Teaching & Research Librarian, Humanities

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Position title: Teaching & Research Librarian
Department: Library
Bargaining unit: CUFA
Status: Tenure-track
Date posted: September 6, 2024
Application deadline: 9:00 a.m. (EST) on October 2, 2024
Advertised until: Position is filled

Position description

Join a highly collaborative and ever-curious library team to partner with humanities students, faculty and researchers to achieve their teaching, learning and research goals, and engage in your own professional development and research.

The Teaching & Research Librarian, Humanities is a member of the Library’s professional team, reporting to the Associate University Librarian, Teaching & Learning. The incumbent supports teaching, learning and research activities in the humanities and related inter-disciplinary programs to enable and facilitate scholarly exploration, knowledge creation and learning. Key areas of engagement include information/digital literacy, digital humanities, open scholarship, research data management, and collection development. The incumbent may also be assigned responsibilities related to a functional area in the Library, individually or as part of a team. The Teaching & Research Librarian, Humanities contributes substantively to a variety of Library and University strategic initiatives and projects through committees, working groups, and project teams.

This is a full-time tenure-track position in the Library at the rank of Assistant Librarian or Associate Librarian, depending on experience. Librarians are members of the Concordia University Faculty Association (CUFA).

Responsibilities

Develops and implements sustainable engagement and service delivery strategies based on disciplinary norms and Concordia-specific needs of assigned humanities departments, programs and research centres.

Continually develops knowledge of information resources, environments, methods and tools relevant to academic libraries generally, and assigned disciplines specifically, to proactively engage with and support faculty, researchers and students.

Integrates principles of open scholarship and critical information literacy in all areas of professional practice to foster a richer, more equitable, and inclusive information ecosystem.

Advises and collaborates with faculty, students and colleagues to facilitate research activities, digital scholarship, data management and scholarly outputs in the disciplinary context of the humanities.

Provides research help and consultations regarding the discovery and use of information resources generally, and within assigned disciplines specifically.

Continually develops knowledge of teaching and learning practices in higher education generally, and in the disciplinary context of the humanities.

Prepares and delivers curricular and co-curricular instruction for classroom, library and online learning environments; co-creates activities/assignments with course instructors to deepen critical information and digital literacy; creates learning materials/modules.

Participates in collection evaluation, development and management, in consultation with faculty and Collection Services librarians.

Leads and/or participates on working groups, project teams and committees to contribute to the development of Library and University strategic initiatives and projects.

Qualifications

Professional Expertise

A graduate degree from a library school accredited by the American Library Association, or approved equivalent education and training acceptable for membership in the Corporation of Professional Librarians of Québec. A degree in the humanities is an asset.

Minimum of two (2) years relevant professional experience in an academic library, or equivalent.

Knowledge of and experience with both established and emerging information resources and tools used in academic libraries generally, and in the humanities specifically.

Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver effective instructional activities and materials, for in-person and online learning.

Knowledge of critical information literacy concepts including but not limited to inequity, bias, power, and privacy in information environments.

Knowledge of scholarly communication models and practices including open access, open educational resources (OER), institutional repositories, researcher profiles, and research data management.

Knowledge of common digital humanities methods and tools (e.g. textual analysis, data visualization, digital scholarly editions) and the ability to advise on their value and use; experience with specific tools used in digital humanities is an asset.

Familiarity with collection development concepts and methods in academic libraries.

General Competencies

Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain successful partnerships and relationships with librarians, faculty, researchers, students, and other stakeholders.

Strong motivation, aptitude and interest to establish student and faculty success as the centre of their professional practice.

Ability to plan and organize effectively and ability to handle multiple priorities and tasks as well as projects.

Ability to work both independently and collaboratively, share expertise, work in teams and negotiate solutions with diverse groups.

Excellent communication skills. Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills.

Understanding of and commitment to accessibility, equity, diversity and inclusion.

Curiosity, drive and flexibility so as to discover and try new things, in support of Library and University strategic directions.

Oral and written fluency in English is essential. A professional level of oral French and basic written French are required.

Salary and Benefits

As of June 1, 2024, the salary for an appointment at the rank of Assistant Librarian is between $79,901.00 and $111,809.00 per annum. The position includes a competitive and comprehensive benefits package.

How to Apply

Interested candidates must supply the following in one (1) single PDF attachment:

• a letter of interest;
• curriculum vitae, which must include the required statement of your status as either a Permanent Resident of Canada or a Canadian citizen (see Immigration Status below);
• the names, email addresses and telephone numbers of three professional references.

Electronic applications should be submitted by 9:00 a.m. (EST) October 2, 2024 to Sandra Biron, Senior Library Personnel Assistant: employment.library@concordia.ca. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Interviews are planned for the week of October 28, 2024.

Immigration status

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian and Permanent Residents will be given priority. To comply with the Government of Canada’s reporting requirements, the University is obliged to gather information about applicants’ status as either Permanent Residents of Canada or Canadian citizens. While applicants need not identify their country of origin or current citizenship, all applications must include one of the following statements:

Yes, I am a citizen or permanent resident of Canada
or
No, I am not a citizen or permanent resident of Canada.

Employment Equity

Concordia University is strongly committed to employment equity within its community, and to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. The University encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including women, racialized persons, Indigenous persons, 2SLGBTQI+ persons, and persons with disabilities; candidates are invited to self-identify in their applications.

Concordia University is strongly committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community, and recognizes the importance of inclusion in achieving excellence in teaching and research. As part of this commitment to providing our students with the dynamic, innovative, and inclusive educational environment of a Next‐Generation University, we require all applicants to articulate in their cover letter how their background, as well as lived and professional experiences and expertise have prepared them to teach in ways that are relevant for a diverse, multicultural contemporary Canadian society.

Possible examples to demonstrate a diverse experience may include, but are not limited to:

• teaching about underrepresented populations
• mentoring students from underrepresented backgrounds
• committee work
• offering or organizing educational programming
• participation in training and workshops

Candidates are encouraged to share any career interruptions or personal circumstances that may have had an impact on their career goals in their letter of application. These will be carefully considered in the assessment process.

All applicants will receive an email invitation to complete a short equity survey. Participation in the survey is voluntary and no identifying information about candidates will be shared with hiring committees. Candidates who wish to self-identify as a member of an underrepresented group to the hiring committee may do so in their cover letter or by writing directly to the contact person indicated in this posting.

Adaptive measures

Applicants who anticipate requiring adaptive measures throughout any stage of the recruitment process may contact, in confidence, Anna Barrafato, Accessibility Change Lead, at Anna.Barrafato@concordia.ca or by phone at 514-848-2424, extension 3511.