Lead Librarian

OASIS

Walden’s Office of Academic Support and Instructional Services (OASIS) provides instruction to help students develop academic and professional skills for success. OASIS houses seven teams: the Walden Library; Content Management; Content Operations; Instructional Services; and Undergraduate, Graduate, and Doctoral Academic Support. Following Walden’s Success by Degree framework, we align our instructional support with university-wide, degree-level learning outcomes. Everyone in OASIS collaborates with teams across Walden to ensure we connect students with flexible, seamless instructional support where and when they need it.

Across OASIS, we offer various instructional services and resources to support students’ skill development at all stages of their studies. The Lead Librarian, Information Literacy and Instructional Design, will lead the design, development, and maintenance of OASIS’s information literacy and research curriculum, as well as oversee reference services.

The individual in this role will secondarily support various OASIS instructional services. Possibilities include doctoral residency presentations and individual and group student support. In collaboration with the other OASIS teams, the OASIS Instructional Services Team creates varied interactive experiences that meet students where they are and encourage critical thinking, active engagement, and the application of knowledge inside and outside the classroom. This role will report to the Associate Dean of Instructional Services in OASIS. Key traits sought for the person in this role include being curious, creative, flexible, and collaborative. The person in this role will bring heart to their work with students and colleagues. 

Walden’s Values and Mission 

Walden University provides a diverse community of career professionals with the opportunity to transform themselves as scholar-practitioners to affect positive social change. Walden’s commitment to social change began with our founders. Students, faculty, and staff choose Walden because of that commitment, and we keep our values in mind with every action we take. 

We are a teaching institution. Online higher education is our specialty, and we emerged early on as pioneers in this field. We are committed to inclusive teaching and learning in all our academic endeavors with intentionality, using a framework of shared accountability to enhance and advance the equitable health and wellbeing of communities, systems, and organizations. The philosophy of our institution is not sink or swim: We meet students where they are and accompany them as they strive to move forward on their academic pathways.  

Walden University is a member of Adtalem Global Education (NYSE: ATGE). More than 50 years ago, Walden University was founded to support adult learners in achieving their academic goals and making a greater impact in their professions and communities. Students from across the U.S. and more than 115 countries are pursuing a certificate, bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree online at Walden. The university offers more than 100 online degree and certificate programs. Walden University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission, hlcommission.org. For more information, please visit WaldenU.edu and WaldenFacts.com.

Our Students

Walden is a broad-access institution. We teach the students we have, nurture their curiosity, and support them as they develop academic skills to reach their degree goals. Walden serves a majority female-identifying student body, with over 40% African American and Black students and over 40% White students, as well as over 15% Latino/a/x and Asian and Pacific Islander students. We proudly embrace our LGBTQIAA+, (dis)abled, and first-generation college students, working parents and caregivers, as well as military veterans, and the unique cultural, linguistic, ethnic, and religious backgrounds of all our students. Most importantly, we acknowledge the impact of intersectionality on the lives of our students, and we strive to provide community, support, and rigor tailored to the individuals that are our students.  

Responsibilities:

• Leads the planning, design, coordination, delivery, promotion, and assessment of OASIS’s information literacy and research curriculum.
• Creates and maintains library skill learning modules, video tutorials, and digital learning objects in line with OASIS instructional standards and needs; collaborates with OASIS colleagues in producing learning resources.
• Leads and coordinates relevant projects and services, including reference service; serves on assigned teams and working groups.
• Develops and maintains the mission, goals, and governing documents for reference service and staff. 
• Develops and administers policies, procedures, requirements, and training for the library’s reference service and staff. 
• Active participation in the content development workflow process as an Instructional Services team representative, SME, and mentor.
• Regular collaboration with the Content Management Team if/when considerations of technology platform, format, curricular resource build, and/or maintenance need to be addressed.
• Engagement with the development and integration of the Instructional Services’ overarching instructional strategy for and implementation of OASIS synchronous and asynchronous instruction and support.  
• Leading and/or co-presenting live instructional sessions, including at online academic residencies required in some Walden doctoral programs, via Microsoft Teams, Zoom, or other platforms. 
• Contributing to building a positive team culture and a healthy workplace in OASIS and beyond.
• Other duties as assigned.

The Lead Librarian can join OASIS and/or university working groups, engage with university faculty, and participate in professional development opportunities. 

• Earned ALA-accredited Master of Library Science/Master of Library Information Science.
• At least one year demonstrated successful experience coordinating instructional services and reference services in an academic library preferred.
• Three years of experience designing and facilitating library instruction in an academic setting.
• Demonstrated experience in course development and instructional design best practices, understanding of academic programs and teaching methods and principles.
• Interest in and experience with evaluating and piloting instruction using emerging technologies and experience with designing and building one-to-many asynchronous learning opportunities.
• Demonstrated experience with educational/library instructional technologies and authoring tools (i.e., Storyline and Rise).
• Strong understanding of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy.
• Commitment to advocating for the learning and development needs of students earning their degrees in a distance learning environment.
• Excellent leadership, communication, team participation, team building, and human relation skills.
• Ability to work with individuals from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds in a collaborative manner.
• Be flexible in adapting to new responsibilities, initiatives, and priorities based on students’ needs during the academic year and across degree programs.
• Ability to creatively solve problems.
• Availability for flexible scheduling that may include nights and weekends when needed to meet student needs. Some travel may be required.

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $47766.34 and $86253.75. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.

Adtalem offers a robust suite of benefits including:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Adtalem’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
  
  For more information related to our benefits please visit: https://careers.adtalem.com/us/en/benefits.

We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. At Adtalem, we welcome everyone and have a strong commitment towards diversity and inclusion. We encourage our Colleagues to be their true authentic selves and support laws that prohibit discrimination everywhere we do business. We also maintain a drug-free workplace.