Assistant Professor, Library Services (AA25156)

About the position

The Assistant Professor, Library Services at Minnesota State University, Mankato, is a tenure-track position focused on leading open educational resources (OER) initiatives and promoting textbook affordability. This role involves collaboration with faculty, staff, and various campus entities to enhance student success through innovative educational practices. The position requires strong leadership, project management skills, and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in library services.

Responsibilities

• Support Library Services Mission, Vision, and Strategic Plan efforts through open education and textbook affordability initiatives.
• Provide leadership, strategic planning, direction, project management, and assessment of OER and textbook affordability services for the University.
• Work collaboratively to provide advocacy and outreach, and to guide faculty in discovering, creating, and disseminating open and affordable course content.
• Participate in Minnesota State Open Education efforts and serve as a key liaison between the University and the MinnState System.
• Serve as a liaison to one or more academic programs, focusing on outreach, collection management, information literacy, and research support.
• Engage in scholarly or creative activity or research, contributing to student growth and development, and providing service to the university and community.

Requirements

• ALA-accredited MLS, MLIS, or international equivalent by the time of employment.
• Familiarity with current theory, practices, and trends related to open education, open textbooks, open pedagogy, open licensing, and fair use.
• Demonstrated ability to serve a diverse population and apply an equity lens, including social justice and/or anti-racism, to the role.
• Ability to successfully communicate and work collaboratively with Library stakeholders.

Nice-to-haves

• Demonstrated knowledge of, or experience with, the challenges and opportunities surrounding open education, open publishing, or textbook affordability initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience with open educational resources, instructional design, publishing, copyright, open licenses, and relevant technologies.
• Demonstrated leadership, flexibility, and creativity in problem-solving or managing multiple responsibilities in a changing environment.
• Coursework or experience with informational, instructional, communication or graphic design technologies to develop online tutorials, guides, or videos.
• Experience working in, or knowledge of, academic libraries.

Benefits

• 11 paid Holidays
• Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• Six weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Low cost medical and dental insurance with low deductibles
• Pension Plan
• 457(b) and 403(b) retirement plans
• Pre-tax medical and dental expense accounts
• Employer paid life insurance
• Short and long term disability
• Professional development opportunities
• Tuition waiver program for employees and their dependents