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Data Literacy Librarian
Job ID: 35514
Location: Main Campus
Updated July 30, 2025
Description
DATA LITERACY
LIBRARIES AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
Libraries and Cultural Resources at the University of Calgary invites applications for a two-year limited term Data Literacy Librarian position with responsibilities at the rank of Assistant Librarian. The anticipated start is October 1, 2025.
Libraries and Cultural Resources (LCR) is a leader in the development of innovative information resources and services, locally, nationally and internationally. In a converged environment, it successfully incorporates the resources and services of libraries, institutional and research archives, rare books and special collections, art galleries, and a university press to provide outstanding support for scholarship, learning and the creation of knowledge.
Position Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Associate University Librarian, Student Learning and Engagement and working in collaboration with colleagues in LCR and across campus, the successful candidate will have a strong commitment to student-centered service delivery, will plan and deliver engaging outreach programming, some course and program-integrated information literacy instruction for faculty, students and scholars, and will assist in collection and information resource development and reference service in assigned subject areas in support of the research and teaching mission of the University of Calgary.
This position will deliver outreach support, some instruction and services to students and faculty across campus and assigned areas of focus and responsibilities will cover activities centred on data literacy and learning as well as actively engaging with faculty members, students, and staff around the critical and ethical use of a wide range of data. As an academic appointee, appropriate participation and involvement in scholarship, teaching and service is expected.
Responsibilities will include:
- Incorporating best practices in the area of data literacy and initiatives that foster student academic success.
- Working alongside the Digital Literacy Librarian to support undergraduates in building hands on learning and engagement opportunities related to data literacy and artificial intelligence literacy.
- Work alongside librarians in research data management to integrate data literacy into relevant courses and campus programs.
- Working alongside students and faculty to help communicate their data story in easy to understand language.
- Actively engaging with faculty members, students, and staff in assigned areas to promote and market library programs, services, and resources through unit, campus and other outreach opportunities.
- Building relationships with campus partners to assist in cross unit learning and engagement activities.
- Providing customized reference and research support services including in-depth reference assistance in multiple formats (chat, email, phone, desk/in-person).
- Providing research consultations that focus on subject or other specialized areas of expertise.
- Supporting research grant applications and funded projects.
- In collaboration with others in LCR and other UCalgary units, support research grant applications and funded projects, including areas such as data management and retention, knowledge translation, and research impact.
- Participating in collection and scholarly resource development in assigned discipline areas.
- Contributing to the collaborative delivery of library services to faculty, students, and staff through team teaching, resource sharing, committee service, and participation in collaborative projects.
- Participating in and supporting system-wide and unit level initiatives including support for data resources, scholarly communications, open access, web archiving, research impact, and knowledge synthesis.
- Maintaining awareness of current and emerging trends both in the University and in librarianship and proactively identifying appropriate service responses.
- Contributing to the University's commitment to serve the community.
Required Qualifications:
- Master's degree from an American Library Association accredited program in librarianship, or recognized equivalent.
- Experience with technologies associated with data analysis and visualization, and/or research data management.
- Evidence of a strong service orientation including the delivery of innovative, engaging data literacy programming.
- An interest in working with a wide range of data types, including quantitative as well as qualitative data.
- An aptitude for critically and ethically selecting, manipulating, and interpreting a variety of data sources.
- Advanced and evolving skills in technical and analytical work in a deadline-driven and dynamic environment.
- A minimum of three years of professional library experience.
- Evidence of ability to plan and implement programming and outreach services for users coming from diverse backgrounds and subject disciplines.
- Evidence of excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to establish positive and productive collaborations with staff and faculty.
- Ability to work independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team member in a dynamic environment and on a variety of simultaneous projects.
- Demonstrated ability to adjust priorities, take initiative, set goals, manage time wisely, and make quick effective decisions in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- An interdisciplinary undergraduate or graduate degree preferably one that involves working with data in some capacity.
- Familiarity with data literacy and artificial intelligence literacy and the library's role in supporting these in an academic setting.
- Familiarity with current issues and trends in the use of library technology for creating digital learning tools.
- Demonstrated experience with spatial and/or numeric data, and related software applications.
- Thorough understanding and awareness of open scholarship principles and practices, and trends in how data is collected, used, stored, and shared.
- Experience in conducting academic library instruction or teaching in an academic environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to user instruction and to consultation with users on their information decision and strategy needs.
- Familiarity with qualitative or quantitative data, manipulation of datasets, and experience teaching data sources to researchers, faculty and students.
Salary and Benefits:
Position will be commensurate with qualifications and experience at either the rank of Assistant Librarian. Salary ranges can be found here: https://www.ucalgary.ca/hr/files/hr/tucfa_schedule_a.pdf.
The University of Calgary’s comprehensive benefits and pension program is designed to promote a productive level of health and well-being to staff members through coverage for health, dental, life insurance, income protection for disability, and retirement income planning. For more information, please refer to the University of Calgary’s website https://www.ucalgary.ca/.
About University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a leading Canadian university located in the nation's most enterprising city. The university has a clear strategic direction to become one of Canada's top five research universities, where research and innovative teaching go hand in hand, and where we fully engage the communities we both serve and lead. This strategy is called Eyes High, inspired by the university's Gaelic motto, which translates as 'I will lift up my eyes.’
