J. Willard Marriott Library Residency

The J. Willard Marriott Library is seeking candidates for their Library Residency Program. The program is intended to increase faculty diversity at the Marriott Library and to encourage people from traditionally underrepresented groups to choose the University of Utah as a place to launch their careers in academic librarianship. This two-year residency will be the incumbent's first professional library position; it will orient the Resident to academic librarianship through a broad range of activities designed to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in future library positions and contribute fully to the profession. This program is designed to meet the Resident Librarian's professional goals and interests in conjunction with the library's priorities.

The Resident will be supervised by the Residency Coordinator, who will provide oversight and consistency throughout the experience. During the first year, the Resident Librarian will rotate through the library's four departments: Research and Learning Services, Special Collections, Information Technology Services, and Scholarly Resources and Collections. The Resident will have meaningful work assignments that contribute to each department's success. Each rotation will build the Resident's understanding of the library's mission, role, and structure; the Resident's practical skills in meeting stakeholder needs; and the Resident Librarian's ability to adapt to new situations and work with many different groups. At the end of the first year, the Resident will have a solid grounding in the profession and a strong sense of how to integrate into a new organization. The Coordinator will work with the Resident to develop a personalized professional development plan that includes service activities, committee assignments, conference attendance, and training opportunities at the library, campus, regional and national levels. The Resident will also benefit from mentoring relationships with faculty throughout the library.

The Resident and Coordinator will jointly decide on additional projects for the second year, including placement in a library department that meets the Resident's interests. The residency will culminate in a capstone project (such as a paper or presentation) designed to showcase the Resident's competencies in an area of specialization.

The position requires a two year commitment to begin no later than July 2017. To see the full job posting, please visit: http://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/59729.

Required qualifications include:

An MSI, MLIS, or MLS from an ALA-accredited institution by July 1, 2017. Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills. Ability to manage multiple projects and responsibilities in a timely and efficient manner. Ability to take initiative and work independently when appropriate. Willingness to listen to and incorporate feedback from supervisors and colleagues. Demonstrated interest in and understanding of the mission of academic libraries and a desire to contribute to the profession. Demonstrated leadership skills and motivation to take advantage of opportunities across the library and campus community. Knowledge of and interest in emerging trends in academic librarianship and ability to apply this knowledge to improve and advance library services. Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and community members from diverse backgrounds.

Preferred Qualifications include:

 Reading, writing, or speaking skills in a second language. Demonstrated proficiency and capability with information technology systems in the context of an academic library.

Job Responsibilities include:

Use of multiple technologies to advance library goals. Potential activities include the creation and maintenance of online teaching and learning tools, assessment, development and maintenance of print, multimedia and digital library collections, or maintenance and development of the library's web presence and discovery tools. Participation in the design and delivery of outreach and instruction programs to the university community. Provision of high-quality in-person, phone, and online reference and basic technology support. Participation in and contribution to library and university committees and initiatives and ability to communicate the results effectively to multiple library stakeholders. Participation in multiple professional development activities, including the completion of a comprehensive capstone project, which will be designed based on Resident interests and library needs during the second year of the project.

Salary and Application Procedures:

Salary is $53,000. The University of Utah offers an excellent benefits package including TIAA-CREF, medical, dental, generous paid sick and vacation accrual. This is a two-year career-line faculty appointment.

The University of Utah is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and educator. Minorities, women, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. Veterans preference. Reasonable accommodations provided. For additional information see http://www.regulations.utah.edu/humanResources/5-106.html.

The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds and who possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students.

Applications are due by February 13, 2017. Please submit the following using the link below: a cover letter addressing how your experience matches the qualifications; resume/CV; and names and contact information, including email, mail and phone number of three references.

J. Willard Marriott Library Profile

 

Library Commitment to Diversity

The J. Willard Marriott Library has formally chartered a Diversity and Inclusion Committee to increase the library's visible commitment to diversity, including the recruitment and retention of students, faculty, and staff within the Library and University. The Marriott Library is a member of the ACRL Diversity Alliance, a program uniting academic libraries who share a commitment to increase the hiring pipeline of qualified, talented individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.

