, including the Research Centers. The position will also manage the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC), which is affiliated with the Agricultural Communications Program and located in the Funk ACES Library.
The University Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign values diversity of thought, perspective, experience and people, and is actively committed to a culture of inclusion and respect. We are dedicated to the practices of social justice, diversity, and equality, and strive to overcome historical and divisive biases in our society and embrace diverse points of view as assets to the fabric of our community. All positions will be called on to contribute to building this environment in the Library and throughout the campus community, and we encourage candidates to apply who share these values.
For more information and to apply please visit: https://jobs.illinois.edu/faculty-positions/job-details?jobID=107533&fbclid=IwAR14yvU3Rw24tbAtHdIug3eDERBXvqsqWPP6841G9giy0hoipa8uSxsv4yQ