Liaison Librarian, Education (Librarian I/II; Permanent Status Stream)

Job Tittle: Liaison Librarian, Schooling (Librarian I/II; Everlasting Standing Stream) 

Date Posted: 02/09/2024

Closing Date: 03/11/2024

Req ID: 35966

Job Class: Librarian – Everlasting Standing Stream

College/Division: Library 

Division: OISE Library

Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto) 

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In regards to the College of Toronto Libraries

The College of Toronto Libraries system is the biggest educational library in Canada and is constantly ranked within the prime ten amongst educational analysis libraries in North America. The system consists of 40 libraries positioned on three college campuses: St. George, Mississauga, and Scarborough. This array of faculty libraries, particular collections, and specialised libraries and data centres helps the instructing and analysis necessities of over 300 graduate packages, greater than 70 skilled packages, and about 700 undergraduate diploma packages. Along with greater than 12 million volumes in 341 languages, the library system at the moment supplies entry to thousands and thousands of digital assets in varied kinds and over 31,000 linear metres of archival materials. Greater than 150,000 new print volumes are acquired every year. The Libraries’ information centre homes greater than 600 servers with a storage capability of 1.5 petabytes.

In regards to the Ontario Institute for Research in Schooling (OISE)

OISE is Canada’s solely all-graduate institute of instructing, studying, and analysis, acknowledged as a pacesetter in graduate schooling, preliminary and persevering with trainer schooling, and analysis in schooling and human growth. With over 3,000 graduate college students and seven,500 persevering with schooling registrants yearly, OISE is without doubt one of the largest graduate divisions on the College of Toronto, and one of many largest and most research-intensive schools of schooling in North America. OISE gives an intellectually wealthy and supportive setting guided by a dedication to fairness, range, and social justice. For extra details about OISE, go to: https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/house 

In regards to the OISE Library

The OISE Library on the College of Toronto helps trainer schooling, graduate research, skilled growth, and analysis within the area of schooling. The relationships between analysis, idea, and apply require a singular assortment of library assets and providers. The library has the biggest assortment of schooling supplies in Canada, together with a sturdy analysis assortment, present and historic curriculum supplies and textbooks, media supplies, and kids’s literature. Librarians and employees on the OISE Library present entry providers, in-depth analysis providers, and customised library instruction to help analysis, instructing, and studying throughout the OISE neighborhood, throughout the College, and for schooling practitioners and exterior researchers. For details about the OISE Library, see: https://oise.library.utoronto.ca/ 

Place Description

The OISE Library seeks an revolutionary and user-focused librarian for the place of Liaison Librarian, Schooling. The profitable candidate will report back to the Director of the OISE Library and can work collaboratively with different members of the OISE Library staff and with colleagues throughout the College of Toronto Libraries.

Obligations:

The profitable candidate will:

• Actively construct relationships with OISE’s college students, school, employees, and researchers
• Design and ship in-person and on-line info literacy instruction, in collaboration with school members and different members of the OISE Library instruction staff and colleagues throughout UTL
• Develop, handle, and assess OISE Library collections
• Take part in UTL assortment evaluation tasks and initiatives
• Present analysis and reference providers to help OISE school and graduate college students together with analysis consultations, information synthesis help
• Proactively work to enhance and develop new packages and providers to fulfill the altering wants of OISE’s numerous neighborhood
• Take part in committees and dealing teams as acceptable

Required {Qualifications} 

• A level from an accredited Grasp’s degree program in library and data research
• Demonstrated dedication to the values of inclusivity, range, fairness, anti-racism, accessibility and social justice
• Confirmed capability to advertise respect and inclusion by working efficiently with all kinds of individuals and inspiring their participation and involvement
• Excellent interpersonal and communication expertise
• Dedication to user-centered providers and to ongoing service enchancment
• Glorious analytical and problem-solving expertise
• Robust initiative and talent to handle a number of duties and priorities successfully
• Confirmed undertaking administration expertise
• Data of assortment growth practices
• Familiarity with / information of finest practices for info literacy instruction and pedagogy together with essential pedagogy
• Demonstrated dedication to innovation and steady studying

Most well-liked {Qualifications} 

• Diploma or associated expertise within the area of schooling 
• Expertise:
• creating, managing, and assessing library collections
• designing and delivering info literacy instruction, in-person and on-line
• creating and sustaining on-line studying objects equivalent to modules video tutorials, and so on.
• supporting analysis and reference providers together with expertise or familiarity with information synthesis (KS) strategies
• working in an educational library
• offering school liaison / outreach 

Wage and Phrases of Appointment: 

It’s anticipated that this place can be stuffed on the Librarian I or II degree, topic to evaluation and expertise. Minimal wage: LIB I: $76,403; LIB II: $79,720; (Wage relies on rank at rent and {qualifications}). It is a everlasting standing stream appointment. 

Be aware, Librarians on the College of Toronto are members of the College of Toronto College Affiliation (http://www.utfa.org).

Study in regards to the Insurance policies for Librarians: https://governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/secretariat/insurance policies/librarians-policies-january-1-2024

Extra info:

Advantages: We provide beneficiant advantages packages to all workers. Extra info is on the market at: https://individuals.utoronto.ca/careers/advantages/

The right way to Apply:

Software Supplies Required: A canopy letter, curriculum vitae, and call info for 3 references of which not less than two have supervised your work. Please connect a single digital file (MS Phrase or pdf) with a file identify conference of Surname, FirstName, 35966]

All certified candidates are inspired to use; nonetheless, Canadians and everlasting residents can be given precedence. 

The College of Toronto Libraries thanks all candidates however will solely contact candidates chosen for an interview. 

Variety Statements

The College of Toronto is strongly dedicated to range inside its neighborhood and particularly welcomes functions from racialized individuals / individuals of color, ladies, Indigenous / Aboriginal Individuals of North America, individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ individuals, and others who could contribute to the additional diversification of concepts.

College of Toronto Libraries’ Inclusion, Variety and Fairness Assertion: 

https://www.library.utoronto.ca/inclusion-diversity-and-equity-statement

College of Toronto Libraries’ Anti-Racism Assertion:

https://www.library.utoronto.ca/anti-racism-statement

Accessibility Assertion:

The College strives to be an equitable and inclusive neighborhood, and proactively seeks to extend range amongst its neighborhood members. Our values relating to fairness and variety are linked with our unwavering dedication to excellence within the pursuit of our educational mission.

The College is dedicated to the ideas of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we attempt to make our recruitment, evaluation and choice processes as accessible as potential and supply lodging as required for candidates with disabilities. For those who require any lodging at any level throughout the utility and hiring course of, please contact [email protected].

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