The University Libraries at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) seeks a highly collaborative Teaching & Learning Librarian to support diverse opportunities for information literacy learning in the agricultural and life sciences and/or engineering disciplines. The Sciences Teaching & Learning Librarian will sustain and enhance established relationships with faculty, students, and staff in scientific disciplines and related programs, such as in agronomy, horticulture, engineering, and/or computer sciences, as well as develop new teaching and learning opportunities. The Sciences Teaching & Learning Librarian is intellectually curious, passionate about information literacy in at least one area of science and technology, an enthusiastic teacher, and committed to the critical, ethical, and equitable access, use, and creation of information by learners at all levels. We welcome applicants at the beginning of their library careers who are willing to learn and grow on the job. We are prepared to provide the support, time, and mentoring necessary for such growth.

This position is a Professor of Practice and is within the Libraries’ Teaching Partnerships unit. Members of Teaching Partnerships lead and support the Libraries’ efforts to develop students as critical users and creators of information. Collaborating with internal and external partners, they contribute to student learning and success by designing and assessing learning opportunities that build students’ literacies (information, media, visual, AI) and research skills.

The Sciences Teaching & Learning Librarian joins the UNL Libraries at a time of building. We have recently launched a new strategic framework and have been hiring ambitiously for the last several years. The Sciences Teaching & Learning Librarian will join a cohort of new faculty members who have recently joined the Libraries. Reporting to the Chair of Teaching Partnerships, the Sciences Teaching & Learning Librarian will actively participate in the organizational transformation of the UNL Libraries as we work to build a more equitable, accessible, and sustainable information ecosystem.

The University Libraries creates and fosters inclusive environments for teaching, learning, scholarship, creative expression, and civic engagement. The ability to find, access, evaluate, utilize, and create reliable information resources is central to higher education, the public good, and achieving equity and justice. Libraries faculty are empowered to provide an array of library services, collections, and spaces to meet the diverse needs of students, faculty, and researchers. The Libraries is committed to providing financial and other support for faculty professional development and travel. The Sciences Teaching & Learning Librarian will undertake their efforts with attention to how social and structural biases and inequalities are manifest in information environments.

Librarians in the University Libraries have faculty status. This position will be hired at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor of Practice (non-tenure) and is for an initial term of three (3) years. Salary will start at $62,500.

Qualifications

A vital qualification for this position is the ability and desire to grow in the knowledge and skills necessary to perform job duties with increasing excellence over time. We encourage applications from candidates who are unsure if they fully meet all qualifications. Applicants should use the cover letter to share how their particular combination of expertise, experience, and skills are relevant to the work described, addressing each of the required qualifications. We are open to a broad range of ways and contexts in which candidates might demonstrate how they meet these qualifications. For example, while candidates might document their demonstrated commitment, experience, and knowledge through work activities, including in positions outside of libraries, they might also speak to coursework, community service, participation in cultural or other organizations, and involvement with student groups, among other possibilities. Actual human readers, not AI software, will read all applications.

About Lincoln and the University of Nebraska

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln seeks to attract and retain a high-performing and diverse workforce in which employees’ differences are respected and valued to better meet the varying needs of the diverse populations we serve. The university fosters a diverse and inclusive work environment that promotes collaboration so that all individuals are able to participate and contribute to their full potential.

Lincoln, Nebraska, is a city of nearly 300,000 people and the state capital, where residents enjoy a low cost of living, high-quality public schools, and more parkland per capita than most U.S. cities. See https://go.unl.edu/connections and https://aboutlincoln.unl.edu/.

As an EO/AA employer, the University of Nebraska considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation. See https://www.unl.edu/equity/notice-nondiscrimination.

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In your cover letter, please be sure to directly address all minimum required qualifications. We are open to a broad range of ways and contexts in which candidates might demonstrate how they meet these qualifications. For example, while candidates might document their demonstrated commitment, experience, and knowledge through work activities—including in positions outside of libraries—they might also speak to coursework, community service, participation in cultural or other organizations, and involvement with student groups, among other possibilities. Actual human readers, not AI software, will read all applications.

Richard Graham
Chair, Teaching Partnerships
rgraham7@unl.edu