UC Santa Barbara is hiring: Online Learning Librarian in California

The UCSB Library seeks to recruit an Online Learning Librarian in the Teaching & Learning Department to facilitate creative, inclusive, and accessible learning experiences (a)synchronously using digital learning systems and materials. As part of a team, the Online Learning Librarian will produce and manage online learning materials to promote and assess information literacy.

UC Santa Barbara has a diverse student population and is designated as a Hispanic-serving institution and an Asian American and Native-American Pacific Islander-serving institution. It sponsors unique programming and resources for first-generation college students and has recently adopted required course curricula to help orient all first-year students to a liberal arts education. UCSB is committed to equity-focused pedagogy and support structures that enhance student experiences and growth, while also preparing students for post-university life. UCSB Library’s Department of Teaching & Learning is specifically focused on advancing foundational information literacy within and beyond course curricula for first-year and first-generation students.

Reporting to the Director of Teaching & Learning, the Online Learning Librarian will be responsible for managing digital learning integrations with library and campus content/learning management systems, providing support and direction to create and functionally deploy library instructional services and resources for synchronous and asynchronous users. To achieve these objectives, the Online Learning Librarian will collaborate closely with the department’s Instructional Designer & Technologist, librarians within and outside the department, as well as campus instructors and faculty who offer first-year and first-generation programming. The position will provide foundational information literacy instruction and research support to a diverse body of undergraduate students.

In addition, the Online Learning Librarian will serve in a consultative capacity to fellow library employees through one-on-one meetings and workshops to support their teaching. They will develop, maintain, assess, and manage digital learning materials used for a variety of instructional approaches within the Library’s Instruction Program. The Online Learning Librarian will engage in professional growth activities to continuously cultivate expertise in educational learning theory, instructional design, instructional technology, and reflective teaching practices.

The University of California, Santa Barbara, is one of ten campuses that comprise the University of California system and is a member of the Association of American Universities. The University Library at UC Santa Barbara is a member of the Association of Research Libraries.