Academic Librarian (Temporary)

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester.  We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement.  We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

• Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.

• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes

• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Academic Librarian (Temporary)

Job Description Summary:

To provide temporary assistance as needed

Job Description:

JOB PURPOSE: Provides point-of-use instruction at library reference desks, and research and information services to students, faculty and staff.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES AND TASKS:

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following.  Other duties may be assigned.

•  Primary job duty is to provide ACC Blackboard Library Services reference & instructional services to ACC students, faculty and staff, including in-person, phone, email and library chat.

• Superior customer service skills are essential.

• Other duties as assigned include working with other ACC Library Services and ACC Campus faculty and staff, maintaining records and statistical data and – as assigned - collection maintenance, subject bibliography, information literacy support, web or wiki page maintenance, special projects, reports, and other duties as assigned.

• Position reports to the ACC Blackboard Library Head Librarian, as part of a larger Library team serving ACC students and faculty.

 

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

Must possess required knowledge and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Expertise with print and electronic information and reference resources in an academic environment.

• Demonstrated proficiency using pcs, office productivity software, knowledge of electronic information resources, the Internet and wikis, laptops, iPads, and e-readers.

• Participate in critical recordkeeping practices including using reference desk software designed to gather student learning outcome data

• Must demonstrate sensitivity to, and knowledge of a diverse student body in an adult learning environment.

• Ability to communicate orally and in writing and electronically, in a concise and effective manner.

• Ability to maintain established work schedule.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality of constituent information.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective, collegial workplace relationships.

• Ability to work within a fully remote environment.
   

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling.  Occasional lifting and moving of objects.

Pay Rate

$28.70/Hour

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

July 31, 2025

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.