Description:
The NYU Abu Dhabi Library invites applications for a Librarian for Instruction, First-Year Experience, and Student Success to work in a highly collaborative, innovative, and forward-looking liberal arts environment. Reporting to the Associate Director for Research Services and Strategy, this position plays a key role in NYU Abu Dhabi's educational mission by providing dynamic and enthusiastic service to students and faculty, with a particular focus on building programs that support the needs of first-year students and prioritize student success. This position will serve as the face of the Library for our first-year students while expanding our tiered information literacy program and developing programmatic approaches to articulate the Library’s impact on student learning. Developing and delivering assessment strategies that measure the influence of library engagement on the student body is an important part of the role. This position builds collaborative programs with students and student groups to support research and learning while holistically meeting their needs and strengthening connections to Library services. Building student-centered programs that foster a sense of belonging and inclusiveness is essential.
Collaborative work with colleagues at NYU New York, NYU Shanghai, and across NYU’s global network is an important job expectation. Librarians at NYUAD engage in professional service and pursue an active scholarly agenda.
Essential Responsibilities
- Coordinate the Library’s information literacy instruction program for foundational writing courses in the First-Year Writing Seminar (FYWS).
- In partnership with academic librarians, assume primary teaching responsibility for the First-Year Writing Seminar information literacy classes.
- In partnership with the Writing Program, strategically plan and continuously assess the integration of information literacy concepts into the FYWS curriculum through continuous analysis and alignment of information literacy concepts and measured outcomes.
- Develop and implement assessment strategies that demonstrate the effectiveness of Library programs on student success.
- Expand the Library’s tiered information literacy program through engagement with university programs, including the Core Curriculum.
- In partnership with relevant student-centered departments, build information literacy-focused programs that support the needs of our diverse first-year student body by engaging with programs such as the Academic Enrichment Program.
- Coordinate student-facing tabling events, orientations, and other outreach activities, including the Library’s participation in NYUAD student welcome (Marhaba) activities for first-year students.
- Participate in campus outreach and engagement programming and events that support student recruitment, academic preparedness, and retention.
- Form and cultivate collaborative relationships with campus units and programs that support academic preparedness, including the Writing Center, the Writing Program, the Academic Resource Center and Student Success, to develop partnerships that foster student preparedness through information literacy-focused programs.
- Coordinate overall assessment data collection, reporting and analysis for Library instruction and outreach activities.
- Develop and lead assessment projects to gain insight into the undergraduate student population and build student-centered programs and spaces in response.
- Keep abreast of trends and developments in information literacy, library instruction, and the Library’s role in supporting student success to create a community of practice among academic librarians.
- Ensure alignment of our information literacy assessment activities with institutional needs and reporting mechanisms.
- Provide in-person, chat and email research help to students, staff and faculty.