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Company Name : Clackamas Community College
Location : Oregon City, OR 97045
Position : Textbook Affordability Librarian Full-Time Faculty

Job Description : Textbook Affordability Librarian Full-Time Faculty

Salary: $61,998.05 – $68,522.80 Annually
Location: Oregon City, OR
Job Type: Full-Time, Union, Exempt
Division: Institutional Effectiveness and Planning
Job Number: 2122-00108
Closing: 4/10/2022 11:59 PM Pacific

Description

Clackamas Community College (CCC) is an inclusive environment where the unique contributions of our diverse students, employees, and the community are honored and valued. We expect all employees to foster a climate of belonging that supports all students and employees in achieving success.

CCC Library seeks a collaborative and human-centered Full-time Textbook Affordability Faculty Librarian to lead textbook affordability and Open Educational Resource (OER) efforts, and to lead the library team in collection management endeavors.

This position cultivates, executes, and sustains strategic efforts related to textbook affordability in collaboration with peers in the department, College, and at peer institutions. They will provide leadership, vision, support, and assessment of textbook affordability efforts across the College. The person in this position will create programming and form relationships with stakeholders within the institution and across the state to facilitate OER and Low-Cost Text (LCT) discovery, adoption, adaptation, and creation through advocacy, education, and outreach. This position will also work with faculty in the library and across campus to grow library support and innovation around collection practices that center textbook affordability, accessibility, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

As described in the Full-Time Faculty Bargaining Agreement (pg 14), “Librarians will be responsible for providing library services for students, employees, and community residents. The librarians will exercise independent judgment based on adequate knowledge of library science; the instructional and professional goals of college programs; teaching theories, strategies and methods of instruction; interpersonal relationships; electronic technology; college policy; and outreach services with college staff and community.”

This position reports to the Dean of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning, and will be integrated into a collaborative team of faculty librarians to determine the direction and goals of the library and related services and programming. The CCC Library team works together to support the mission and strategic priorities of Clackamas Community College by centering student experience and need, and providing user-friendly research tools, relevant resources, library instruction, and welcoming, inclusive spaces for the CCC community. CCC Library is a member of the Orbis Cascade Alliance Library Consortium.

Position may require some [reimbursed] travel.
Generally librarians work traditional workday hours (9-5, Monday-Friday), however there is some flexibility based on library and employee needs. Occasionally there may be a need to offer workshops or attend meetings on evenings and weekends.
This position may work a combination of remote and onsite hours in collaboration with other library employees, the Dean of IEP, and based on library and employee needs and college policy.
The first round of interviews will be through Zoom.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Lead efforts to implement the

CCC Textbook Affordability Plan at the recommended level, with emphasis on project management, community engagement, and peer consultation/support.
Develop and coordinate outreach initiatives and services designed to raise awareness of OER, LCT, library collections, and other textbook affordability strategies through programming, training, support materials, and research consultations with faculty.
Collaborate with faculty in the discovery, adoption, creation, and assessment of open and affordable course content that meet program and course learning outcomes.
Advocate for and promote OER adoption to all stakeholders (faculty, staff, students, administrators) with sensitivity to diverse perspectives, by building strategic partnerships.
Develop a professional development plan to stay current with advances in the field of library science and best-practices of OER, LCT, and affordable textbooks.
Participate in Open Oregon (Oregon’s state-wide OER entity that promotes textbook affordability and facilitates adoption of LCT) and in consortial conversations related to textbook affordability.
Collaborate with the library team to identify library-purchased resources that would have a high impact on learning affordability and student success, and recommend purchases.
Guide collection management and collecting initiatives in CCC Library, focused on student and faculty support, and efforts to improve effectiveness and accessibility of electronic and physical resources, and course reserves.

Partner with faculty librarians on collection development and collection assessment.
Collaborate with the technical services librarian on collection management policies and procedures, collection acquisition workflow, resource sharing, and related staff training.

AUXILIARY JOB FUNCTIONS:

Collaborate with the library team on annual library assessment and unit planning.
Liaise with one Educational Focus Area at the college.

At the invitation of the instruction librarians, lead instruction sessions for CCC’s First-Year Experience program (FYE101).
Participate in college-wide, divisional, and departmental meetings as scheduled.
Teach the library’s 1-credit, asynchronous course: LIB101-Introduction to Research (as interest or need arises).
Provide reference at the service desk, by phone, email, and/or monitoring chat (as interest or need arises).
Qualifications

We are interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. We welcome applicants who bring a diversity of identity, culture, experience, perspective, and thought. We encourage you to apply, even if you do not believe you meet every one of the qualifications described. You are also encouraged to address how your professional and lived experience, scholarship, teaching, mentorship and/or service will contribute to the College.

