Classified Ad Title:
Student Success Librarian - Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA)
Post Date
8/7/2025
Expiration Date
11/5/2025
Details:
The Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) is seeking a creative and collaborative Student Success Librarian to lead our instruction and outreach efforts in a vibrant academic and artistic community. This role is perfect for someone who wants to champion information literacy, foster student success, and connect with a diverse student body—including first-year, international, first-generation, and traditionally underserved students.
Reporting to the Library Director, the Student Success Librarian plays a key role in shaping and promoting the library’s instructional programs. You'll serve as the primary contact for library instruction and outreach services, collaborate with faculty and academic support staff to embed information literacy into the curriculum, and develop engaging learning experiences that support both in-person and asynchronous instruction. Your work will include developing research guides, tutorials, instructional videos, and assessments that help students grow as critical thinkers and effective researchers.
You’ll also take a hands-on role in supporting students directly—through one-on-one consultations, onboarding programs, and orientation activities. Additionally, you'll supervise our Access and Circulation Library Assistant and a team of student workers, while also managing the library’s social media presence to help promote resources and services in fresh and engaging ways. Participation in reference services, assessment initiatives, library planning, and campus committees will round out your responsibilities.
The ideal candidate will hold a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from an ALA-accredited program and bring at least one year of professional experience, preferably in an academic or art library setting. They should have a solid foundation in information literacy instruction and a working knowledge of ACRL’s Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education. Strong communication, teaching, and interpersonal skills are essential, along with the ability to create engaging learning materials and manage multiple projects effectively. Supervisory experience and comfort with training and mentoring students or staff are highly valued, as is a strong commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion in library services. Experience with integrated library systems, electronic resources, social media management, and student engagement programming is a plus. A background in art or art history and familiarity with consortia library environments are also desirable.
CIA is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply, even if they do not meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you are passionate about student learning and engagement and helping others thrive through information literacy, we invite you to apply and be part of an institution that values creativity, innovation, and collaboration.
Compensation
This is a full-time, exempt position. Compensation is commensurate with experience and qualifications. CIA offers a benefit package including; paid time off accrual, 13 paid holidays, as well as additional time off while the college is closed during winter break. CIA offers health and dental insurance, life and disability insurance, 403B retirement contribution, tuition remission, free campus parking, and inter-museum council discounts.
Review of applicants will begin immediately and will continue until position is filled.
CIA is committed to increasing diversity in our community and actively recruits individuals from all backgrounds. Additionally, CIA complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws and provides equal opportunity in all educational programs and activities, admission of students and conditions of employment for all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, gender identity or national origin.
ABOUT CIA
CIA is also a great place to work, and manifesting a positive culture and sense of belonging is a big part of who we are. We work hard and are proud of our employees’ collective contribution to our mission -- but we also play hard and like to have fun. We challenge and support one another, integrate our institutional values in our work in a meaningful way, celebrate our successes, embrace learning and continuous improvement in all that we do, and are driven by our students’ success and the creative environment that inspires us every day.
CIA is one of the nation's leading accredited independent colleges of art and design. Since 1882, the college has been an educational and cultural cornerstone in Cleveland, Ohio, producing graduates competitive as studio artists, designers, photographers, contemporary craftspeople, and educators. With approximately 600 students, CIA offers a personal educational experience with the benefits of a larger institution. CIA students can choose from 13 majors in fine and applied art, each leading to a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Students live and work in Cleveland’s University Circle, one of the country’s most unique cultural centers – recently named by USA Today as one of the Top 10 Best Arts Districts in the country.
The mission of CIA is to cultivate creative leaders who inspire people, strengthen communities, and contribute to a thriving and sustainable economy through an innovative education in art and design. For more information, visit www.cia.edu
Pay Range: $48,000 - $52,000 per year
Website:
https://www.cia.edu/about-us/careers-at-cia/