AI & Digital Research Librarian Position at SMU Libraries (Librarian I-III)

Description

SMU Libraries seeks a collaborative and forward-thinking AI & Digital Research Librarian to lead and expand support for artificial intelligence-enabled research and digital scholarship initiatives. The ideal candidate is comfortable working in partnership with faculty, students, and campus colleagues and thrives in the iterative nature of the research process, where exploration, experimentation, and refinement are essential to discovery.

This position is situated within the Research & Digital Strategy unit of SMU Libraries, which brings together the Norwick Center for Digital Solutions (nCDS) and the Research & Scholarly Initiatives (RSI) team to support AI-enabled and digitally driven research. The unit collaborates with faculty, students, and staff on artificial intelligence and machine learning, research data management, open access publishing, scholarly repositories, and digital scholarship, while connecting researchers with SMU Libraries’ distinctive special collections through digitization and digital preservation to advance innovative, technology-informed research.

Building on the success of SMU Libraries’ 2025-2026 AI for Research cohorts of faculty and graduate students, this position will support new and ongoing projects that incorporate AI to advance innovative solutions in research and teaching. Working in partnership with faculty, students, librarians, and Office of Information Technology (OIT) staff, the librarian will support prompt engineering, prototype research workflows, and advise on AI-enabled research environments. This role will further solidify the Libraries’ position as a trusted research partner while ensuring alignment with SMU’s new strategic framework that will launch in fall 2026.

This is an exciting time to join SMU Libraries as it continues to invest in innovative spaces and partnerships that support scholarship. The AI & Digital Research Librarian will be housed in the Research Lab within the Rees-Jones Library of the American West, a dynamic hub where researchers will engage with SMU Libraries’ special collections and develop projects that integrate rare and archival materials with emerging technologies, including AI and machine learning. In this role, the AI & Digital Research Librarian will design and lead programming, workshops, and research support services within the lab, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and enabling researchers to explore new methods of discovery, analysis, and creative expression.

SMU is a nationally ranked private research university in Dallas, TX, with eight degree-granting schools. SMU Libraries includes six libraries on the main campus and one library at our satellite location in Taos, NM. 

SMU Libraries and the SMU campus is dedicated to diversity and inclusion. We seek to hire a person who shares our values of a diverse and equitable workplace based on teamwork with a proactive and positive approach in all that we do.

This role is an on-campus, in-person position located in Dallas, Texas.

Open until filled. Applications submitted by May 27, 2026 will receive priority consideration.