Experiential Learning Librarian

Job Description

This position is a tenure-track, twelve-month faculty appointment at the rank of Assistant Librarian / Assistant Professor or Associate Librarian / Associate Professor.

The Experiential Learning Librarian will join our newly created Experiential Learning (EL) department and be responsible for the creation, implementation, and coordination of the department’s instructional program. The Experiential Learning department oversees the Libraries’ new makerspace, XR studios, visualization lab, audio/visual studios, and digital media lab and looks to provide dynamic services, spaces, and technologies to enable learning, discovery, and research through workshops, programs, and activities for students and faculty. EL also works with other library departments to provide support to immersive experiential learning initiatives and programs. The librarian will act as a liaison to campus for these new spaces and actively seek out opportunities for new partnerships and collaborations while working with faculty, students, library departments, and other stakeholders to develop and deliver programming in support of academic and creative endeavors.

Responsibilities include:

·       Design and deliver engaging instruction sessions, both in-person and online, using creative and emerging technologies, including but not limited to, 3D fabrication/printing, audio/video production, augmented and virtual reality, etc. Provide project-based and experiential learning curriculum development support to faculty.

·       In coordination with the Director of Experiential Learning, develop and implement program goals and objectives.

·       Collaborate with library departments as well as partners across campus to develop experiential learning curricula and programming that positively impact current and future faculty and students’ academic and professional success through ideation, experimentation, and creation.

·       Develop programming on creative technologies and innovation, including regularly scheduled workshops and instruction for courses, in coordination and collaboration with EL departmental personnel and other library departments.

·       Coordinate the creation of instructional materials, outcomes, and activities, including asynchronous teaching materials to facilitate awareness of library services, equipment, experiential learning concepts, and maker literacies.

·       Assessment of program effectiveness and making recommendations for program changes.

·       Identify, recommend, and implement new services that support creativity and innovation in support of academic and creative endeavors.

·       In collaboration with others, develop and participate in outreach activities on campus and in the community to demonstrate experiential learning space capabilities and introduce tools, technologies, and services.

·       Support fellow library personnel related to pedagogy that includes experiential and project-based learning, especially using creative technologies.

·       Keep abreast of current and emerging creative technologies and make recommendations for implementation as appropriate to grow these programs in the library.

·       Supervision of a Graduate Assistant. Position may supervise additional employees in the future.

·       Serve as the primary liaison to UARK faculty, students, community groups, and other stakeholders to increase the impact of experiential learning spaces in the libraries.