Librarian Jobs

GENERAL SUMMARY

• Processes interlibrary loan and other resource requests.
• Proctors individual exams as requested according to the Library Proctoring Policy.
• Meets regularly with other library staff on all campuses to suggest changes or report problems.
• Teaches information literacy and library skills to students and faculty, including one shot sessions, embedding in courses, and additional workshops or webinars, as appropriate.
• Provides customer service support to all library patrons, including answering basic questions and locating items.
• Participates in University committees and local/state/national library association committees; engages in professional development including conferences, training, research, and/or publication.
• Orients new students to library services and collections.
• Assists in the maintenance of library website and online content, including library guides, videos, and social media content.
• Notifies students of outstanding fines and collects monies.
• Works with faculty members, program directors, and instructional designers to incorporate information literacy and library resources into courses and programs on their campus.
• Manages collection development and acquisitions for print resources, and provides input for collection development of electronic resources.
• Directs the activities of the library services desk
• Troubleshoots problems with library technology such as printers, copiers, computers, etc.
• Contributes to university-wide library projects.
• Maintains and manages the physical library space on their campus.
• Provides reference and research assistance to students and faculty as needed.
• Adheres to a regular, assigned schedule of monitoring the library’s chat service and general library email inbox, responding to questions and requests that come in during that time.
• In the absence of a Circulation Manager:
• Assists students and faculty with checking in / checking out / renewing library materials.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Understands, upholds, and enforces all library policies and procedures.
• Trains and supervises the Circulation Manager (where applicable)
• Catalogs materials and provides/maintains authority control in the integrated library system.
• Maintains borrower records in library information management system.
• Contributes to meeting the goals in the Library Long Range Plan.
• Trains, schedules, and supervises part-time student library workers.

• Other duties as assigned

MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Working knowledge of office management software packages.
• Flexibility to adjust to changing priorities or scheduling.
• Supervisory experience.
• Professional demeanor.
• Excellent computer skills and the ability to new learn new software programs easily.
• Excellent written and face-to-face communication skills.
• Self-directed worker with the ability to accomplish projects with little direct supervision.
• Ability to meet deadlines and perform tasks in a timely manner, even while multi-tasking.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Masters in Library and Information Science (or equivalent) from an ALA accredited program
• Two or more years of library experience, preferably in a health sciences library or in a health care environment, and including the use of library information management systems, cataloging, reference, online literature searching, acquisitions/collection development, and library instruction.

• Communication: Excellent written and face-to-face communication skills. Professional demeanor.
• Personal Responsibility: Trustworthy with unyielding integrity.
• Dependability/Adaptability: Recognizes/responds to unanticipated events and requirements. Customer-focused, with demonstrated experience and ability to be flexible with changing priorities, demands and requests. Ability to work independently or with little supervision.
• Planning/Organization: Demonstrates ability to manage time and priorities.
• Analytical: Synthesizes complex and diverse information.
• Interpersonal Relationships: Promotes teamwork, and leads by example, while successfully collaborating across functions and departments.
• Initiative: Actively seeks opportunities to make contributions vs. passively accepting situations. Goes above expectations to achieve goals.