Teaching and Resource Librarian - Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford

Choate Rosemary Hall seeks a dynamic educator-library leader to join a blended faculty librarian team. The Teaching and Resource Librarian is an administrative year plus summer associate faculty position reporting to the Director of the Andrew Mellon Library. The successful candidate will be motivated and team-oriented with broad experience in library instruction, innovative technology tools, pedagogical best practices, and library programming. We are looking for an individual who is a self-starter and eager to participate in a collegial partnership in support of scholarly practices, and skilled at helping others of a variety of levels of expertise using commonly deployed digital tools. This individual will be comfortable collaborating with groups or departments to create programs that facilitate student learning and enrichment.

Requirements: Master’s degree in library science from an accredited college or university. Minimum 3 years library experience in an academic setting or independent school environment. Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills. Ability to prioritize and manage multiple assignments concurrently, perform well under pressure, and meet deadlines, while ensuring acute attention to detail and accuracy. Willingness to work some evenings and weekends.

Preferred: Familiarity using emerging technologies, including podcasting, videography, AI/VR, Adobe products, iPad apps. Background in at least one of the STEM fields. Experience teaching in a middle or high school setting.

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The Andrew Mellon Library at Choate Rosemary Hall is at the heart of teaching and learning. The library’s mission is to enhance the academic environment and support the education of each of our students. The library prides itself on being a collaborative learning hub for the community. Library faculty collaborate with teaching faculty to support students and provide instruction in information literacy and research. They also provide student skill development, including organization and time-management skills, project development, and academic-technology support. Students, faculty, and staff have access to over 170,000 titles including 130,000 eBooks and over 50 scholarly databases. In addition, the library makes textbooks, laptops, chargers, headphones, and other technologies available to the Choate community.

Choate Rosemary Hall is a coeducational, independent secondary school located in central Connecticut with 850 boarding and day students and over 300 employees. Choate serves intellectually gifted and motivated students of diverse backgrounds from across the globe whose commitment to serious study is enhanced in an academically challenging and personally supportive setting.

Choate prohibits in all its programs, including hiring and employment practices, discrimination against or harassment of any member or group based upon age, gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other category protected by Connecticut or federal law, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification.