Digital Scholarship Librarian Interview Process
- Bennie Stoll
Position Information:
Hiring Committee:
Kristi Wyatt (co-chair)
Bennie Stoll (co-chair)
Amanda Schilling
Cassondra Darling
Invited Stakeholders:
Tyler Pearson
Mark Laufersweiler
Position Outreach:
ALA
ARL
CLIR and DLF job board
Chronicle of Higher Education
HigherEd Jobs
LinkedIn
OU DH Community of Practice email list
OLA
MPLA
Interviewing Plan and Timeline:
Application Open | April 22nd 2024 |
First Consideration Date | April 22nd - May 31st |
1st Round of Application Reviews | May 31st - June 7th |
1st Round Interviews | June 17h - June 24th |
Report to Dean | June 27th |
Send on-campus interview schedule to candidates | One week in advance of campus visit |
2nd Round Interviews (Finalists) On-Site |
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Report to Dean | Tuesday, August 27 |
Reference Checks | Email sent on August 21 for top candidate. |
Offer |
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Interview Funnel
HR’s screening is based on our posted requirements and review of candidate cover letters and resumes.
First Screening Interview: 60 minutes. Focused on projects and teamwork.
~ 10 minutes for introductions and expectations of the role
~ 5 minutes for candidate to walk through resume and experiences
~ 30 minutes to ask prepared question set, emailed to candidate in advance, but answered in the interview.
~ 10 minutes reserved for interviewee questions
Finalist Recommendation Report to the dean
Finalist Interview: Onsite interview, split between project partners and leadership. An opportunity for our top candidate(s) to meet with product stakeholders and leadership in-person, focused on culture and bigger picture.
Presentation: 20 minute presentation in response to the provided prompt, plus 10 minutes for Q&A. This presentation will be during the candidate’s onsite visit.
Reference Check: contact references and verify the following
Reference verified that they were a good collaborator and communicator.
Reference verified that they were reliable and self-directed.
Reference confirmed the quality of their project work.
Final Candidate Report Template
Once the interview process has been completed and the search committee has reached their conclusions, a Summary of Qualified Applicants memo will need to be created for the dean.
Sample memo-
The Offer Letter
After the dean has reviewed the memo with the associate dean, the search committee chair will be notified that they can move forward with an offer. The committee chair will request an offer letter from the UL HR team.
Sample offer letter-