Instructional Librarian

Position Summary

: Washburn University's University Libraries invites applications for Instructional Librarian to begin September 1, 5. This is a -month, full-time position.

Each selected candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to pursuing teaching excellence at Washburn University, including a dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of over 5, undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work / life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT : inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 4, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions :

• Serve as liaison to academic departments. Locate and create digital content to support academic instruction.
• Teach, integrate and assess Information Literacy programs across the curriculum
• Provide expert information and research services.
• Explore, evaluate, and encourage the deployment of emergent technologies into library programs, information and instructional services.
• Develop outreach strategies for students and faculty.
• Participate in the building of physical and electronic collections that meet the needs of Washburn University.
• Develop web and print-based materials.
• Librarians are active members of internal library teams, Library and University Committees.
• Perform additional job-related duties as assigned or as appropriate.

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Special Instructions to Applicants :

Background Check Required