Staff Librarian

Glenville State University invites applications for a full-time staff librarian to begin as early as January 2024 but no later than August 2024. 
 
 Founded in 1872 and located in the heart of scenic, central West Virginia, Glenville State University is dedicated to providing a personalized education to approximately 1500 students, primarily from West Virginia.  Many of the University's students are first-generation and Pell-grant eligible.   The University's campus embraces the unique perspectives of its students, faculty, and staff and provides its students with opportunities to thrive in its vibrant setting in the center of the Appalachian Mountains.  The University's mission is to prepare and inspire students to be thoughtful, productive, engaged, and responsible citizens who contribute to the well-being of their community, state, nation, and world, and this mission guides GSU's program and service development.  More information on Glenville State University can be found at www.glenville.edu.   Glenville State University is proud of its commitment to diversity.
 

• Perform professional library duties that require knowledge of library policies, procedures, reference services, statistics, archival operations, and cataloging.
• Oversee student assistant schedules and assignments. 
• Creates campus-wide information literacy programs for first-year students.
• Support and advance research activities.
• Delivers classroom instruction to strengthen information literacy skills.
• Collaborate and consult with faculty and researchers in analyzing, identifying, and fulfilling their information needs.
• Select, organize, and facilitate access to information in a variety of formats.
• Participate in marketing and public relations efforts to promote library usage.
• Assist in social media operations, website development, event planning, and fund-raising.
• Monitor budgets and perform day-to-day purchases with state-issued P-card.
• Assist in obtaining grants.
• Communicate with vendors.
• Evaluate potential database acquisitions.
• Fosters a culture of service, diversity, and inclusion in support of the university, students, faculty, staff, and the surrounding community.
• Establish meaningful and measurable goals for library operations.
• Work flexible hours (during the regular semester, the workday could begin as early as 7:45 am, end as late as 8 pm, and include 12-8 pm on selected Sundays).

Requires an ALA-accredited Master’s degree in Library and/or Information Science. Qualified individuals currently enrolled in such a program of study will also be considered. One to two years of experience working in an academic library as well as proven organizational, computer, and communication skills are also required. Strong academic background with an undergraduate major in the humanities and/or social sciences is desired.

Interested candidates should apply by submitting a letter of interest, résumé, and names and contact information for three professional references at:
 https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/glenvilleedu
  
 Screening of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.  Glenville State College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.