What are the responsibilities and job description for the OPEN EDUCATION LIBRARIAN position at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley?
Number of Vacancies
1
Location
Edinburg, Texas
Department
University Library
FTE
1.0
FLSA
Exempt
Scope of Job
To facilitate Open Educational Resource (OER) adoption, adaptation, and creation at the institution through advocacy, training, outreach, organization, and collaborative efforts with faculty, students, staff, administrators, and the community of open education leaders.
Description of Duties
- Serves as a resource on OER adoption and adaption for faculty. This includes finding and assessing OER materials. Works with faculty members on promoting OER use and adoption.
- Promotes and maintains the Library’s role in Textbook Affordability Projects, including supporting faculty grants for adopting or creating OER.
- Creates and implements resources and programming for faculty, students, and staff on OERs and Open Educational Practices (OEPs).
- Builds the university library’s capacity to support open publishing through software adoption and cross-campus partnerships.
- Creates and tracks metrics for measuring the impact of OER and other textbook affordability initiatives.
- Serves as the primary university library liaison to COLTT (Center for Online Learning and Teaching Technology) on issues of Open Educational Practices.
- Serves as a supporting project manager for the launch of new digital publications.
- Collaborates with colleagues in Scholarly Communications to develop documentation, policy recommendations, and to scope publishing services in accordance with University Marketing and Communications directions.
- Informs authors, editors, and other relevant stakeholders on the definition of scope and objectives for digital publishing projects and connects needs to content, structure, and features of online publications.
- Stays current on best practices to improve and document editorial workflows and processes, and author procedures for preparing and loading content into digital publishing platforms.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Supervision Received
General supervision from assigned supervisor.
Supervision Given
Direct supervision of assigned staff.
Required Education
Master’s degree in Library Sciences or Education from an accredited university.
Preferred Education
None.
Licenses/Certifications
Preferred: OER Librarianship Certification via Open Textbook Network
Required Experience
Five (5) years of experience in education, including instruction, curriculum planning, and resource evaluation. Experience creating, adapting, or evaluating open educational and open access resources.
Preferred Experience
None.
Equipment
Use of standard office equipment.
Working Conditions
Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties. Office Environment; some travel and weekend work is required. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. UTRGV is a distributed institution, which requires presence at multiple locations throughout the Rio Grande Valley.
Other
Exceptional planning and organizational skills. Knowledge of copyright, permissions, and appropriate attribution of CC Licensed materials. Knowledge of emerging trends in Open Education, including curation, re-mixing, re-using, etc. Incorporate research strategies in OER environments, including identification, selection, and access issues (including Accessibility issues) related to content. Knowledge in grassroots, person to person as well as online interaction and community building. Ability to use and adapt to a range of technologies/software.
Physical Capabilities
N/A
Employment Category
Full-Time
Minimum Salary
Commensurate With Experience
Posted Salary
Commensurate with Experience
Position Available Date
03/17/2025
Grant Funded Position
No
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Posting Detail Information
EEO Statement
It is the policy of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to promote and ensure equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or protected veteran status. In accordance with the requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, our University is committed to comply with all government requirements and ensures non-discrimination in its education programs and activities, including employment. We encourage women, minorities and differently abled persons to apply for employment positions of interest.
Special Instructions to Applicants
Dear Applicant, Human Resources will not be held responsible for redacting any confidential information from the documents you attach with your application. The confidential information includes the following: *Date of Birth *Gender *Ethnicity/Race Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley reserves the right to discontinue accepting applications prior to the stated close date of this position, after meeting the posting requirement of three (3) calendar days. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at (956) 665-2451 and/or careers@utrgv.edu.
Additional Information
UTRGV is a distributed location institution and working location is subject to change based on need.
All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal background check (CBC). Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Substitutions to the above requirements must have prior approval from the VP of HR & Talent Development .
All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal background check (CBC). Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Substitutions to the above requirements must have prior approval from the VP of HR & Talent Development .
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