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At Marymount University, we believe meaningful work happens when talented people come together with shared purpose. We serve not only our students—but one another—creating a culture where teamwork, adaptability, and resilience are part of everyday practice.
Located in Arlington, Virginia, just minutes from Washington, D.C., Marymount offers a dynamic and forward-looking environment where innovation is encouraged and flexibility is valued. We understand that higher education is evolving, and we embrace change with creativity, responsiveness, and a solutions-oriented mindset.
Our faculty and staff thrive in a community that prioritizes communication, cross-functional collaboration, and service-driven leadership. Whether working directly with students or supporting them behind the scenes, every role contributes to a shared mission: helping students grow, succeed, and lead with purpose and confidence.
Online Learning and Electronic Resources Librarian
Division: Academic Affairs
Department: Library & Learning Services
Status: Full-Time, Exempt Staff Position
Target Weekly Hours: 40
Location: Main Campus
Benefits Eligibility: Yes
Job Summary
The Online Learning and Electronic Resources Librarian provides strategic leadership and operational management for the lifecycle of electronic resources and the design of digital learning environments. In a collaborative team environment, this role is responsible for leading the design, coordination, and assessment of pedagogically sound, ADA-compliant digital learning objects (DLOs) while ensuring seamless, reliable access to the library’s electronic collections. Acting as a resource to other librarians and library colleagues, this position utilizes data-driven insights to manage electronic resources, supports online learners, provides reference assistance, conducts library instruction sessions, and serves as a library liaison to assigned academic departments.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
Online Learning & Instructional Design
- Coordinate the design, maintenance, and assessment of asynchronous Digital Learning Objects (DLOs), including videos, tutorials, and research guides.
- Manages library services content management platform (Springshare), coordinates content creation and maintenance and provides statistical reports.
- Serves as an instructional technology resource for fellow librarians, ensuring online pedagogy meets established accessibility guidelines (ADA compliance) and higher education standards.
- Explores emerging technologies and stays current on trends in online learning and instructional technology.
Electronic Resource Management & Access
- Work collaboratively with the Electronic Resources Specialist to ensure all electronic resources are active, discoverable, and accessible through all access points.
- Manages the electronic resources management system (ERM), link resolvers, database menus, and discovery platforms.
- Coordinates the workflow for subscriptions, trials, renewals, cancellations, and processes related invoices with collection and acquisition colleagues.
- Manages licensing of electronic resources in collaboration with collection and acquisition colleagues.
- Troubleshoots end-user access issues in coordination with the Electronic Resources Specialist, university IT support staff and vendors.
- Maintains platform, publisher, collection, and title updates.
- Work collaboratively with the Electronic Resources Specialist to manage the batch loading and maintenance of records from database vendors and collect, analyze, and manage statistics regarding resource usage (including COUNTER standards), budget, and collection data to support data-driven choices and generate analytical summaries.
- Oversees the bibliographic control of collection materials.
Reference, Instruction, Collection Development, and Liaison Responsibilities
- Serves as a subject liaison to students and faculty in assigned programs, selecting collection materials to support instructional and research needs.
- Designs, delivers, and assesses information literacy and library instruction sessions both in person and online.
- Provides comprehensive reference and research assistance through multiple modes (in-person, phone, email, and virtual), participating in evening and weekend desk rotations as required.
- Participates as a non-voting member on appropriate Faculty Council committees, working collaboratively with faculty under the guidelines of the Faculty Handbook to support the University’s mission and vision.
Other Duties and Assignments
- Collaborates on or leads various teams, task forces, and committees within Library & Learning Services, across the University, and within external library consortia.
- Maintains an active awareness of issues facing academic libraries through continuous professional development.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
Education & Experience
- Education: ALA-accredited Master’s degree in library or information science (MLS/MLIS) required. A second graduate degree is required for promotion within the librarian rank.
- Experience: Minimum of 2–3 years of relevant library work experience required.
- Supervision: Position has no direct formal direct reports, but the candidate must have the ability to train staff, facilitate workflows, and coordinate team-based projects.
Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Technical Systems: Experience using library services platforms (e.g., Alma/PrimoVE), integrated library systems (ILS), discovery tools, and technical metadata/cataloging standards (MARC, RDA, LCSH).
- Authentication & Usage: Working knowledge of EZproxy, IP authentication, link resolvers, and COUNTER usage metrics.
- Instructional Technology: Demonstrated understanding of online pedagogy and familiarity creating digital learning components with tools like Springshare, Camtasia, or similar platforms.
- Core Competencies: Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational, analytical, and time management skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and advanced database searching.
- Teamwork: Ability to work independently with limited supervision while maintaining a strong commitment to collaboration in a dynamic, diverse environment.
Physical Demands and Working Conditions
- Physical Environment: This role requires sitting continuously (over 2/3 of the work time) with occasional standing, walking, and light lifting up to 20 lbs.
