Access Services Librarian

Title:Access Services Librarian

Division: Provost's Office

Department: David L. Rice Library

FLSA Status:Exempt

Salary Range:$47,000 - 50,000/Annual Salary

EEO Job Group:2 E2

Position Summary

The Access Services Librarian provides leadership and oversight for circulation, course reserves, and interlibrary loan (ILL) services, ensuring high-quality, user-centered library experiences. This role coordinates policies, workflows, and assessment across these areas, fostering collaboration with other library units and across campus.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day circulation, course reserves, and ILL operations, ensuring smooth service delivery and excellent customer service to library users
  
  
• Supervise, train, and evaluate circulation, course reserves, and ILL staff members, ensuring equitable workloads and professional development opportunities
  
  
• Maintain collection organization, overseeing shelving, stack maintenance, and inventory processes to support collection integrity
  
  
• Coordinate policies and procedures across circulation, ILL, and course reserves to ensure consistency, efficiency, and compliance with institutional and regulatory standards
  
  
• Address complex user issues and liaise with other library units or university departments as needed to resolve problems
  
  
• Serve as a contact for issues with the library building
  
  
• Coordinate with the Associate Director for Resource Management and User Experience in ongoing collection maintenance and assessment
  
  
• Collect, analyze, and report data on circulation, ILL, user interactions, and course reserves activity to inform decision-making and support assessment activities
  
  
• Other duties as assigned

Required Knowledge and Skills

• American Library Association-accredited Master of Library Science/Master of Library and Information Science degree required
  
  
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a library circulation or interlibrary loan unit
  
  
• Demonstrated knowledge of circulation or ILL operations
  
  
• Proficiency with integrated library systems and library service platforms
  
  
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
  
  
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, organizational, and written communication skills; strong public service orientation; ability to work independently and collaboratively; must be self-motivated; demonstrated flexibility and attention to detail
  
  
• Ability to regularly update technology skills and/or transition to new software
  
  
• Must be able to effectively serve and communicate with a diverse group of internal and external individuals, particularly USI faculty members and students, and staff members from other units on campus
  
  
• Must be able to accurately interpret and explain policies to library users
  
  
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage change
  
  
• Demonstrated ability to participate in collegial processes, including service to the library, university, and community
  
  
• Must present a professional demeanor while meeting deadlines and achieving critical outcomes, even under demanding conditions, such as multiple priorities and short-notice deadlines

Preferred Knowledge and Skills

• 2 years of experience in an academic library preferred
  
  
• Strong supervisory and team-building skills, with experience managing diverse teams preferred

Regular Work Hours/Travel Requirements

About USI

The University of Southern Indiana is a public higher education institution located on a beautiful1,400-acre campus in Evansville, IN. We offer employees exceptional benefits! Benefits for thisposition include:

• Affordable medical, dental, vision, life and short term and long-term disability insurance plans.
• Retirement plan where the University makes the total contribution equivalent to 11% of annual salary.
• Full tuition fee waiver for employees/75% for spouses and dependent children.
• Vacation and sick time
• Holiday pay
• Free access to Recreation, Fitness & Wellness Center.
• Access to on-campus University Health Center and Dental Hygiene Clinic.

For more information about the benefits that USI offers, please visit www.usi.edu/hr/benefits.

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Search Committee Chair:

If you have questions about the open position, please contact Mrs. Kirsten Williams, search committee chair, at kdwilliams@usi.edu.

Best Consideration Date:

For best consideration, please submit materials by April 10, 2026.

Pre-Employment Screening

A background check will be required for employment in this position.

Authorization to Work in the United States

USI will not sponsor an employment-related visa for this position.

Interview Accommodations

Persons with disabilities requiring accommodations in the application and interview process please contact the Associate Director of Human Resources, Constance Hermann, at cjhermann1@usi.edu or (812) 461-5363. Contacting the Associate Director of Human Resources is intended for use in seeking disability-related accommodations only. For general applicant inquiries, contact Human Resources at HumanRes@usi.edu or (812) 464-1815.

EEO Statement

USI is an Equal Opportunity Employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities