Research and Learning Spaces Assistant

Department: Libraries
Classification: Education Program Assistant 1
Appointment Type and Duration: Regular, Ongoing
Salary: 18.57-27.69/our
FTE: 1.0

Review of Applications Begins

November 4, 2024; Position open until filled

Special Instructions to Applicants

Along with your application, please submit:
(1) A cover letter that clearly communicates how you meet each of the outlined qualifications as well as a current resume that includes dates of employment.
(2) Names and contact information for (3) professional references. References will not be contacted until you are notified.

Department Summary

About the UO Libraries
The University of Oregon Libraries is an essential partner in the University of Oregon’s educational, research, and public service mission. With five locations on the Eugene campus and branches at UO Portland and the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, the UO Libraries offers many flexible service- and technology-rich environments for our users’ research, learning, and publishing needs.

The UO Libraries’ mission is informing research and learning breakthroughs for Oregon. We strive to realize our vision of being a model for the enduring, positive impact that research libraries can have on their academic and civic communities. We do that with an unwavering commitment to our values. Learn more about the UO Libraries’ strategic design, our values, and our goals at library.uoregon.edu/strategy.

The University of Oregon Libraries is the only Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member in Oregon. We are also members of the Orbis Cascade Alliance, SPARC, Center for Research Libraries, DuraSpace, the Council on Library and Information Resources, the Coalition for Networked Information, EDUCAUSE, and other major organizations.

About Data, Access, Research, & Teaching Services
Data, Access, Research, & Teaching Services (DARTS) is responsible for an array of services and programs to meet the research, teaching, and learning needs of the University of Oregon community. DARTS encompasses four major areas: Teaching & Liaison Services and Branch Operations, Access Services, Research & Learning Spaces, and the Department of Open Research (DOOR). Services provided include the circulation of collections, collection development and maintenance, information literacy instruction, data services, digital publishing, and public scholarship support. The division also oversees Branch Operations for five library facilities: the Design Library, the NE Portland Library and Learning Commons, the Price Science Commons & Research Library (PSC), the Mathematics Library, and the Loyd and Dorothy Rippey Library at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology). The mission of DARTS is to enhance student success, faculty research, and teaching by facilitating access to information resources and specialized research spaces, building collections, providing innovative engagement activities, delivering information, data, and digital literacy teaching and consultation, implementing programs that support the adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) and provision of affordable course materials.

About Research & Learning Space Programs
This new unit was established in September 2023, as part of the University Libraries Strategic Planning Process and 5-year Strategic Plan. The unit is tasked with continuously assessing existing research and learning spaces within all Libraries locations, evaluating emerging instructional technology needs across these Libraries locations, staffing and providing technical and customer support within those boutique technology-rich environments. Library research & learning spaces currently include the DeArmond Makerspace, Visualization Lab, Video Gaming Lab, Reality Augmentation and Virtual Experience (RAVE) Lab, and Active-Learning Classrooms in the Price Science Commons and Research Library, as well as the DREAM Lab, Douglass Room (music and audio recording lab), and several internally controlled Active-Learning Classrooms in Knight Library. This unit identifies, proposes, advises on, and helps implement, staff, and support new research and learning spaces and technologies across multiple Libraries locations.

Position Summary

This position is responsible for providing instructional technology support in the Libraries Research and Learning spaces, including the DREAM Lab, Douglass Audio Room, DeArmond Makerspace, PSC Visualization Lab, RAVE Lab, and Gaming Center. The individual in this role, in collaboration with the unit Manager and relevant liaison librarians, trains and assigns work of student assistants within the unit and provides support f