Human Resources

About the Role:

Do you thrive working in a exciting and collaborative academic environment? Do you enjoy the challenge of tracking down obscure resources in suppport of student and faculty research? Do you take pride in helping others identify and locate the tools they need for success? As the Resource Sharing Librarian at St. Olaf College, you’ll play a critical role in supporting research across all disciplines and providing postive customer service to our campus community.

What You’ll Do: 

• Manage a busy Resource Sharing office dedicated to locating and borrowing research material for St. Olaf students and faculty, and to lending our unique materials to researchers worldwide.
• Employ your research skills and knowledge of specialized library collections worldwide to obtain unique materials on behalf of St. Olaf students and faculty.
• Oversee St. Olaf’s Rapido and Worldshare resource sharing systems, configuring system settings and workflow as needed to provide efficient and accurate service to St. Olaf users and to researchers at other institutions.
• Hire, train, and lead a small team of employees trained to verify bibliographic citations, identify potential lenders for requested material, and ship/digitize items from St. Olaf’s collection for researchers around the globe.
• Interact with students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors both in-person and online, providing assistance locating materials, using public equipment, searching online resources, and making research referrals.

Who You Are:

A successful candidate must have…

A Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of experience working in a library.

It will be helpful if you also have…

A Master’s degree in Library or Information Science or equivalent combination of advanced degree and professional experience in higher education or a library environment, and direct experience working with resource sharing systems such as Alma/Rapido, OCLC Worldshare, ILLiad, or RapidILL.

What skills you should bring…

• You enjoy analyzing workflow and procedures and have experience identifying improvements in customer service.
• You are self-motivated and thrive off of finding creative solutions to technological challenges.
• You are highly organized, self-directed, and can quickly redirect your focus/attention.
• You are able to communicate clearly, knowledgeably, and personably, both orally and in writing.
• You have the aptitude to successfully train and supervise others.
• You possess the confidence and curiosity to explore new applications independently and are comfortable seeking out expertise from a network of colleagues and collaborators.

If you like new challenges and enjoy working in a fast-paced library environment, apply to join the St. Olaf Libraries.

Who We Are:

At St. Olaf College we are dedicated to creating an inclusive and globally engaged community. We believe in fostering different identities, beliefs, and traditions because our differences make us stronger. St. Olaf strives to promote cultural diversity and multicultural understanding and create a campus where individuals of all backgrounds feel accepted and supported. We encourage applications from candidates committed to the enrichment of our diverse community. 

One of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges, St. Olaf serves 3,000 students, ranks #1 among U.S. colleges for the number of students studying abroad, and celebrates carbon-free electrical power.  Its mission is to challenge students to excel in the liberal arts, examine faith and values, and explore meaningful vocation in an inclusive, globally engaged community nourished by Lutheran tradition.  The college is located on a picturesque 300-acre campus in Northfield, Minnesota, a vibrant, restored, historic river town of 20,000 located 45 minutes south of the Twin Cities.

St. Olaf College offers a comprehensive benefits package including a 9% company retirement match, company monthly contributions to a retirement healthcare account, company contributions to eligible employee’s health savings account, significant tuition discount (up to 80% off) at ACM and ELCA colleges and universities for employee’s children, and generous paid time off. For a full review of benefit offerings, see the summary of the benefits program here:  https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/benefits/

A summary of the flexible work policy: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/flexible-work-policy/

A virtual campus tour:  click here

An overview of Northfield:  click here

An overview of the Twin Cities:  click here

St. Olaf College requires all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 (medical and religious exemptions may apply). To be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, you need to have received the COVID-19 vaccination dose(s), plus a COVID-19 booster before your start date, or within two weeks of eligibility for a booster.