About the U

The University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it serves over 25,000 undergraduate students and over 7,500 graduate students from across the U.S. and the world. With over 72 major subjects at the undergraduate level and more than 90 major fields of study at the graduate level, including law and medicine, the University prepares students to live and compete in the global workplace. Known for its proximity to seven world-class ski resorts within 40 minutes of campus, the U encourages an active, holistic lifestyle, innovation and collaborative thinking to engage students, faculty and business leaders.

Strategic Plan

The University of Utah's Strategic Goals outlines four major goals, including Promote Student Success to Transform Lives, Develop and Transfer New Knowledge, Engage Communities to Improve Health and Quality of Life, and Ensure Long-Term Viability of the University. The Marriott Library is actively engaged in responding to these goals through its many programs and services.

Presidential Priorities

David W. Pershing was officially inaugurated October 25th, 2012 as the 15th president of the University of Utah. In his inaugural address, President Pershing emphasized student success and engagement and encouraged University employees to maintain and provide additional transformative experiences for students while building on success in the areas of research, innovation, and athletics.

Imagine U

On January 1, 2013, the University of Utah launched a new institutional marketing campaign, Imagine U. The campaign is the culmination of a year of research, which included surveys and focus groups to determine the right message to describe the creativity and innovation of students and employees at the University. There are six Key Supporting Messages:

The University of Utah

• Is a tier-one teaching and research institution.
• Offers an extraordinary collaborative learning experience.
• Combines the energy of a world-class research institution and a cutting-edge health sciences center.
• Prepares graduates to enter a competitive workforce.
• Offers a unique and inspiring environment to work and play.
• Is engaged with the community where we live and work.

Technology and Commercialization

The University of Utah is top in the country for creating start-up companies from University research, according to a ranking by the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM).

Forbes magazine’s recent ranking of the “Best States for Business” pointed to “an educated labor force” as a big reason Utah came in at number one. The U supplies many of the employees for companies that keep expanding their operations in Utah, such as Goldman Sachs, Adobe, Omniture, Oracle, Ebay and many others.

Commitment to Diversity

The University of Utah is deeply committed to enhancing the success of diverse faculty, students, and staff, as part of our broader goal to enrich the educational experiences and success of all members of our University community. The campus offers services to support our diverse faculty, staff, and student body through the Women’s Resource Center, LGBT Resource Center, American Indian Resource Center, Center for Ethnic Student Affairs, International Center, Center for Disability Access, and Veterans’ Support Center. Curriculum offerings encourage students to engage in a broader world-view through courses and programs such as Diversity Scholars, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, and an ever growing Language and Literatures Department, which teaches over 20 different languages.

Sustainability

The University of Utah has a plan to be carbon neutral by 2050. In fall 2010, the University released its Energy and Environmental Stewardship Initiative: 2010 Climate Action Plan detailing our long-range plans to make the campus even more environmentally friendly. In addition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently ranked the University of Utah fourth in the nation for green power purchases.

Healthcare

University of Utah Health Care was recently ranked first in the nation in a prestigious national study. The University Health System Consortium’s 2010 Quality and Accountability Study compared 98 of the nation’s top academic medical centers and ranked them based on core quality measures, patient safety indicators, mortality rates, re-admission rates, and patient satisfaction scores.

Location

The the greater Salt Lake metropolitan area has a population of more than 1,145,000. Here can be found a rich and diverse set of recreational and cultural activities. As well as boasting quick access to numerous year-round outdoor activities and natural beauty, the city is full of opportunities for cultural and social engagement. A short overview of the city’s offerings reveals more than ten museums, dozens of art galleries and a monthly gallery stroll, the Utah Symphony – Utah Opera, multiple professional theatre and dance companies, an active music scene, and a host of cultural and arts festivals. Sports fans will find professional basketball, baseball, hockey, and soccer teams.

