The University of Oklahoma Libraries is transforming the way our community thinks about and interacts with research libraries. The OU Libraries’ award-winning facilities and resources create opportunities for faculty and students to excel in any field. We seek to create excellence in the library experience, to support campus research and data stewardship, to build on the excellence of our special collections, and to promote scholarly communication. We invest in our organization by recruiting individuals committed to superior user experience and by actively strengthening and expanding our skills and capabilities. We invite you to join the OU Libraries in serving as the intellectual crossroads of the University and providing access to informational resources that fulfill the academic, research, artistic, scholarly and community leadership objectives of the university and lead to lifelong knowledge creation.

If you would like to be a part of a team of highly skilled professional and academic librarians who are reshaping what a top-tier academic research library can be, we invite you to apply for any of our open positions at jobs.ou.edu

Associate Dean for Research & Academic Success

The University of Oklahoma Libraries invites applications for an assistant or associate professor to serve as Associate Dean for Research & Academic Success. We seek an innovative, collaborative, experienced, and motivated individual to provide leadership and vision in designing and implementing an integrated strategy and creative, sustainable approaches to building and managing research library collections, from selection and acquisition, through metadata and discovery, to storage and delivery of materials and providing services including instruction, circulation and liaison support. This position leads goal setting, planning, prioritization, design, and monitoring of workflows within five major library units; builds relationships and effectively engages with internal and external library partners; explores and advocates for new and emerging tools and procedures to improve efficiency and effectiveness in service to library users. This position directly supervises two senior directors. Job #3462

Processing and Collections Management Archivist

The University of Oklahoma Libraries seeks to recruit a Processing and Collections Management Archivist. The Archivist is responsible for processing and managing archival collections held by University Libraries Special Research Collections. This work includes accessioning, arranging, housing, and describing archival collections in accordance with professional standards to support increased collection accessibility and discoverability. Working under the direction of the Coordinator and Senior Archivist, Special Collections Processing Unit, the Archivist creates and edits finding aids in the Libraries’ ArchivesSpace instance. Organizes archival collections stored at the Library Service Center and records collections storage information in the Library Service Center’s shelf management software system. Pulls and shelves archival boxes at the Library Service Center in a timely manner for daily campus circulation requests. Performs stacks management activities and relocates collections to maximize efficient storage. Manages intake of archival supplies. Creates custom archival enclosures and participates in special projects as assigned. Trains and guides the work of student assistants and temporary staff as directed. Requisition # 241998

STEM Instruction Librarian

OU Libraries seeks an innovative, collaborative and highly motivated individual to serve as the STEM Instruction Librarian. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of scholarly information, best practices in library and technology pedagogy, and research methods across multiple science disciplines, and will join a diverse team of librarians and specialists serving the STEM fields and collaborating to promote scholarly communication, open educational resources, emerging technologies, research data management, digital scholarship and geospatial information systems supporting the learning and research needs of science departments. The STEM Instruction Librarian will engage faculty and instructors to integrate and scaffold information, digital and data literacy concepts and skills into the departments’ curricula and coordinate with colleagues to create teaching/learning opportunities to meet evolving educational needs. Requisition #241425

Library Human Resource Technician

The University Libraries Human Resource Technician is key to the processing of personnel, payroll, travel and purchasing transactions for University Libraries, including payroll time and leave, job postings, personnel actions, communication, all travel requests and travel support for library employees and guests, and Pcard purchases for the library. This position onboards/offboards and supports all student positions and graduate assistants, approximately 150+ positions. Provides support to personnel and payroll actions for all full-time faculty and staff positions, approximately 100+ positions. Requisition #242529

University Libraries student employee positions may be found at OU Jobs.