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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">POSITION VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Assistant or Associate University Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The User Experience Librarian will bring a user-centered focus to create inclusive, accessible and innovative experience with library technologies, service teams, research collections and physical spaces.
<span style="color:black">This is a year-round (12 month) tenure track library faculty position in the George A. Smathers Libraries’ newly created Assessment Unit.</span> Under the direction of and working<span style="color:black"> with the Program Director,
</span>this position plays a key role in creating an excellent experience for both physical and virtual users of the Libraries. We are seeking a strong collaborator who can carry out user studies, develop methods to examine the changing needs of user communities,
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Libraries are actively seeking candidates who bring culturally-rich lived experiences to work with individuals of diverse backgrounds, experiences, races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientation, and perspectives.<b><span style="color:black">
</span></b><span style="color:black">The library encourages staff participation in reaching management decisions and consequently the User Experience Librarian will have the opportunity to serve on various committees and teams.
</span>The User Experience Librarian will pursue professional development opportunities, including research, publication, and professional service activities in order to meet library-wide criteria for tenure and promotion in addition to maintaining knowledge
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The search will remain open until February 5, 2020, review of applications will begin on January 12, 2020. For a full description of the position and instructions on how to apply, please refer to the George
A. Smathers Libraries faculty recruitment webpage at </span><a href="http://library.ufl.edu/pers/FacultyPositions.html"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">http://library.ufl.edu/pers/FacultyPositions.html</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The University of Florida is an equal opportunity employer and is strongly committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. Applicants from a broad spectrum of people, including members of ethnic
minorities and disabled persons, are especially encouraged to apply.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Address inquiries to Bonnie J. Smith, Smathers Libraries Human Resources Office, at:
</span><a href="mailto:bonniesmith@ufl.edu"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">bonniesmith@ufl.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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