Business and Entrepreneurship Librarian, Northeastern University (Boston, MA)

Posted October 21, 2026

Description:
Reporting the Library Program Manager for Entrepreneurship, the Business and Entrepreneurship Librarian serves as the liaison to the D’Amore-McKim School of Business and helps coordinate the library’s interdisciplinary efforts to integrate services and resources into all entrepreneurship initiatives across campus. The Business and Entrepreneurship Librarian provides teaching, learning, and research support through virtual and in-person instructional sessions, consultations, and workshops. Additionally, the Business and Entrepreneurship Librarian will collaborate to support business & entrepreneurship initiatives in Boston and across the global campus network.

Position Duties:

Collaborate with faculty to design and deliver course-based workshops on information literacy
Provide open workshops on citation tools, discovery tools, and other knowledge areas/tools supporting the curriculum
Partner with liaisons to develop online learning objects, research guides, and other web resources
Provide online and in-person research support such as scheduled consultations, walk-in research help, classroom instruction, or virtual assistance.
Partner with staff across the library to support research data management, scholarly publishing, repository services, as well as emerging researcher resources and tools.
Maintain frequent, ongoing communication with faculty and researchers in assigned disciplines to actively support teaching, research and promote library services and initiatives.
Attend in-person and virtual campus events
Evaluate and select materials in assigned disciplines appropriate to meet the needs of the university.
Recommend budget levels and expend allotted budgets.
Evaluate collections to meet program, accreditation, and grant activities
Provides specialized, interdisciplinary support to entrepreneurship activities across the Northeastern University community in order to incorporate library resources and services into this strategic initiative.
Builds relationships, monitors trends, and develops an interdisciplinary program that supports the evolving needs of entrepreneurship curricula and programs
Serve as a subject matter expert within the library, collaborating with liaisons on critical elements to facilitate engagement around entrepreneurship
Support collection development efforts in entrepreneurship as needed
Be an active member of the Northeastern University community by participating, contributing, or volunteering on university or library committees, teams, working groups, projects, or initiatives that further the mission of the university.
Keep abreast of developments and trends in academic librarianship, business, entrepreneurship and higher education in general.
Participate in Library, University, and/or other organizations, forums, and conferences as appropriate.

Qualifications:

Required:

BA or BS degree
Experience or demonstrated interest working with Entrepreneurship or related Business ﬁelds in an academic setting
Knowledge of business or entrepreneurial resources, methodologies, research trends and pedagogical approaches related to business and entrepreneurship
Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and organizational skills, including strong time-management skills.

Preferred:

ALA-accredited master’s degree in library/information science attained or in process of completion, or advanced degree in education/teaching or business-related ﬁeld
Previous teaching or public speaking experience
Strong skills in community outreach, networking and building relationships

Hours and Compensation:
Full time, $65,540.00 – $92,573.75/yr.

Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit https://hr.northeastern.edu/benefits/ for more information.

How to Apply:

Please submit your application through Workday. If you have any questions or you would like to chat about the position, feel free to reach out to Khyle Hannan, Entrepreneurship Program Manager.