Salt Lake City boasts a number of public transportation options. Built in time for the 2002 Winter Olympics, the TRAX light rail system serves the entire Salt Lake valley, with a line to the airport opening in April 2013. Utah Transit Authority (UTA) bus routes are especially plentiful to the University and run frequently. In winter, routes are added to deliver skiers and snowboarders to seven resorts. FrontRunner, a commuter rail service, recently completed its 89-mile link between Salt Lake City and the metropolitan areas of Ogden to the north and Provo to the south. University of Utah employees can use their UCards to ride on all three systems for free, which makes commuting to campus an easy, inexpensive option. Additionally, bikes are allowed on all buses and trains, and bike lanes and trails are being added every year throughout the city, resulting in the League of American Bicyclists naming Salt Lake City as a Silver-level Bicycle Friendly Community.

There are a wide variety of restaurant offerings in Salt Lake City and nearby suburbs including excellent international cuisine. Some local favorites include the Red Iguana (Mexican), Bombay House (Indian), Bambara (American), Café Molise, Squatters Brew Pub, Takashi (Sushi), Siegfried’s Deli, Copper Onion (European) and Eva (Tapas) just to name a few.

Utah is home to five national parks and many National Monuments and National Forests all of which are within driving distance of Salt Lake City. Neighboring states offer access to Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, and the Grand Canyon. Local ski resorts have excellent downhill and cross country skiing, snowshoe and snowboarding options.

All of these many cultural and recreational activities, combined with the unrivaled beauty of Utah’s outdoors, make Salt Lake City an amazing place to live.

The Marriott Library

History

The current facility for the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library was constructed and opened in 1968. At that time, the library housed over one million volumes and provided seating for three thousand students. Wallace Stegner, who was a distinguished alumnus and former professor of the University of Utah and who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1972, provided the keynote address for the dedication of the Marriott Library on May 18, 1968.

In 1969, the University Library was named in honor of J. Willard Marriott, Sr., who contributed $1 million for library collections. J. Willard and his wife, Alice Sheets Marriott, were both alumni of the University. Mr. Marriott delivered a brief speech to rededicate the building on August 16, 1969.

In 1996, the Marriott Library was expanded from 278,000 square feet to 488,000 square feet. The new space contained over thirty-two miles of shelving and a large multimedia center. The building was rededicated on October 2, 1996. Dr. Karen Lawrence, then a professor of English at the University who became president of Sarah Lawrence College in 2007, was the keynote speaker.

In 2000, the Marriott Library commenced the multimillion-dollar Renovation-Innovation Capital Campaign to fund major building-wide renovations. Renovation began June 1, 2005 and concluded June 30, 2009. The building remained open to patrons throughout the entire project. The 2009 renovation increased interior space within the library to 516,000 net square feet.

A rededication ceremony for the renovated Marriott Library was held October 26, 2009. The program included a keynote address by Former First Lady Laura W. Bush and comments by J. Willard Marriott, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Marriott International. In the years since the rededication additional improvements have been added—most notably the spacious Faculty Center, which opened in January 2013. Located on the ground floor of the library next to the increasingly popular Mom’s Café, the Faculty Center includes the Digital Scholarship Lab, Teaching and Learning Technologies, and the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence. The center houses state of the art audio and video studios, and a number of well-equipped teaching and learning spaces.

Librarians and Staff

The many successes of the Marriott Library are a reflection of a talented and high achieving group of librarians and staff committed to providing the best services possible. The recent substantial renovation of the Marriott Library spurred a significant reorganization of Library units to support librarians and staff moving beyond traditional library roles to incorporate new ways of supporting research and learning on the UofU campus. This included the dismantling of a variety of subject-based service desks and bringing them together with a computer lab into one location, the Knowledge Commons, which offers both research and technology support for students, faculty and staff who use the more than 250 computers, scanners, and other equipment. Subject-focused teams concentrate on increasing outreach to campus departments, institutes, and centers along with collecting, archiving, and providing access to digital and print collections.

In addition to the Digital Scholarship Lab and the Knowledge Commons, described above, the renovation included the addition of a state-of-the-art Automated Retrieval Center (ARC), a 3-stories high storage facility with a capacity of approximately 2 million items. This has allowed the Library to make space for other services and collections and adjust to changing needs of our diverse user population. Robots are used to retrieve and shelve materials stored in the ARC and there are approximately 150 ARC requests per day.

