Job Summary
The Emerging Technologies Librarian is responsible for providing research services, information literacy instruction, and outreach to support and advocate for the research needs of Lamar University / Lamar Institute of Technology constituents. Additionally, the librarian will emerge in meaningful scholarship and service within and beyond the university.
Essential Job Functions
Research Services:
- Participates in the planning and delivery of team-based research services
- Provides research services in person and virtually (e.g., email, phone, chat)
- Conducts research consultations in person and virtually (e.g., Teams)
- Creates and maintains library guides in SpringShare LibGuides
- Contributes to assessment & reporting initiatives (e.g., RefStats, Departmental Annual Reports)
Instruction Services:
- Participates in the planning and delivery of team-based instruction services
- Conducts one-shot instructional sessions and library orientations for for-credit courses and to support specific partners (e.g., Office of Undergraduate Research, McNair Scholars, Honors College) in person and virtually (e.g., Teams, Blackboard)
- Develops effective instructional materials (e.g., lesson plans, online tutorials, videos)
- Collaborates with faculty to integrate information literacy and emerging technologies across the curriculum
- Teaches sections of library's credit bearing courses, including LIBR 1101 and LIBR 1301, as needed
