Reference & Instruction Librn

Salary Range: $46,978.82 - $56,961.82

The Reference and Instruction Librarian performs professional librarian duties to support teaching, learning, and student success.

This role provides reference and research assistance, develops and delivers information literacy instruction, manages assigned collections, and contributes to programming and campus and collegewide library initiatives.

The position may oversee student workers and reports to the Lead Librarian when present, or directly to the Associate Director if serving as the sole campus librarian.

This position combines hands-on professional librarianship with leadership responsibilities for assigned collections, instructional services, and student support.

The Reference and Instruction Librarian contributes to library programming, collaborates with faculty on instructional integration, and participates in collegewide initiatives.

The role operates under the guidance of the Lead Librarian or Associate Director and provides essential library services to support student learning and campus success.

• Performs and oversees a wide range of library activities, including assisting and instructing patrons, students, faculty, and staff (online and in person) in locating print and electronic resources.
• Communicates library policies and procedures, responds to patron needs, and conducts research support activities.
• Designs and delivers instructional classes and workshops on utilizing library resources, including curriculum and supplemental material development.
• Creates, facilitates, and assesses instructional sessions, online-course integrations, and workshops to support information literacy and student success.
• Stays current with emerging trends in teaching, learning technologies, and academic support across all modalities.
• Supervises and provides guidance to student workers, including assigning tasks, monitoring performance, and providing training as needed.

• Develops, maintains, monitors, and evaluates collections in assigned areas.
• Recommends additions and removal of collection items, processes purchased and donated materials, orders supplies, and performs cataloging.
• Uses current technology to create and maintain digital media content and learning tools embedded in the LMS, CMS, library website, and communications.

• Promotes library services and contributes to the creation, planning, implementation, and marketing of reference and instructional programs.
• Participates in outreach activities to increase awareness and use of library resources.
• Supports campus-level programming and participates in collegewide initiatives under the direction of the Lead Librarian or Associate Director.

• Collects, analyzes, and reports data to support retention, student success, and institutional goals.
• Collaborates with faculty on course revitalization and redesign projects to integrate library resources and instruction.
• Serves on campus, college, and community committees as assigned.

Performs other duties as assigned.

• Master's degree in Library or Information Science from an ALA-accredited program.
• Two (2) years of professional work experience as a librarian, including instruction, reference, and access services in higher education.
• Or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Knowledge of:

• Academic library operations, reference services, and instructional support practices.
• Information literacy principles and teaching methods for higher education.
• Emerging technologies and learning tools applicable to library services.

in:

• Delivering library instruction and reference support.
• Managing assigned collections and digital resources.
• Communicating effectively with students, faculty, and staff.
• Supervising and mentoring student workers.
• Using technology to develop instructional and outreach materials.

Ability to:

• Support campus and collegewide library initiatives.
• Collaborate with faculty on instructional integration.
• Manage student workers and assigned responsibilities efficiently.
• Adapt library services to evolving student, faculty, and institutional needs.

This work typically requires the following physical activities to be performed.

A complete description of the activities below is available upon request from Human Resources.

(X = Required to perform essential job functions)

Balancing maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.

Pushing use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.

Climbing ascending, descending ladders, stairs, ramps, requires body agility.

Reaching extending hands or arms in any direction.

Crawling moving about on hands, knees, or hands, feet.

Repetitive Motion substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.

Crouching bending body forward by bending leg, spine.

Speaking expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.

Feeling perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.

Standing for sustained periods of time.

Fingering picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.

Stooping bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.

Grasping applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.

Talking 1 expressing ideas by spoken word.

Handling picking, holding, or working with whole hand.

Talking 2 shouting to be heard above ambient noise.

Hearing 1 perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.

Visual Acuity 1 prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.

Hearing 2 receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.

Visual Acuity 2 color, depth perception, field of vision.

Kneeling bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.

Visual Acuity 3 determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.

Lifting raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.

Visual Acuity 4 operate motor vehicles/heavy equipment.

ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.

Visual Acuity 5 close acuity for inspection of small defects, machines, use measurement devices, or fabricate parts.

Pulling use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.

Walking on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.

Work performed is primarily:

Sedentarywork : Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Light work : Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force to move objects.

Medium work : Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Heavy work : Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Very heavy work : Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects

May be required to work hours other than the regular schedule including nights and weekends.

This position requires regular and reliable attendance and the employee's physical presence at the workplace.

May be subjected to fumes, odors, dusts, gases, extreme temperatures, work space restrictions, and intense noise.

Work is performed in a dynamic environment that requires sensitivity to change and responsiveness to changing goals, priorities, and needs.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions described herein. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in a job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in a job description.

St.

Petersburg College has the right to revise a classification or job description at any time.

St.

Petersburg College has the right to revise a classification or job description at any time.

The Board of Trustees of St.

Petersburg College affirms its equal opportunity policy in accordance with the provisions of the Florida Educational Equity Act and all other relevant state and federal laws, rules and regulations.

The college will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or against any qualified individual with disabilities in its employment practices or in the admission and treatment of students.

Recognizing that sexual harassment constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex and violates this Rule, the college shall not tolerate such conduct.

Should you experience such behavior, please contact JoCynda Hudson , the director of EA/EO/Title IX Coordinator at 727-341-3261; by mail at P.O.

Box 13489, St.

Petersburg, FL 33733-3489; or by email at [email protected].

Please indicated the position you wish to apply for in your request.

The College shall not discriminate against a qualified individual with disabilities because of the disability of such an individual in regard to job application procedures, hiring, advancement, or discharge of employees, employees compensation, job training or other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.

Except when undue hardship exists, the College shall endeavor to provide reasonable accommodations to a qualified individual with a disability.

If you have questions regarding this policy please contact the Director of EA/EO by phone at (727)341-3261, by mail at PO Box 13489, St Petersburg Fl 33733-3489, or by email at eeo_director @spcollege.edu.

listed in a position description are used as a guideline to hiring.

Other comparable qualifications of a candidate may be considered by the President in lieu of those suggested in a position description. (BOT rule 6hx23-2.02).

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions described herein. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in a job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in a job description .

The Board of Trustees of St. Petersburg College affirms its equal opportunity policy in accordance with the provisions of the Florida Educational Equity Act and all other relevant state and federal laws, rules and regulations. The college will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or against any qualified individual with disabilities in its employment practices or in the admission and treatment of students. Recognizing that sexual harassment constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex and violates this Rule, the college will not tolerate such conduct. Should you experience such behavior, please contact the Title IX Coordinator at 727-341-3261 ; by mail at P.O. Box 13489, St. Petersburg, FL 33733-3489; or by email at [email protected] .

St.

Petersburg College has the right to revise a classification or job description at any time