- Special Working Conditions: None. May require occasional evening/weekend rotation schedules for reference services.
Preferred subject area expertise in one or more of the following areas:
- Communication
- Criminal Justice
- Political Science and International Relations
- Psychology
- Forensic Psychology
- Fashion Design
- Design and Art
- Graphic and Media Design
- Interior Architecture + Design
Compensation/Total Rewards
The salary for this position is $78,000. It is competitive, market-based, and aligned with the University’s financial framework, ensuring your skills and experience are recognized and rewarded. But your total compensation goes well beyond your salary. As a valued member of our team, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, financial security, and work-life balance. This includes medical, dental, and vision coverage; FSA or HSA; employee assistance program; life insurance; short- and long-term disability; contributions to the University’s 403(b) retirement plan; financial planning; identity theft protection; pet insurance; credit union and more. Interested in continuing your education? Our tuition remission program supports your professional growth and lifelong learning, and is also open to covered dependents. On top of that, our generous paid time off plan gives you the flexibility to recharge and maintain balance in your personal and professional life.
Qualified candidates are invited to apply via our career portal by submitting a cover letter addressing their qualifications related to the information listed above, along with a resume.
Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check and employment verification, and other role related requirements such as motor vehicle and/or drug screening.
Marymount University is an equal opportunity employer. Marymount University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected bases under applicable federal and local laws and regulations in any of its programs or its activities, including employment and admission. The university also expressly prohibits any form of sex discrimination and sexual misconduct including sexual harassment, dating and domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, sexual exploitation and stalking in any of its programs or activities, including employment and admission. For more information, please visit: https://marymount.edu/student-life/health-wellness/title-ix-2/
Marymount University is an E-Verify employer.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as an Online Teacher
Verify your degree field matches the role
USCIS requires your degree to align with the specific subject you'll teach, not just education broadly. A chemistry degree supports an online chemistry teacher petition; a general studies degree typically won't without supplemental credentials.
Check the prevailing wage for your worksite location
Remote Online Teacher roles still require a certified LCA tied to a physical worksite. Use the OFLC Wage Search to confirm the prevailing wage for your work location before comparing offers, since wage levels vary significantly by metropolitan area.
Target employers already filing H-1B LCAs for teachers
Search Migrate Mate to filter for employers with verified H-1B filing history in education roles. Many online learning platforms sponsor H-1B visas but don't advertise it, so filtering by LCA data surfaces opportunities that generic searches miss.
Clarify the worksite address before the LCA is filed
If you'll work remotely from home, your employer must list your home address as the worksite on the LCA. Mismatches between the LCA worksite and your actual work location are a common RFE trigger for online teaching petitions.
Confirm the employer is E-Verify enrolled if you're on OPT
Online education companies sponsoring STEM OPT extensions must be enrolled in E-Verify before your extension is approved. Check enrollment status directly with your employer before relying on an H-1B transition timeline that assumes OPT continuity.
Use O*NET to document specialty occupation eligibility
The O*NET profile for your teaching specialty shows the typical education requirements and knowledge domains USCIS evaluates. Print and retain this profile to support your specialty occupation argument, especially if your employer lacks prior H-1B petition experience.
H-1B Visa Online Teacher: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Online Teacher role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on whether the position requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field as a minimum entry requirement. A role teaching advanced STEM subjects with a required degree in that discipline typically qualifies. A general tutoring or content-creation role that accepts any bachelor's degree regardless of field is harder to support as a specialty occupation, and USCIS scrutinizes these petitions closely.
How do I find online education employers who sponsor H-1B visas?
Migrate Mate shows verified H-1B LCA filing history by employer and occupation code, so you can identify online learning platforms and virtual schools that have sponsored H-1B petitions for teaching roles. This is more reliable than guessing from job listings, since many education companies sponsor visas without explicitly advertising it.
How is the prevailing wage determined when I teach remotely from home?
The DOL requires the LCA to reflect the prevailing wage for the location where you physically perform your work. For fully remote Online Teacher roles, that means your home address dictates the wage level, not your employer's headquarters. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the correct wage level for your specific county or metropolitan area before evaluating an offer.
Can a part-time Online Teacher position support an H-1B petition?
Part-time H-1B petitions are permitted under USCIS rules, but the employer must still meet prevailing wage requirements on a pro-rated basis and the role must independently satisfy the specialty occupation standard. Part-time arrangements also affect cap-gap protections and the 60-day grace period if employment ends, so the employment contract terms matter as much as the visa petition itself.
What happens to my H-1B status if my online teaching contract ends or is not renewed?
H-1B holders have a 60-day grace period after employment ends to find a new sponsoring employer, change status, or depart the country. For Online Teachers on fixed-term contracts common in the education sector, the contract end date functions the same as a termination date. Your employer is required to notify USCIS and offer to cover return transportation costs if they terminate your employment early.