Reference Librarian and Liaison to the School of Public Health

Reference Librarian and Liaison to the School of Public Health
Open Rank
Clinical, Academic, and Research Engagement Research,
Instruction, and Scholarly Communications

Position Summary:

UAB Libraries seeks a creative, collaboratively minded, and enthusiastic librarian to join our team as Reference Librarian and Liaison to the School of Public Health. As a core member of the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences department for Clinical, Academic, and Research Engagement, the Liaison to the School of Public Health is responsible for a broad range of research, scholarly, and instructional support to faculty, staff, and students with the nationally ranked UAB School of Public Health.

This position is a full-time, non-tenure-track faculty position with rank dependent on the successful candidate’s qualifications and experience. Salary is commensurate with experience with excellent fringe benefits including TIAA.

Reporting:

This position reports to the Department Head of Clinical, Academic, and Research Engagement within Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences.

Responsibilities include:

• Serves as library liaison to the UAB School of Public Health
• Offers instructional services, including teaching classes and designing face-to-face and
• online instructional materials, to support research and evidence-based
• Provides general reference services, including answering online reference questions (chat
• and e-mail).
• Provides specialized reference services including in-depth consultations, mediated database searching, identifying appropriate knowledge-based resources, and developing search
• Contributes to the library’s support of expert-level reviews, including comprehensive literature reviews, by leading effective project consultations and participating in research projects, as appropriate.
• Develops and maintains specialized knowledge of the library’s databases, search interfaces,
• and other resources in order to effectively match resources with information
• Stays current with health sciences education trends, curricular structures, pedagogical methods, and innovative instructional delivery.
• Serves on appropriate internal and external committees and participating in relevant regional and national library and health sciences professional organizations and
• Participates in relevant continuing education opportunities in both librarianship and health sciences disciplines or practices.
• Engages in research and scholarship as required of UAB Libraries faculty.

Required qualifications include:

• American Library Association (ALA) accredited master’s degree or other advanced degree(s)
• appropriate to the
• Experience searching biomedical literature such as CINAHL, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, or Google Scholar. Experience can include relevant graduate-level
• Experience providing reference or educational
• Experience designing and conducting presentations to
• Experience providing user-focused public
• Flexibility to work collaboratively in a team
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communications

Preferred qualifications include:

• At least one year of professional library experience working in a public, academic, academic health sciences, biomedical library, or clinical/research environment.
• A degree or formal coursework in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics)
• or health sciences field of
• Knowledge of citation management software and screening tools, such as EndNote and
• Experience performing literature
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with various

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Qualified applicants please follow this link to apply online: https://uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/23374