Faculty Librarian: Economic and Management Sciences (Job Level 8)

at  Stellenbosch University

Duties/Pligte

• Strategic planning and management and the implementation of strategic goals for the provision of information services and research support to the Faculty of Economic and Management

  Sciences;

Information services provision and research support to all clients of the Library, with specialisation in Economic and Management Sciences;

• Subject specific information literacy and digital skills training, generic training and the creation of e-learning programmes;
• Creating and applying new and innovative services with the support of appropriate systems/programmes to reach clients, e.g., Moodle, LibGuides, Camtasia, virtual services tools and AI tools;
• Collection development;
• Liaising, building relationships, and communicating with the various academic departments within the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences and relevant role players on campus;

• Marketing of library services and resources, orientation and training programmes, etc.

• Strategiese beplaning en bestuur en die implementering van strategiese doelwitte vir die verskaffing van inligtingsdienste en navorsingsondersteuning vir die Fakulteit Ekonomiese en
  Bestuurswetenskappe;

Lewering van inligtingsdienste en navorsingsondersteuning aan kliënte van die Biblioteek, met spesialisering in Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe;

• Vakspesifieke inligtingsgeletterdheidsopleiding en digitale vaardigheidsopleiding, generiese opleiding en die ontwikkeling van e-leer programme;

• Ontwikkeling en toepassing van innoverende dienste met behulp van toepaslike stelsels/programme vir dienslewering aan kliente, bv. Moodle, LibGuides, Camtasia,

  virtuelehulpmiddels en kunsmatige intelligensiehulpmiddels;

Voorraadontwikkeling;

• Skakeling, opbou van verhoudinge, en kommunikasie met die onderskeie akademiese departemente binne die Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe en toepaslike rolspelers op

  kampus;

• 
  Bemarking van die biblioteek se dienste en bronne, oriëntasie en opleidingsprogramme, ens.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes

• Bachelor’s degree in library and information Science (LIS), or a bachelor¿s degree with a postgraduate diploma in LIS or equivalent qualification;
• At least five years’ experience in providing information services and research support in an academic environment;
• Knowledge of the needs of the academic community with regard to information services, research support, and other client services;
• Sound knowledge of information literacy development and e-learning in the academic sector;
• Good teaching, presenting and facilitating skills;
• The capacity to be innovative and dynamic in information provision and research support;
• Knowledge of collection development;
• Strong computer proficiency, including sound knowledge of the Windows environment;
• Excellent interpersonal, liaising and marketing skills;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;

• The ability to work effectively within a team as well as independently without supervision.

’n B-graad in Biblioteek- en Inligtingkunde of ’n B-graad met `n nagraadse diploma (Biblioteek- en Inligtingkunde) of gelykwaardige kwalifikasie;

• Minstens vyf jaar se ervaring in die lewering van inligtingsdienste en navorsingsondersteuning in ’n akademiese omgewing;
• Kennis van die behoeftes van die akademiese gemeenskap ten opsigte van inligtingsdienste, navorsingsondersteuning en kliëntedienste;
• Goeie kennis van inligtingsgeletterdheidsontwikkeling en e-leer in die akademiese omgewing;
• Goeie opleidings-, aanbiedings- en fasiliteringsvaardighede;
• Die vermoë om inligtingsdienste en navorsingsondersteuning op innoverende en dinamiese wyse te lewer;
• Kennis van voorraadontwikkeling;
• Sterk rekenaarvaardighede, insluitend goeie kennis van die Windows-omgewing;
• Uitnemende interpersoonlike-, skakelings- en bemarkingsvaardighede;
• Uitnemende skriftelike en mondelinge kommunikasievaardighede;
• Die vermoë om effektief binne spanverband sowel as onafhanklik sonder toesig te werk.

Recommendation/Aanbeveling

• A postgraduate qualification is a strong recommendation;Teaching or training qualification;

• Exposure to and knowledge of changing trends and benchmarks in subject specific research support and academic libraries in general.

`n Nagraadse kwalifikasie word sterk aanbeveel;Onderwys- of opleidingskwalifikasie;

• Blootstelling aan en kennis van nuwe tendense en beste praktyke ten opsigte van vakspesifieke navorsingsondersteuning en akademiese biblioteke in die algemeen.

• Strategic planning and management and the implementation of strategic goals for the provision of information services and research support to the Faculty of Economic and Managemen