Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Salary: $61,596 to $98,978 Canadian dollars per annum = $33.84 to $54.38 Canadian dollars per hour.  
Employment Term: Full-time, Fixed Term, March 1 - August 31, 2023

Employer Contact: [log in to unmask]

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the supervision of the University Librarian, the Librarian provides expertise and support in a range of the Library’s service areas. The Librarian provides both in-person and virtual reference/research help services and plans and delivers library instruction sessions. Serving as the liaison to the Faculty of Design + Dynamic Media, the Librarian engages in departmental outreach.

Typical duties associated with this role:

• Provide in person and virtual reference/research help to students, faculty, and the public.
  

• Plan and deliver library instruction to University students and faculty, both in person and online, creating and delivering workshops, orientations and tours.
  

• Liaise with teaching faculty to plan and provide library resources and services that support the delivery of University curriculum.
  

• Create and/or modify library research guides.
  

• Collaborate with subject area librarians to evaluate and recommend discipline-specific materials for the library’s print and electronic collections.
  

• Participate in Library, University and consortia committees as required.
  

• Advance the values and goals of Reconciliation and ECU’s JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) commitments.
  

• Duties may also include overseeing Library operations on assigned weekends and evening shifts, including assuming responsibility for opening and closing the Library, overseeing staff and students, and maintaining a high standard of service.

This is a public-facing position that regularly interacts with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and members of the public. The successful candidate will join a committed team of library professionals and will be expected to be a full participant, along
with the rest of the library team, in the defining and achieving of library goals.

QUALIFICATIONS

A successful candidate will have the following qualifications and/or related experience:
• Master’s degree in Library Science, from an accredited institution required.
• A minimum of two years’ work experience as a professional Librarian, required.
• Undergraduate degree, with a focus in visual art, media, design, or art history strongly preferred.
• Experience providing reference/research help required.
• Experience with planning and delivering library instruction required.
• Demonstrated experience supporting student academic success an asset.
• Active interest or involvement in contemporary arts, design, or media practices an asset.
• Experience liaising with faculty in academic departments an asset.
• Experience with AskAway, a provincial chat virtual reference service, an asset.
• Experience creating and editing online library research guides an asset.
• Experience supervising undergraduate or graduate research assistants, co-op, or practicum students an asset.
• Experience providing copyright support at a post-secondary institution an asset.
• Knowledge of Canadian copyright law and its application in post-secondary environments.
• Knowledge of innovative approaches to providing library instruction and reference/research help.
• Knowledge of information resources related to visual art, media, design, critical studies, and cross-disciplinary subjects, including bibliographic tools and electronic resources.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with faculty, staff, and students across the institution.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Dedication to team development and excellent peer interactions.
• Ability to set priorities in an environment with multiple, simultaneous demands.
• Initiative and ability to work independently.

ABOUT EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY

Emily Carr University of Art + Design, established in 1925, is a world leader in education and research. Encouraging experimentation at the intersection of art, design, media and technology, our teaching and learning community merges
studio practice, research creation, and critical scholarship in an interdisciplinary and collaborative environment. Alumni and faculty are internationally recognized as award‐winning creators and thought leaders who have significant impact in
21st‐century cultural production and cultural sustainability. We engage students, industry, and society to iterate and explore, and think differently about creativity and how it shapes our world. Located in beautiful and culturally diverse
Vancouver, British Columbia, Emily Carr attracts more than 1800 students from 60 countries to our undergraduate and graduate programs. The Faculty of Design and Dynamic Media is one of four university faculties (alongside Audain Faculty
of Art, Faculty of Culture + Community, and Jake Kerr Faculty of Graduate Studies) which, together with the Aboriginal Gathering Place, Library + Learning Commons, Shumka Centre for Creative Entrepreneurship, Libby Leshgold Gallery,
READ Books, and the research centres and workshops in our new state‐of‐the‐art, custom‐built campus, offer vibrant conditions for the development of practice-based and practice‐led research and education.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES
Applications should include:
• a cover letter;
• a current curriculum vitae;
• a personal statement on the candidate’s contributions to diversity, regardless of personal characteristics, describing any professional skills, community experience, or willingness to engage in activities that advance institutional diversity
and equity in teaching, research, and service.

Submissions are welcome at: https://ecuad.peopleadmin.ca. Posting closes on February 15, 2023.
Salary and rank will be commensurate with professional status.

OUR EQUITY STATEMENT
Emily Carr University especially invites those who have demonstrated a commitment to upholding the values of equity,
diversity, and inclusion and will assist us to expand our capacity for diversity in the broadest sense. In addition, to correct
the conditions of disadvantage in employment in Canada, we encourage applications from members of groups that have
been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples, Indigenous peoples of
North America, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and those who identify as women and/or 2SLGBTQ+.

We acknowledge the potential impact that career interruptions (e.g. maternity leave, leave due to illness, etc.) can have on
a candidate’s record of research achievement. Applicants are encouraged to identify in their application the impact that
career interruptions may have had on their record of practice and research achievement; this will be taken into careful
consideration during the assessment process.

Emily Carr University is committed to creating an inclusive, accessible and barrier free workplace. We want to ensure that
all participants are able to engage fully in interviews and other activities that are part of the hiring process. If you have any
accommodation requests please contact Human Resources ([log in to unmask]). All requests for accommodation will be treated
confidentially.

All qualified people are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. 

While we thank all candidates for their interest, only those short‐listed will be contacted