Top Benefits
About the role
Data Literacy Librarian
Job ID: 35514
Location: Main Campus
Updated July 30, 2025
Description
DATA LITERACY
LIBRARIES AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
Libraries and Cultural Resources at the University of Calgary invites applications for a two-year limited term Data Literacy Librarian position with responsibilities at the rank of Assistant Librarian. The anticipated start is October 1, 2025.
Libraries and Cultural Resources (LCR) is a leader in the development of innovative information resources and services, locally, nationally and internationally. In a converged environment, it successfully incorporates the resources and services of libraries, institutional and research archives, rare books and special collections, art galleries, and a university press to provide outstanding support for scholarship, learning and the creation of knowledge.
Position Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Associate University Librarian, Student Learning and Engagement and working in collaboration with colleagues in LCR and across campus, the successful candidate will have a strong commitment to student-centered service delivery, will plan and deliver engaging outreach programming, some course and program-integrated information literacy instruction for faculty, students and scholars, and will assist in collection and information resource development and reference service in assigned subject areas in support of the research and teaching mission of the University of Calgary.
This position will deliver outreach support, some instruction and services to students and faculty across campus and assigned areas of focus and responsibilities will cover activities centred on data literacy and learning as well as actively engaging with faculty members, students, and staff around the critical and ethical use of a wide range of data. As an academic appointee, appropriate participation and involvement in scholarship, teaching and service is expected.
Responsibilities will include:
- Incorporating best practices in the area of data literacy and initiatives that foster student academic success.
- Working alongside the Digital Literacy Librarian to support undergraduates in building hands on learning and engagement opportunities related to data literacy and artificial intelligence literacy.
- Work alongside librarians in research data management to integrate data literacy into relevant courses and campus programs.
- Working alongside students and faculty to help communicate their data story in easy to understand language.
- Actively engaging with faculty members, students, and staff in assigned areas to promote and market library programs, services, and resources through unit, campus and other outreach opportunities.
- Building relationships with campus partners to assist in cross unit learning and engagement activities.
- Providing customized reference and research support services including in-depth reference assistance in multiple formats (chat, email, phone, desk/in-person).
- Providing research consultations that focus on subject or other specialized areas of expertise.
- Supporting research grant applications and funded projects.
- In collaboration with others in LCR and other UCalgary units, support research grant applications and funded projects, including areas such as data management and retention, knowledge translation, and research impact.
- Participating in collection and scholarly resource development in assigned discipline areas.
- Contributing to the collaborative delivery of library services to faculty, students, and staff through team teaching, resource sharing, committee service, and participation in collaborative projects.
- Participating in and supporting system-wide and unit level initiatives including support for data resources, scholarly communications, open access, web archiving, research impact, and knowledge synthesis.
- Maintaining awareness of current and emerging trends both in the University and in librarianship and proactively identifying appropriate service responses.
- Contributing to the University's commitment to serve the community.
Required Qualifications:
- Master's degree from an American Library Association accredited program in librarianship, or recognized equivalent.
- Experience with technologies associated with data analysis and visualization, and/or research data management.
- Evidence of a strong service orientation including the delivery of innovative, engaging data literacy programming.
- An interest in working with a wide range of data types, including quantitative as well as qualitative data.
- An aptitude for critically and ethically selecting, manipulating, and interpreting a variety of data sources.
- Advanced and evolving skills in technical and analytical work in a deadline-driven and dynamic environment.
- A minimum of three years of professional library experience.
- Evidence of ability to plan and implement programming and outreach services for users coming from diverse backgrounds and subject disciplines.
- Evidence of excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to establish positive and productive collaborations with staff and faculty.
- Ability to work independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team member in a dynamic environment and on a variety of simultaneous projects.
- Demonstrated ability to adjust priorities, take initiative, set goals, manage time wisely, and make quick effective decisions in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- An interdisciplinary undergraduate or graduate degree preferably one that involves working with data in some capacity.
- Familiarity with data literacy and artificial intelligence literacy and the library's role in supporting these in an academic setting.
- Familiarity with current issues and trends in the use of library technology for creating digital learning tools.
- Demonstrated experience with spatial and/or numeric data, and related software applications.
- Thorough understanding and awareness of open scholarship principles and practices, and trends in how data is collected, used, stored, and shared.
- Experience in conducting academic library instruction or teaching in an academic environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to user instruction and to consultation with users on their information decision and strategy needs.
- Familiarity with qualitative or quantitative data, manipulation of datasets, and experience teaching data sources to researchers, faculty and students.
Salary and Benefits:
Position will be commensurate with qualifications and experience at either the rank of Assistant Librarian. Salary ranges can be found here: https://www.ucalgary.ca/hr/files/hr/tucfa_schedule_a.pdf.
The University of Calgary’s comprehensive benefits and pension program is designed to promote a productive level of health and well-being to staff members through coverage for health, dental, life insurance, income protection for disability, and retirement income planning. For more information, please refer to the University of Calgary’s website https://www.ucalgary.ca/.
About University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a leading Canadian university located in the nation's most enterprising city. The university has a clear strategic direction to become one of Canada's top five research universities, where research and innovative teaching go hand in hand, and where we fully engage the communities we both serve and lead. This strategy is called Eyes High, inspired by the university's Gaelic motto, which translates as 'I will lift up my eyes.’