Spectrum & Diversity Scholars Community

The Learning & Research Support team at Miller Nichols Library is newly delighted to offer Fellowships to library science graduate students or recent graduates. We seek a creative, curious, motivated individual who is new to librarianship and looks forward to developing a leading-edge skill set in academic public services, teaching, and e-learning.

The Fellowships are situated in the main library at a mid-sized university in the heart of Kansas City’s vibrant, socially-conscious, entrepreneurial community and are a perfect place to accrue an impressive breadth and depth of experience for your resume. Fellows will receive training for all job duties including teaching at the college level, instructional pedagogy, e-learning technologies, instructional design, research service, and more. Fellows will develop or be assigned to projects tailored to their individual goals within the Libraries’ innovative, university-wide information literacy program and in keeping with the overall strategic plan. Our focus is on turning good Fellows into excellent librarians.

For more information and application instructions, please visit UMKC University Libraries Job Openings. 

You are:

• Curious, creative, and motivated; compulsively following information leads to learn and grow and solve problems. The Wikipedia click-hole is your friend.


• Organized and communicative, capable of keeping yourself and others on track in the midst of a fast-paced academic schedule. You can’t live without your organizational tool of choice.


• At home in a team setting, comfortable relying on others for help, collaborating on a high percentage of your work, and willing to pitch in any time.


• An autodidact. You can teach yourself to do anything. Well, almost anything. You also know your limits, when to call uncle, and when to ask for a life line.


• Productive and goal-oriented. Getting the job done is important, doing it well is paramount.

We are:

• A high-energy, fast-paced team that values experimentation, creative solutions, and genuine customer service. Student-focused.


• Excited to learn from you, committed to teaching you, and passionate about collaboration and teamwork.


• Hard working, fun-having, and focused on excellence. Our supply of office coffee and chocolate does not run dry.


• All about your professional development. We’ll hook you up with opportunities to present, join committees, and get involved in your future profession. Plus funding.


• Experts at ensuring that your online personal brand is tip-top.


• Curious about YOUR goals. Have a great idea or a new project you want to develop? Great! Lead on, cadet!


• Mentors. We’ve been there, we get it, and we’re going to get really invested in your success and getting you your dream job.

Appointment:

• Term appointment, renewable dependent upon performance for up to approximately one year post-graduation.


• .38-.7 FTE (15-28 hours/week)


• Scheduled hours will primarily fall between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays but will vary, some infrequent evenings and weekends are expected.


• Pay: $775-1450 monthly stipend with support for travel and development.

Duties:

• As a member of the Libraries’ Research Essentials Team, plans and teaches weeklong information literacy instruction sessions, primarily for general education classes. Instruction training will be provided.


• Completes assigned projects related to developing instructional materials or managing online instructional content and technology.


• Answers reference questions at the service desk and through chat, email and text.


• Assists with Public Services Department projects as needed.


• Other library duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Because this is a pre-career developmental program designed for students in Library Science, you must be a current student in an ALA-accredited graduate degree program for Library and Information Science to apply. We encourage students to apply early in their degree programs.


• Service-oriented; willingness to go above and beyond.


• Dependable, mature, flexible.


• Good oral and written communication skills; highly comfortable with public speaking.


• Self-starter.


• Thrives in a team environment.


• Demonstrably high comfort level using computer and web applications; ability to quickly learn new software and programs.

View the full job description here.

Application Instructions:
Application materials must be submitted online at www.umkc.edu/jobs. Applicants must combine all application materials into one PDF and upload as a resume attachment. Application materials must include:

• Personal letter of interest


• Resume or curriculum vitae


• List of LIS coursework completed


• List of references

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