OU Libraries Jobs

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.

Head of Library Instruction & Liaison Services

The Head of Library Instruction & Liaison Services provides leadership in the planning, development, delivery and assessment of library instruction programs and liaison services. The incumbent develops instructional content, teaches a variety of classes and workshops, develops resource guides, supports online and distance education, coordinates special projects, and provides research support for students and faculty. The Head of Library Instruction & Liaison Services also oversees a dynamic and evolving liaison librarian program for the sciences, humanities, social sciences, and business. This position serves a critical role in ensuring University Libraries is poised to meet the ambitious research and student success goals outlined in the University’s Lead On strategic plan. Liaisons and instruction librarians promote the use of library resources, services, and facilities by developing outreach programs, by partnering with units across campus, and through assessing the evolving needs of today’s students and faculty to implement new services as warranted. The Head, Library Instruction and Liaison Services position is a 12-month tenure track faculty position. Apply online at the Interfolio website for Job 183096.


Fine & Applied Arts Librarian - Fine Arts Library Branch Manager

The Fine & Applied Arts Librarian promotes use of library resources, services, and facilities by developing outreach programs, by partnering with units across campus, and through assessing the evolving needs of today’s fine arts majors and faculty to implement new services as warranted. This position provides direct user services in areas of teaching, research, outreach, technology, programs, and events in a welcoming and intellectually engaging learning environment. This position also manages the day-to-day operations of the Fine Arts Library. The Fine & Applied Arts Librarian position is a 12-month tenure track faculty position. Apply online at the Interfolio website for Job 183088.

No Professional positions are available at this time.

Shipping & Receiving Technician

The Shipping & Receiving Technician position receives all mail from University Central Mail, UPS, Federal Express, and other mail services for the University Libraries (UL). This position sorts and delivers mail to all sections and branches of the libraries. The Shipping & Receiving Technician also picks up and delivers all books that need to be sent among the various library main campus branches and departments. In addition, the position picks up and prepares outgoing mail for Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and other library departments. View the job description and apply online for job requisition #260290.

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