Assistant/Assoc. Librarian Info Services, Nursing & Health, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth MA
Posted March 28, 2014
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UMass Dartmouth is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity, Title IX Employer.
Job Description:
The Information Services Librarian for Nursing and Health delivers general and in-depth, specialized reference and instruction services (virtually and face-to-face) in conjunction with a team of Information Services librarians. A member of a long-standing liaison program, this librarian develops professional relationships with faculty and students in the appropriate colleges and departments in order to assess and respond to research, teaching, and learning needs. This librarian serves as the subject liaison to the College of Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences Department of Medical Laboratory Science, with shared responsibility for Psychology. Additional subject areas may be assigned, as appropriate. This librarian provides proactive and responsive service to faculty and students in assigned areas, develops and delivers curriculum-integrated instruction, and is responsible for collection development in nursing and health areas. This position is responsible for the maintenance of the nursing and health portions of the reference collection in all formats.General responsibilities include participation in assessment of services, collection development, instruction, and related activities. Librarians provide general reference service, including some evening, weekend, and holiday hours.
Librarians, like all library staff, have leadership responsibilities regardless of their position within Library Services. Leadership for librarians includes activities such as contributing to goals and strategic library directions through active participation on committees, teams, and task forces and sharing expertise throughout the library in order to further library and university missions.
EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Works with appropriate departments to ensure patron access to quality information resources, instruction in information management, and research and reference assistance
- Establishes dynamic, collaborative networks and relationships with liaison departments – faculty, staff, and students – and serves as advocate for liaison departments within the library and for library within the liaison departments
- Identifies and implements strategies for learning about and understanding the information needs of Nursing, Medical Laboratory Sciences, and other appropriate faculty and students
- Incorporates emerging and current technologies into library practice, instruction and research support
- Closely works with nursing faculty and researchers to develop data management plans as required for their research
- Closely works with nursing faculty and students to develop, promote, and populate a new university electronic institutional repository
- Develops, provides, and promotes a suite of library services that directly support teaching learning, research
- Integrates and embeds library reference and research services within nursing academic programs and activities
- Develops nursing and appropriate interdisciplinary collections, selecting library materials and tools in a variety of formats that meet the needs of a diverse academic community
- Works to develop and implement data management tools and data services for e-research needs
- Provides specialized research assistance for managing, publishing, and archiving the creative and scholarly output of university faculty and students
- Provides guidance and training on managing the life cycle of digital datasets and scholarship
- Continuous professional evaluation and ongoing development of knowledge and skills to evolve service models and reflect best practices
- Collaborates with other librarians to meet campus needs
- Participates in consortia and system-wide activities
- Provides general reference service as scheduled, including some nights, weekends and holidays
- Compiles statistical reports
- Participates with Information Services staff in the library’s Web presence (this includes email and chat reference services and creation of subject and course-related research guides)
- Participates with Information Services staff in the planning, implementing and evaluation of reference services, including the establishment and/or revision of policies and procedures
- Works to develop quality assurance and assessment methodologies
- Monitors trends and developments in reference and instruction and provides ongoing support for staff and students in program areas
- Participates in library’s outreach, grants, and funding efforts
- Participates in planning, outreach programs, and committees of both the library and university, as well as external committees as appropriate
- Performs other duties as assigned
Requirements:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Master’s Degree in Library/Information Science from an ALA-accredited institution of higher education or equivalent
Experience: Experience or education in nursing or closely related field or nursing/health library
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt to rapidly changing technologies and methods
- Demonstrated commitment to user services
- Strong interpersonal communication and teaching skills
- Ability to work independently and in concert with others
- Enthusiastic about working in a changing environment
- Ability to work effectively with culturally diverse students, faculty and staff
- Demonstrated teaching skills
- Experience in identifying, selecting, using, teaching and evaluating information resources in one or more of the assigned areas
- Facility with technology and its application in academic contexts
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience Professional experience as nursing/health liaison in an academic library, including delivery of a range of public services, reference, and instruction, and in selection and evaluation of library resources.
Experience working with health informatics program
Experience with and/or knowledge of e-science/data management issues and solutions
Experience creating and developing content for library web pages
Demonstrated ability to integrate library resources into learning management system
Strong organizational and project management skills
Additional Information:
Official Job Title: Assistant / Associate Librarian
Division: Academic
Working Job Title: Information Services, Nursing and Health Librarian
Department: Library Services/Information Services
EEO Status: 34 Job Code: 243
Bargaining Unit Status: AFT
FLSA Status: Exempt
Minimum Starting: $55,330
Reports to: Works with a team of information services librarians, under the direct supervision of the Head of Library Information Services Division. Supervises: May include supervision of work of professional, classified and student personnel.
Application Instructions:
To apply please submit online a letter of interest, current resume and the contact information for up to three references.
The review of applications will begin April 15 ,2014 and continue until the position is filled.
To apply visit: http://www.umassd.edu/hr/employmentopportunities/facultyjobopportunities/