Library Director

Supervisor: Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Department: Academic Affairs

FLSA status: Salaried, exempt

Qualifications: MLS or MLIS required. Additional graduate degree in theology, religious studies, or related field preferred. Minimum of three years library experience, preferably in an academic or theological library. At least two years in a supervisory role. Experience with library systems, digital databases, and educational technology platforms (e.g., Populi, Zoom Classroom, proxy servers, institutional repositories). Strong background in virtual and in-person research assistance and student success initiatives. Experience with acquisitions, vendor negotiations, collection development, and budgeting. Must have a demonstrated ability to relate to diverse groups of people.

Hours: This position is full-time (35 hours per week) and in-person. Schedule is highly variable, with occasional evenings required.

Position description: The Director leads all aspects of library operations, ensuring access to high-quality print and digital resources and services for all users. The Director provides research and reference assistance, including digital literacy, AI literacy, and research strategies, to faculty, staff, and students.

Primary responsibilities and duties:

• Provide strategic vision for the library.
• Develop and maintain the library collection in keeping with the research and educational needs of MTSO’s faculty and students, visiting scholars, and local clergy.
• Oversee circulation, acquisitions, cataloging, interlibrary loan and collection management. Collaborate with the OPAL and OhioLINK consortia staff and MTSO’s Director of Information Technology for continued integration of the library’s online catalog and digital resources.
• Hire, train and supervise library staff.
• Manage library budget and vendor contracts. Manage library web page.
• Use Ex Libris Software Management System. Maintain the library’s discovery layer and manage the authentication protocols including the proxy configuration setting for electronic resources.
• Work with the Director of the Writing Center to provide support for research and resource requests.
• Provide orientation and library instructional support to incoming students.
• Participate in schoolwide and faculty committees, including taking a central role in Higher Learning Commission and Association of Theological Schools reaccreditation.
• Manage rare book room.

Email a letter of interest in this position and a curriculum vitae to ewiggins@mtso.edu.

The John W. Dickhaut Library at MTSO is the school’s primary information and research resource. Dickhaut Library has more than 95,000 volumes on site. Through its membership in the Ohio Private Academic Libraries and OhioLINK consortia it offers borrowers access to 39 million books and e-books and 6,900 current academic and professional journals.

Methodist Theological School in Ohio does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disabilities, military status, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy and parenting status, creed or any other protected class, or other non‐merit reasons. See our notice of nondiscrimination.

Seasonal Farm Interns

Supervisors: Farm Manager and Farm Liaison

Department: Seminary Hill Farm

FLSA status: Full-time, seasonal, hourly

Qualifications: Seasonal internships are designed for those with an interest in exploring agroecology and regenerative agriculture and engaging in justice-oriented community development. We welcome people from diverse life paths and stages, all ages (18+) and all skill levels to apply. Prior farming and gardening experience is not required. Additional qualifications include:

• Awareness and observation skills to discern needs in a changing environment.
• Excellent oral communication skills and attention to closing feedback loops.
• Ability to work select evenings and weekends.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.

Must be able to accomplish the farm work listed below and work outside in all types of weather. Self-pacing and ergonomics are encouraged.

Hours: This position is 40 hours per week with no overtime

Position description: Internships are conducted in a collaborative environment and include:

• Learning to and from each other, including fellow team members, visitors and volunteers.
• Interns will be able to establish personal learning goals and participate in check-ins with their supervisor(s) the first week of each month.
• Participating in extension opportunities including a minimum of two regional farm tours.
• Communal lunch during the summer season featuring Seminary Hill Farm produce is an important part of the farm day, allowing additional interaction with our permanent farm team, and a range of guests.
• Participating in marketing, communication, and community building aspects of the farm.
• Engaging with MTSO’s land stewardship initiative in prairie development, invasive species removal, and pond/stream management.

Primary responsibilities and duties: Interns fully engage in stewardship tasks for seasonal vegetable production, harvest and delivery. Interns will develop experience and skills in the following areas of small scale production:

• Seeding, transplant production, planting and maintenance of vegetable crops.
• Design, utilization and care of electric fencing.
• Small and large equipment and hand tool utilization and maintenance.
• Crop water and soil moisture management (sprinkler, drip irrigation, mulching).
• Pest management (monitoring, treating and application of materials and techniques) of weeds, insects, wildlife destruction and diseases.
• Harvest, post-harvest handling and packing of farm products.
• CSA, food bank and non-profit distributions.

Compensation:

• Wage and hours: $13/hour, 40-hour weeks without overtime.
• Food: Interns will have lunch at the dining hall four days a week during the summer season and when open in other seasons, and fresh produce.
• Housing: On-campus studio apartments are provided furnished with a bed and table. All utilities are included.
• Academic credit: Interns who are also students can receive academic credit through approval and process of their home institutions.
• Campus Amenities: Interns are able to utilize the Dickhaut Library and participate in campus activities and events.

