Thanks for your interest in the University of Colorado Libraries. We're happy to have this opportunity to share with you about our values, culture and workplace.
All faculty are members of the University of Colorado faculty and participate in faculty governance. Our faculty members may hold either tenure-stream and non-tenure-stream (teaching professor) positions, and staff opportunities include both classified staff positions as well as University staff positions (definitions of staff positions). The type of staff or faculty position will be noted in the posting.
For faculty positions, we maintain a yearly recruitment plan, updated annually in the summer, outlining expected openings and searches. Staff and faculty positions are posted as they open.
Open positions
- Building Maintenance Assistant - (Classified Staff, Apply by February 4)
- Business Research & Instruction Librarian - (Faculty, Apply by March 17)
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About the University and Libraries
As the flagship University of a multi-campus system in the State of Colorado, CU Boulder is a dynamic community of scholars and learners situated on one of the most beautiful college campuses in the country. As one of 34 U.S. public institutions belonging to the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU)—and the only member in the Rocky Mountain region—we have a proud tradition of academic excellence, with five Nobel laureates and more than 50 members of prestigious academic academies.
CU-Boulder has blossomed in size and quality since we opened our doors in 1877—attracting superb faculty, staff, and students and building strong programs in the sciences, engineering, business, law, arts, humanities, education, music, and many other disciplines.
Today, with our sights set on becoming the standard for the great comprehensive public research universities of the new century, we strive to serve the people of Colorado and to engage with the world through excellence in our teaching, research, creative work, and service. The University Libraries faculty and staff are diverse, talented, and passionate people who share this vision and mission. Librarians are engaged at all levels of the campus, fully participating in faculty governance. The Libraries, a member of the Association of Research Libraries, holds the largest collection in the Rocky Mountain region with over 13 million books, periodicals, government publications, audio-visual materials, microforms, maps, manuscripts, papers and computer-based resources. The Libraries faculty and staff collaborate internally, with colleagues beyond the campus, and with our clients to advance information literacy, intellectual freedom, lifelong learning, the disciplinary growth of information and the amplification of knowledge.
About Boulder, Colorado
Boulder and the surrounding area is known as one of the best places to live because of its spectacular setting, acres of open space, and vibrant atmosphere. At 5,430 feet above sea level, acres of vast open space entwine into Boulder's cityscape nestled into the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Home to approximately 90,000 residents, Boulder has a mild, dry climate with more than 300 days of sunshine per year. Boulder offers activities for every interest. In 2021, the Boulder City Council voted unanimously to adopt the city’s Racial Equity Plan, a document that puts forth the city’s commitment to change with actions and measurable outcomes to advancing racial equity, while facing its history and policies that have impacted people of color. Penfield Tate II, the City of Boulder’s first Black mayor elected in 1974 is quoted as saying, “The measure of a great city and a great country is not the size of its greenbelt but how it treats its people.”