MINIMUM/MANDATORY EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
Master’s degree from an ALA accredited program or an equivalent graduate library science/information studies degree, completed by 9/15/2022.
Commitment to community college values of accessible education.
Experience working on or an understanding of the OER and LCT landscape in an academic setting, including knowledge of best practices related to OER, LCT, and other strategies for pursuing textbook affordability.
Demonstrated ability to partner with faculty and other peers on projects.
Collection management experience, particularly focused on DEI, accessibility, and student/faculty needs.
Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and an understanding of the contributions a diverse workforce brings to the workplace.
Ability to plan, initiate and implement effective programs and services.
Strong leadership and interpersonal skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
Ability to exemplify traits that reflect the College’s culture, including integrity, a customer service orientation, cultural competency, trustworthiness, flexibility and a willingness to change.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience with peer-to-peer teaching and outreach (such as leading workshops or presentations, and doing consultations with faculty and administrators).
Previous successful work managing OER and textbook affordability efforts at the college level.
Experience with open publishing programs such as Pressbooks and H5P and knowledge of content management platforms such as Open Author and OpenStax.
General understanding of copyright, fair use, and creative commons licensing as it applies to OER and resource sharing.
Grant writing or grant management.
Experience working in an academic library.
Other Job Elements

The physical demands listed below represent those that must be met by an incumbent to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualified disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF POSITION:

The position requires minimal (5-20%) physical effort such as lifting, carrying, or movement, etc. Movements required to complete work are not difficult, and only require some degree of agility and hand eye coordination.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

The work environment is usually well-protected, with minimal hazards or obstacles (5-20%). There is little or minimal element of personal risk or hazard. Job conditions are usually comfortable, with minimal (5-20%) issues of confinement, temperature change, incident of noise, or interactions of a disagreeable nature, inside/outside work, dirty conditions, exposure to contagious disease, etc. Position may have minimal responsibility for driving.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Supervision of other personnel is not a typical function assigned to this position. May provide training and orientation to newly assigned personnel and may assign work to student workers.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Works under the general direction of the Dean Institutional Effectiveness & Planning.

Additional Information

Clackamas Community College is a diverse community that provides equal opportunity in employment, activities, and its programs. It is the policy of the Clackamas Community College and its Board that there will be no discrimination or harassment in any educations programs, activities or employment on the grounds of race, color, religion, ethnicity, use of native language, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, age, genetic information or any other status protected under applicable federal, state or local laws. The College also prohibits retaliation against an individual for engaging in activity protected under this policy, and interfering with rights or privileges granted under anti-discrimination laws. Persons having questions about equal opportunity and nondiscrimination should contact the Chief Human Resources Officer for Clackamas Community College in Barlow Hall at the Oregon City campus, 503-594-3300. Please note the following areas of responsibility, should you need relevant resources or information: Section 504 Coordinator, Disability Coordinator, Oregon City campus, 503-594-3181; Title II Coordinator, Associate Dean, Oregon City campus, 503-594-3392; Title IX Coordinator, Chief Human Resources Officer, Oregon City campus, 503-594-3300.
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ADDITIONAL POSTING INSTRUCTIONS:

To apply for this position, you must submit:

Completed online application
Cover Letter explaining your interest in the position and describing how you meet the minimum and special qualifications and requirements of the position
Current Resume
Completed responses to the Supplemental Questions
Unofficial Transcript (Upon hire, candidate will be required to provide official transcript(s) for degree(s) earned, if applicable.)
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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:

CCC only accepts applications through our online application system at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/clackamascc. We want you to be successful in applying with us. We highly encourage you to complete and submit your application in advance of the deadline. For technical assistance, please call (855) 524-5627. Please note: This is initially a self-screening system. We recognize that our application process can be lengthy, so before you begin, please read all of the stated requirements to determine if you meet them. Applicants must meet all of the stated minimum/special qualifications and additional requirements to be considered for this position. Based on your responses to the qualifying questions, the system may automatically screen you out from further consideration. Required documents must be provided at the time of application. Please remove any personal information such as photographs, date of birth, gender, social security number, and other protected information from your documents. Documents containing protected information will be considered incomplete. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Positions are subject to budget consideration and approval. For the candidate who is hired into this position, salary placement will be based on guidelines in the handbook or association agreement (as applicable) to assess education and experience. For this reason, please be sure to include everything in your application that you want the college to consider towards placement.

Final candidates may be subject to a criminal background check as part of the employment process. Clackamas Community College participates in E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. This information is kept completely confidential, is obtained only after a candidate is hired, and will not be used to pre-screen any job applicant. The college does not sponsor employees in the visa application process if they intend to use this as their means to work in the United States. This means that all required work visas must be in place and supported by appropriate evidence to be employed by Clackamas.
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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION STATEMENT:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. This job description is a general description of essential job functions. It is not intended as an employment contract nor is it intended to describe all responsibilities, skills, effort, or work conditions associated with the job someone in this position would perform. All employees of Clackamas Community College are expected to perform tasks as assigned by Clackamas Community College supervisory/management personnel regardless of job title or routine job duties.
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VETERAN’S PREFERENCE STATEMENT:

Applicants are eligible to use Veteran’s Preference when applying with Clackamas Community College in accordance with ORS 408.225, 408.230 and 408.235; and OAR 105-040-0010 and 105-040-0015. Military personnel who expect to be honorably discharged from the military within 120 days of certifying veteran status on this job application, may also request preference. Preference will only be given if the applicant meets the minimum qualifications and any special qualifications for the position and electronically attach the required documentation at the time of application. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:

MEMBER COPY 4 of the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214 or 215) – OR – Letter from the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs indicating a non-service connected pension.
Disabled Veterans must also submit a copy of their Veterans disability preference letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
You can request copies of your military service record through the National Archives website at: http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records

For information regarding Veteran’s Preference qualifications, visit the following website: https://www.oregon.gov/boli/workers/Pages/veterans-preference.aspx

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