Internships span March through mid-November annually. We are currently hiring for three sessions (below). Please indicate your desired session(s) in your application. Part-time positions are possible (without housing).

• Spring: March 16-May 22 (10 weeks)
• Summer: May 18-Aug. 14 (13 weeks)
• Fall: Sept. 8-Nov. 13 (10 weeks)

Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis. Early applications are strongly encouraged. To apply, email resume and cover letter to Erin Wiggins: ewiggins@mtso.edu. Letters of Recommendation are not required but can be helpful in your application.

If you have questions that are not answered here, please contact Laura Ann Bergman, SHF Liaison at (740) 409-1881 or seminaryhillfarm@mtso.edu.

Seminary Hill Farm is integral to the Methodist Theological School in Ohio (MTSO), 30 minutes north of Columbus in Delaware. The farm has capacity for 10 acres of production that bookend the 82-acre campus. It is our mission to teach small-scale farming and produce good food for all in pursuit of a just, sustainable and generative world.

Methodist Theological School in Ohio does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disabilities, military status, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy and parenting status, creed or any other protected class, or other non‐merit reasons. See our notice of nondiscrimination. Learn more here: Notice of Nondiscrimination | MTSO.

Local Food System Intern

Supervisor: Seminary Hill Farm Liaison

Department: Seminary Hill Farm

FLSA status: Full-time, seasonal, hourly

Qualifications: Must be able to accomplish the farm work listed below and have the ability to work outside in all types of weather. Self-pacing and ergonomics are encouraged. Other qualifications include:

• Leadership capacity.
• Comfort speaking to/with both groups and individuals.
• Ability to continually adapt in a changing environment.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to work Tuesday evenings and occasional weekends.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience working with children and youth.
• Minimum age of 18.

Hours: This position is full-time, 40 hours per week with no overtime.

Position description: This is a full season internship from March-November 2026 designed to provide hands-on experience in coordinating a 60-share Community Supported Agriculture operation and assisting with farm experiential education and volunteer engagement. Primary skills developed throughout the food systems internship include:

• Timing, organizing, and presentation of harvests, storage and customer service skills to support a Community Supported Agriculture operation.
• Communication skills applied to electronic newsletter publishing and social media.
• Ability to learn, lead and teach volunteers.
• Designing and executing education programs that nurture a direct relationship between people and the living earth.
• Practicing radical hospitality.
• Beginning vegetable, flower and herb production.

Primary responsibilities and duties:

• Coordinating produce, herb and flower harvests on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
• Organizing food demonstrations at the CSA distribution once a month.
• Preparing food pantry distributions.
• Assist with maintaining a self-serve market.
• Contributing weekly to the Fresh Sheet CSA newsletter with harvest projections and brief articles on farm happenings.
• Collaborate on design, planning and facilitation of engagement experiences for children and youth during the Seminary Hill Farm distribution, an annual farm camp, and with visiting groups.
• Serve as a leader for volunteer engagement, including CSA work share members and the public.
• Engage in vegetable production tasks: cultivating, watering, mulching in all production areas as needed.

Compensation package:

• Wage and hours: $15/hour, 40-hour weeks without overtime.
• Food: Interns will have lunch at the dining hall four days a week during the summer season and when open in other seasons, and fresh produce.
• Housing: On-campus studio apartments are provided furnished with a bed and table. All utilities are included.
• Academic credit: Interns who are also students can receive academic credit through approval and process of their home institutions.
• Campus Amenities: Interns are able to utilize the Dickhaut Library and participate in campus activities and events.

Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis. Early applications are strongly encouraged. To apply, email resume and cover letter to Erin Wiggins: ewiggins@mtso.edu. Letters of Recommendation are not required but can be helpful in your application.

If you have questions that are not answered here, please contact Laura Ann Bergman, SHF Liaison, at (740) 409-1881 or seminaryhillfarm@mtso.edu.

Seminary Hill Farm is integral to the Methodist Theological School in Ohio (MTSO), 30 minutes north of Columbus in Delaware. The farm has capacity for 10 acres of production that bookend the 82-acre campus. It is our mission to teach small-scale farming and produce good food for all in pursuit of a just, sustainable and generative world.

Seminary Hill Farm is managed through the lens of agroecology. The farm is continuously evolving as we continue to learn about how vibrant ecosystems function. By mimicking nature, we tap into cycles that maintain the biodiversity, resilience, and integrity of soils. We seek to minimize off-farm inputs by utilizing more on-farm resources, considering soil health at the forefront of decisions.

Vegetables, flowers and herbs are distributed through our three season Community Supported Agriculture enterprise, utilized in Dunn Dining Hall and delivered to non-profit organizations serving food insecure communities.

Seminary Hill Farm is a reflection of MTSO’s commitment to a just, sustainable and generative world.

Methodist Theological School in Ohio does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disabilities, military status, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy and parenting status, creed or any other protected class, or other non‐merit reasons. See our notice of nondiscrimination. Notice of Nondiscrimination | MTSO