Summary

Assists with campus library operations providing library reference services and instruction to students and other library patrons

Essential Job Functions

• Serves as a liaison to academic departments to provide embedded and customized instructional support to faculty and research assistance to students
• Oversees the library's operations and manages patron borrowing services
• Prepares and presents seminars on the use of print and electronic information sources
• Provides general reference and scholarly research assistance to students and other library patrons regarding library resource material location and retrieval
• Oversees and manages the campus library's interlibrary loan system as well as the serials collection
• Researches industry best practices for effective library reference material management and implements practices, as appropriate
• Develops print and online guides to library facilities, resources and services
• Supervises and manages student employees, as necessary, to enhance their academic and professional development
• Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a master's degree
• Experience working in library reference services or other related experience
• Evening availability 
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in library and information science or a related field of study
• Previous supervisory experience
• Experience providing reference in an academic environment

Please Note:

Qualified candidates must live or relocate to live within a daily commuting distance of the Charlotte Campus location upon hire.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until job posting is closed.

Johnson & Wales University is an equal opportunity employer. The university does not illegally discriminate on the basis of any protected class. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnic and national origin, familial status, gender or gender identity, genetic information, military service, national origin, pregnancy and related conditions, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class.