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

Architecture Librarian and Archivist

The Architecture Librarian and Archivist serves as a library liaison to multiple departments, divisions, and programs in the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma, including but not limited to Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Science, Regional and City Planning, Environmental Design, and Urban Design, as well as the Institute for Quality Communities. The position develops relationships with these departments to promote library resources and services to their students, faculty, and staff, including reference assistance, bibliographic searching, library guide development, library instruction, collection development, and other departmental needs. Additionally, the position provides public services for the University Libraries’ collection of architectural archives, including the American School of Architecture Archives, serving the students and faculty of the Gibbs College as well as the general public. The position supports the use and development of the archives by providing reference and research services, consultation services, archives instruction, and outreach services and by contributing to collection development and description. Job 175670 on Interfolio.

Executive Assistant to the Dean

The University Libraries seeks a highly qualified candidate to support the dean of libraries. The executive assistant to the dean operates with significant self-direction and discretion to provide professional administrative and planning support for the dean. This position researches, collects, and analyzes data, relevant reports and other information to prepare written briefs, case statements, and reports which facilitate engagement with organizational and institutional stakeholders. Assists with developing presentations, responding to inquiries, planning, coordinating, and overseeing special activities and initiatives originating in the office of the dean. The executive assistant liaises with Institutional Advancement and Development offices to facilitate effective donor engagement and stewardship. The executive assistant facilitates engagement and event planning with UL Boards and other advisory organizations and oversees coordination of administrative records management and policy documentation procedures. This position also provides liaison support and coordination between library administration and OU Marketing & Communication Account Executive. The executive assistant will act as a liaison to other University Libraries and institutional leaders as needed to facilitate dean initiated and/or dean involved institutional projects and initiatives. Requisition #252563.

Institutional Repository Librarian

The University of Oklahoma (OU) Libraries seeks an innovative, collaborative, and highly motivated individual to serve as OU’s Institutional Repository Librarian of SHAREOK™, the joint institutional repository for OU and the University of Central Oklahoma. SHAREOK™ is hosted on DSpace, a free, open-source software system by OU Libraries, and it currently contains more than 40,000 items, encompassing faculty and staff publications, student works, and open educational resources. This position develops, implements, and assesses policies, workflows, and documentation to streamline the mediated deposit of faculty, staff, and student scholarship in SHAREOK™ and improve the user experience, in collaboration with colleagues. Reporting to the Director of Open Initiatives and Scholarly Communication within OU Libraries, the Institutional Repository Librarian will be integral to increasing awareness and uptake of SHAREOK™ in support of the OU-Norman Open Access policy, thereby broadening access to the research output of OU. Requisition #251897

No Staff positions are available at this time.

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