RESPONSIBILITIES FOR UNIT MEMBERS HOLDING LIBRARIAN RANK Sample Clauses

RESPONSIBILITIES FOR UNIT MEMBERS HOLDING LIBRARIAN RANK. ‌ Faculty unit members holding librarian rank engage in a variety of duties including but not limited to managing library programs or functions under the direction of a library administrator, provide library services to students, staff or the public and represent the library as consultants to other libraries, faculty, administrators or the public. Faculty unit members holding librarian rank may be expected to maintain familiarity with evolving professional standards for librarianship and library practice and to conduct research and to formulate recommendations to help align South Dakota university libraries with best practices for academic libraries. In addition, they may engage in publication and presentation that enhance the profession and comport with their positions and assigned responsibilities. Representative duties may include but are not limited to administrative or professional responsibility for a library program or function such as reference and research, information literacy, government documents, serials collections, collection development or original or copy cataloging, and supervision of employees serving in Career Service Act classifications or students. Faculty unit members holding librarian rank may be assigned to explain library resources and their use to students and other patrons, through programs sponsored by the library, as invited speakers in classes, through other outreach activities or in publications. Faculty unit members holding librarian rank may be subject to shared-governance service obligations that are normally incidental to any full-time faculty appointment, including, without limitation, participation in curriculum review, faculty or student qualifications and expectations or academic unit programming or operations.