The Marriott Library is dedicated to the cycle of publishing from idea to finished product. A Copyright Librarian assists faculty with the complicated world of copyright, open access, and Creative Commons. The University of Utah Press is organizationally part of the Marriott Library and has published many award-winning books, especially in the areas of anthropology and archaeology, Mormon Studies and autobiography/memoir. The Library’s Book Arts Program is a highly successful education and outreach program that serves K-12 students, educators, university students, and academic researchers through presentations, classes, and workshops that teach the art of handmade books. The Marriott Library Special Collections has a significant and internationally known collection of digital photos, video, and audio materials along with a nationally recognized collection of manuscripts. An institutional repository, USpace, was created in 2005 and hosts faculty pre-prints, graduate student theses, and poster presentations. A number of open access online journals have been created in partnership with campus faculty.

This reorganization allowed for a variety of behind-the-scenes changes as well. A digitization department was created with high-end equipment that provides an automated way to digitize even fragile materials. This became the primary unit that created the many digital collections to which our patrons have access. Our cataloging department has adjusted practices to provide metadata for these digital collections. Collection development shifted focus from librarian-centric to an innovative patron-directed acquisition program. While our librarians still select some materials, our faculty make many more recommendations and acquisitions are primarily electronic. The development of these new collection models allows the Library to integrate electronic resources with traditional library collections and services while incorporating new technologies and formats. Through a combination of patron-directed acquisitions, scrutiny and modification of our internal processes, we have streamlined access, shortened the time it takes to get people what they need for their research, and ultimately made our collections vital to the research and teaching mission of the University.

There are a total of 46 faculty librarians and 139 full-time staff who comprise the employees of the Marriott Library along with 165 part-time employees. The Marriott Library has a dedication to student success and engagement and thus hosts internships in collaboration with My University Signature Experience (MUSE) along with Library and Information Schools across the country. The Marriott Library continues to reshape its service models and infrastructure to best fit the changing needs of users. Investment in librarians and staff through professional development activities has enabled them to actively engage, remain agile, and contribute expertise to the campus and broader academic community.

Student Engagement and Library Partners

The Marriott Library is inspired and invigorated by President Pershing's vision of student success and engagement. We have already built a powerful reputation for student-centered service on campus, as evidenced by the ever-growing use of our library, the study and collaboration spaces full to bursting, and our status as the preferred spot for students to meet and work. We constantly improve our programs, optimize our spaces, and adjust our policies to improve the student experience.

Several campus partners have office space in the Library to capitalize on student services that are complementary to our own and provide one-stop shopping experience for the many students who visit the Library throughout the year. These partners include College Advising, the Writing Center, the Student Success and Engagement Initiative, My University Signature Experience (MUSE), the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE) and Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT).

Our partnerships with campus programs demonstrate both our eagerness to advance student success and our capacity to do so. At the same time, we continue to provide first-rate services and a growing complement of excellent scholarly resources to university teaching and research faculty.

Other Campus Libraries

The J. Willard Marriott Library is joined on the University of Utah campus by three other independent libraries: the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, the James E. Faust Law Library, and the McKay Music Library. Several collaborative efforts exist between the Libraries including one integrated online catalog and several teams focused on Innovation, Consumer Health, and eResearch.

The University seeks a candidate who is able to sustain and increase these and other collaborative campus efforts.

Consortial Memberships

The University of Utah has long standing relationships with library consortia, which allow for cooperative resource purchasing and sharing. For more than four decades we have been part of the Utah Academic Library Consortium, home to the Mountain West Digital Library, a central search portal for digital collections about the Mountain West region. We are also part of the Greater Western Library Alliance, a consortium of 32 research libraries in the Western and Central United States.

Greening the Library

The library provides the perfect arena to test out new ideas, gauge attitudes, and educate for sustainability. Since 2008, the Marriott Library has implemented a large number of green initiatives and become the model for green teams across the University of Utah campus. These initiatives have ranged from participating in the creation of the University’s climate action plan and piloting a campus green team expansion program, to providing student internships and implementing an expanded recycling and waste reduction program within the library.