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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
Orientation Services and Environments Librarian
Develop programming, resource materials, scripts, handouts, and websites to
support others engaged in user assessment
Assist with the design and marketing of the Undergraduate Library services
based on user feedback
Contribute to overall planning and decision making in the Undergraduate
Library
Participate in Undergraduate Library collection development
Participate in reference services (both in person and online), which includes
evening and weekend rotations
Regularly engage and interact with Undergraduate Library user communities
through formal and informal orientation activities to determine user needs
and to incorporate them into a dynamic needs framework

Serve on library committees and project working groups
B. Prototyping, design, and evaluation: 40%
(Report to AUL for IT, working in conjunction with Head of UGL)
Develop and evaluate prototype technologies that focus on enabling
undergraduates to discover Library resources and services that support learning
and research, and to integrate them into their work
Develop a framework for orientation services that incorporates both physical
and virtual environments, and articulates the rationale for the recommended
modes and models that support evolving new student orientation needs
Regularly engage and interact with Undergraduate Library user communities
through formal and informal orientation activities to determine user needs
and to incorporate them into a dynamic needs framework
Develop, in conjunction with Library Assessment, and faculty involved in
usability research, measures for evaluating the effectiveness of prototyped
services and environments Collect qualitative and quantitative data and
produce interpretive reports on a periodic basis based on them
Participate in the design and development of the Library’s Media Commons
program and facilities in the UGL
Participate in an emerging technologies team comprised of Library faculty
and AP’s who are engaged in several technology development projects (to be
determined)
Meet on a periodic basis with Library IT groups
Write grant and other proposals in support of technology rich spaces for new
student learning and engagement with collections and services
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