Director of Library Services, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Posted June 8, 2015
The library at Boston Children’s Hospital, one of the pre-eminent pediatric hospitals, is seeking a innovative and creative librarian anxious to create the “library of the future”. In addition to the typical duties, the new director will be heavily involved in working on the move of the library to a new location. Located next to the C-suite in a building near the main campus, the new library will be in a smaller space as some of the collection will be converted to electronic-only format. To meet the needs of clinical staff who are unable to leave main campus during regular work hours, there will be a smaller, library computer-work space on the main campus. As the library undergoes this move, the new director will have an opportunity to evaluate the implementation of potential new services such as embedded librarians, clinical rounding and services for the satellite locations.
The library aims to support Boston Children’s Hospital’s mission which is four-fold: to provide the highest quality care; to be a leading source of research and discovery; to educate the next generation of leaders in child health and to enhance the health of children in our community.
Position Summary
The director of library services is responsible for the overall management and direction of the library and archives. Primary responsibilities include supervision, reference, collection development, teaching and support for systematic reviews. The director is responsible for library-wide planning, policy making and evaluation of services and resources appropriate for the institution. The director reports to the Senior Director of Business Intelligence and Clinical Research Informatics
Job Responsibilities
- Teaches PubMed, CINAHL, NIH Public Access Mandate, EndNote and Mendeley classes.
- Performs in-depth literature searches and/or systematic reviews.
- Provides document delivery depending on staffing.
- Manages multiple library budgets.
- Supervises electronic services librarian, archivist and part-time student.
Qualifications
Required:
- ALA accredited MLS or its equivalent in the biomedical/clinical and public health sectors with at least 3-4 years’ relevant experience in a library.
- Evidence of experience teaching the use of health sciences resources.
- Meets Medical Library Assn. standards for Expert Searching including experience searching PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, CINAHL and the Cochrane Library.
- Excellent presentation, instruction, and communication skills.
- Experience managing budgets.
- Supervisory experience
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively with a diverse population of faculty/staff, students, and colleagues.
Desirable:
- Undergraduate/graduate degree or equivalent work experience in the biomedical sciences.
- Familiarity with bibliographic management software (EndNote/Mendeley)
- Experience supporting systematic reviews.
- Demonstrate a strong background in the use of information technologies, information management tools, and analytical and searching skills.
- Knowledge of the NIH Public Access Mandate.
- Understands various aspects of scholarly publishing including open access, licensing, copyright issues/RightsLink, institutional repositories and altmetrics.
- Experience implementing knowledge management projects.
- Understanding the principles and process for evaluating a journal article/EBM.
- Experience marketing the library/library services.
Salary: Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. The hospital offers a competitive package of benefits.
Apply Online: http://www.childrenshospital.org/career-opportunities/JobDetail?jobId=2048506 (you may also email your application materials to [email protected]) Deadline: Wednesday, June 17th.