Hope College seeks creative, highly collaborative candidates to become a member of the Research & Instruction department as Humanities Librarian.
The Library supports and values diversity in its faculty, staff, and students. We seek a colleague who shares the department’s commitment to diversity and who will be a dedicated teacher and effective mentor for students with diverse backgrounds, preparation, and career goals.

Primary duties include:

• providing expert research support and coordinate building  library collections for five humanities departments including English, History, Religion, Philosophy and Modern and Classical Languages.
• working  with colleagues on the design and implementation of information literacy programs
• teaching library and information literacy sessions in general education and discipline-specific courses
• creating online instruction guides and other tools that assist students in using the library and its resources
• meeting with students in one-on-one research appointments and at the research help desk
• contributing to the profession through research, publication, serving within professional organizations or other scholarly activities
• working as a part of a team to contribute to department and library-wide initiatives, such as the digital liberal arts, digital scholarship, open access, user experience, assessment efforts and aligning library efforts with the new college-wide strategic plan.

Position open until filled

 *find more information on position and application here*

Qualifications:

Required:

• MLS or equivalent degree
• Demonstrated knowledge of trends in teaching information literacy including the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
• Demonstrated knowledge of emerging trends in humanities research and pedagogy
• Expertise working with a wide variety of library databases and primary sources, particularly in the humanities
• Commitment to collaboration and the ability to work cooperatively across library,  organizational and disciplinary boundaries
• Commitment to the mission and values of Hope College

Preferred:

• Additional advanced degree in a field in the humanities
• Proficiency in a foreign language
• Two years experience working in an academic library