Librarian

**TITLE**:Librarian

**POSITION OVERVIEW**:
Reporting to the Library Director, Alexander College Librarians are responsible for ensuring that the libraries support the academic culture of Alexander College. The librarians are generally responsible for management, upkeep, and maintenance of one or more campus libraries, including curating the collections, and scheduling and supervising Library staff. The Librarians also perform duties related to circulation, information literacy instruction, liaising with faculty, collection development, cataloging, research help, and database management.

**LOCATION**:
The Burnaby and Vancouver Campus. Flexibility to travel between and work at both campuses will be required.

**WHY JOIN US**:

- Group extended health, dental, and life benefits
- GRSP matching contributions
- Professional Development encouragement and reimbursement
- Employee engagement events and activities
- Employee Assistance Program
- Facilities: Brand new campus and office space that emphasizes a culture of environmentally friendly practices. Secure bike lockers and shower.
- Supportive, friendly, and encouraging team of people

**WHO WE ARE**: Alexander College is a private post-secondary institution serving approximately 4,000 students every year. Students choose to study at Alexander College to complete their Associate of Arts or Science degree or take a variety of University Transfer courses. We strive for excellence in higher education for students from many cultural backgrounds and language abilities by providing university transfer courses and degree programs, individual support services, and campus activities to foster local and global community engagement.

**REQUIREMENTS**:

- Master of Library and Information Studies, or equivalent, from an ALA-accredited institution
- One-year experience working in an educational institution in a library setting preferred
- Experience working with international students desired
- Broad knowledge of academic library service issues
- Demonstrated experience with website maintenance, and the operation of an Integrated Library System
- Superior oral and written communication skills

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Supervise and Coordinate Library Staff
- Liaise with facilities and IT to ensure proper support of cleaning, opening and closing, and computer/Wi-Fi/printing/tech maintenance
- Create folder structure, collect, review, and digitize files for Course Archives
- Performance collection development activities and maintenance, in accordance of Alexander College polices and guidelines
- Provide reference services (e.g. in-person, online chat, AskAway, and Zoom)
- Provide library orientations and research workshops at in-person and virtual events
- Liaise with faculty to promote, design, and implement information literacy sessions for classes across all disciplines
- Assist planning, implementing, processing, managing, and evaluating the ILL program at AC Library
- Serve along with the other campus librarian, complete technical work in order to facilitate access to electronic resources (OCLC's EZProxy), maintain the integrated library system (ILS) (Sitka's Evergreen), and contribute to keeping the Library related sections of the Alexander College website up to date
- Assist with research and writing Unit Assessment, term, and annual reports for the library

**HOW TO APPLY**:
**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $60,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- Master's Degree (required)

**Experience**:

- library: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person