Librarian for Education & Human Development

Job description

New York University Libraries seeks a liaison Librarian for
Education & Human Development to work closely with faculty,
graduate, and undergraduate students in the Steinhardt School of
Culture, Education, and Human Development, including the
Departments of Teaching
and Learning;
Administration, Leadership, and Technology; and
Applied Statistics, Social Science, and Humanities. This
tenure-track faculty position will connect students, faculty,
practitioners, and researchers to the services, content, and tools
that meet scholarship, teaching, and learning needs.
This position will liaise with the above departments in the
Steinhardt School which are tuned particularly towards building
NYC's educational leaders and workforce, as well as fostering
equitable education systems through policy and scholarship. The
person in this position will deliver a program of extensive and
integrated instructional, consultation, and research support;
developing responsive and innovative services for a clientele who
are engaged with intensive practice and research within New York
City as well as on the global stage; and building and curating
collections that support the activities of these communities. This
librarian will also have an understanding of quantitative and
qualitative methods and data and geospatial visualization.
This position acts as a vital member of the Health, Education,
and Human Development Team within the Research & Research
Services subdivision of NYU Libraries. The incumbent will bring
their deep engagement, skills, and expertise to the highly
collaborative work of the Team and the Libraries, working
creatively with colleagues to implement and enhance programs and
services, deliver physical and virtual research and reference
services, and take a leadership role on projects and initiatives.
The person in this position should have a strong public service
orientation, knowledge of library technologies and systems, and an
understanding of the issues surrounding scholarly publishing and
communications.
Research portfolio
Faculty Librarians also explore their own active research
agendas, and contribute their expertise, experiences, and
investigations to build new knowledge in their chosen areas.
Librarians have wide latitude in determining their research
agendas, and the Librarian for Education and Human Development
would find themselves well positioned to make substantive
contributions to research in a number of areas, including, but not
limited to, research services provision, critical librarianship as
it relates to praxis oriented communities, multiple literacies
within the education sphere, and many more.
NYU Cluster Hiring Initiative
NYU Libraries is participating in the
NYU Faculty Cluster Hiring Initiative to recruit, welcome, and
support new library faculty working across the Division on timely
themes of social importance, such as Inequality and Anti-racism,
Population Health and Health Equity, Open Science and the Public
Good, and Urban Environments and Politics. NYU Libraries will use
the cluster-hire approach to address our goal of building a more
diverse faculty community in a concerted way, with the full weight
of the University's recruitment and retention toolkit. It also
allows us to mobilize our internal resources, including onboarding,
cohort mentoring, and measures to protect time for research and
service, and bring them to bear to ensure the success of new hires.

For full details about the Libraries cluster hiring initiative, see
this link.
This particular position is part of our Politics of Space: Data,
the City, and Structures of Inequality cluster. Cities are a
register of deep-seated social inequality, often understood through
quantitative data analysis and data visualization. NYU Libraries?
Politics of Space cluster looks outward and imagines expanded
capacity for urban economics and education disciplines, moored by
holistic support for data analysis and visualization across the
disciplines at NYU. This cluster hire anticipates a burgeoning need
for information and research technology expertise for those in
urban studies-adjacent disciplines at NYU, including sociology of
education, educational leadership, and entrepreneurship and
innovation.
Qualifications:
Required
Minimum one graduate degree (master's level or higher),
conferred by start date, for consideration. A second graduate
degree will be required to be eligible for tenure. One of the two
graduate degrees must be an ALA-accredited MLS or equivalent.
Two years experience teaching in any learning environment
Demonstrated engagement with one or more fields germane to this
position, such as Education or another of the social and behavioral
sciences
Two years experience in a library or research setting that
demonstrates a commitment to the mission of research libraries
(ie, providing researcher support, building research collections,
and creating programming)
Knowledge of current and emerging issues, practices, trends, and
technologies that support inclusive teaching and learning
Experience or strong interest in pedagogy, including knowledge
of current critical pedagogy, antiracist, and/or feminist
approaches to instruction
Demonstrated commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity,
belonging, and accessibility within teaching and learning
Demonstrated dedication to public or customer services, eg
in-person and virtual reference
Comfort operating in a virtual environment with standard tools
(eg, Zoom, Meet, Teams)
Preferred
Experience with research methods (eg quantitative,
qualitative, geospatial, or interdisciplinary data-driven
methods)
Experience working across organizational boundaries and managing
complex stakeholder groups
Fluency with large, public datasets such as the Integrated
Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and its surveys and the
U.S. Census, and experience crafting pedagogy that invites learners
to integrate data into social and educational policy analysis
Potential for social research, which could include qualitative
methodologies, data visualization, or data management
About NYU Libraries
The Division of Libraries values diversity among its faculty, is
committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community,
and strongly encourages applications from members of
underrepresented communities. We are proud of our organizational
culture and are committed to building and sustaining a diverse, inclusive, and equitable organization that supports
sense of belonging for the staff and communities we serve. For more
information regarding the Libraries? commitment to IDBE, see the
Libraries? Mission & Values
Statement, our Diversity
and Inclusion Values Statement, and our Commitment
to Anti-Racism.
Salary/Benefits: Faculty status, attractive
benefits package including five weeks annual vacation. Salary
commensurate with experience and background. Faculty at NYU,
including in the Division of Libraries, have always enjoyed
relative flexibility in their work, allowing for moments of remote
work as appropriate.
Application Instructions
We would love to hear from you! To ensure consideration, submit
your CV and letter of application, including the contact
information of three professional references to
NYU Division of Libraries requires all candidates for this position
to supply a statement demonstrating their dedication to inclusion,
diversity, equity, and belonging as part of their application.
Access the Diversity Statement prompt here
Applications will be considered until the position is filled.
Preference will be given to applications received by January
28.
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