What better way to have students learn about how the information they produce will affect their economics than to have them serve as a search committee? Your submissions for this hands-on exercise will help students in Information Society to bring together what they have learned about how information interacts with ethics, evaluation, sociology and economics.
Imaginary Job Post: Librarian 2.0 (duties and qualifications plaigarised for educational purposes from here).
Description: Landis University invites applicants for the position of Librarian 2.0. This librarian will join the Digital Initiatives department in creating tools, media, and resources to support a higher level of user-focused content and service.
Duties:
1. Maintains the College Library’s Web site (involves Web page technical support and troubleshooting and serving as a member of Unit Web Developers team).
2. Supervises College Library Web support staff.
3. Works with stakeholders to determine the content and layout of College Library’s Web site (page design, overall site navigation and usability).
4. Designs Web forms to support College Library Web services.
5. Maintains a working knowledge of emerging technologies critical to the design and delivery of responsive library services to undergraduates, for example, blogs, wikis, media-casting, RSS, and other digital capabilities.
6. Shares with College Library colleagues strategies, techniques, and best practices for using emerging technologies to support teaching and learning.
7. Provides training and technical support in Web design and emerging technologies to College Library staff.Qualifications:
1. ALA-accredited Master’s Degree in Library or Information Science OR significant graduate-level coursework toward such a degree OR equivalent education and experience (subject expertise combined with professional library education and/or experience).
2. Understanding of the academic library role and the undergraduate library role in research, teaching, and learning.
3. Demonstrated commitment to teaching and public service, particularly for undergraduates.
4. Familiarity with the concepts, goals, and methods of information literacy.
5. Experience teaching in-person information literacy classes in an academic environment, preferably to undergraduate students.
6. Substantial knowledge of established and emerging teaching/learning methods and technologies and their application to university-level instruction.
7. Demonstrated commitment to expanding the boundaries of teaching, learning, and creative expression by creatively applying new tools in new contexts.
8. Experience creating effective instructional and informational materials such as online tutorials, surveys, and guides.
9. Experience consulting and working with instructors, support staff, or others on course and assignment design.
10. Experience creating effective modular and reusable eLearning content.
11. Experience with web design, web development applications, and scripting languages, such as Dreamweaver, Flash, and JavaScript.
12. Experience creating and maintaining Web 2.0 social networking tools for eLearning, e.g. blogs, wikis, etc.
13. Demonstrated proficiency and capabilities with personal computers and software, the Web, and library-relevant information technology applications.
14. Working knowledge of standard computer office applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and other productivity software.
15. Excellent analytical, organizational, time, and project management skills.
16. Excellent oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
17. Ability to work creatively, collaboratively, and effectively both as a team member and independently and to promote teamwork among colleagues.
18. Commitment to fostering a diverse educational environment and workplace and ability to work with a diverse student and faculty population.
19. Capacity to thrive in the exciting, ambiguous, future-oriented environment of a world-class research institution and to respond effectively to changing needs and priorities.
20. Commitment to professional issues, demonstrated through strong interest in local or national committee work, research, publication.Rank and Salary are commensurate with successful applicant’s demands (dream big, right?).
To apply, please email Cliff a 1/2 – 1 page cover letter (picture or avatar included), along with a URL for your resume. Please be aware that the search committee will be egosearching all applicants.
Students in my class will read through cover letters, resumes, and search the web to evaluate the applicants. This will hopefully give them a chance to see how others will view them when they apply for jobs in the real world.
Please, do it for the children!
