Health Sciences Librarian

Job Posting Title :

Health Sciences Librarian

Hiring Department : Dell Medical School

Dell Medical School

Position Open To : All Applicants

All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled Hours :

FLSA Status : Non-Exempt

Non-Exempt

Earliest Start Date :

Nov 01, 2024

Position Duration :

Expected to Continue Until Sep 30, 2026

Location : AUSTIN, TX

AUSTIN, TX

Job Details : General Notes

General Notes

The Department of Medical Education at the Dell Medical School is looking for a Health Sciences Librarian.

This position is a temporary position with a start date of 11 / 1 / 24 and an end date of 9 / 30 / 26. There is potential for this part-time role to become full-time after 9 / 30 / 26 based upon availability of funding, work performance, and progress toward goals.

Purpose

Collaborate with the senior librarian to manage a 21st century health sciences library in the service of the Dell Medical School's mission of "Revolutionizing how people get and stay healthy.

Plan and activate a variety of services, collections and instructional programs to educate and position students, faculty, and staff to transform health care.

Empower users with unfettered access to vetted information resources to equip them with life-long skills to succeed as medical professionals.

Responsibilities

Provide reference / information services to students, staff, and faculty by engaging in activities that inform users about library resources and services, scholarly communication, evidence-based medicine, reference management, publication, information literacy, generative AI, data management plans, mandates regarding open / public access of federally funded publications and research data, support for curriculum etc.

Activities could include : Email, chat, and phone communication, In-person or virtual consultations, development of instructional resources, tutorials, and library website / libguide content, instructional sessions, and service on medical education committees.

Guide, support, instruct on, and / or co-author literature reviews, grant applications, and research projects and publications in which faculty, staff, and students are involved.

Activities could include : provide guidance, consultation, or instruction regarding relevant databases, search terms, and search strategies, develop search strategies and / or run literature searches, participate in evidence synthesis projects (i.

e. for systematic reviews, scoping reviews, etc.), and teach instructional sessions about evidence synthesis methodology.

Co-manage Dell Medical School Library collections. Assist the senior librarian in creating and overseeing the annual library collections' budget.

Develop relationships and communicate with library resource vendors to keep up on new products, to co-negotiate deals, to track acquisitions and to gather usage data.

Assist the senior librarian with the tracking and managing of acquisitions, subscriptions, and renewals, and with assuring access to library resources.

Co-produce an annual collections report. Evaluate and respond to purchase requests from users.

Innovate, update, and build programs and services to serve the medical school clientele. Activities could include : review and improve current programs and services, build new innovative programs and services in support of teaching, learning, research, and clinical care, collaborate with main campus library colleagues to develop and provide programs, services and collections, work effectively and collegially in teams with faculty, staff and learners at all levels, assess library services and programs, collaborate closely with Academic Technology and Information Technology units on shared collaborations of library technology products, and communicate and interact with hospital affiliates, other information professionals, health professionals, and partner organizations as needed to carry out the mission of Dell Medical School.

Engage in professional development to maintain awareness of and develop skills in new information science initiatives, emerging technologies, medical librarianship, scholarly communication, etc.

Activities could include m embership and attendance at conferences through the Medical Library Association or other relevant society, attendance at virtual professional development sessions offered by the National Library of Medicine, regional medical library associations, academic and medical libraries, etc, and r eading of contemporary literature, blogs, and listservs devoted to relevant topics in academic and medical librarianship.

Engage with students who are employed with or working on projects at the Dell Medical School Library. These students could be : student employee, graduate or undergraduate students from the UT Department of Library and Information Science who are engaged in capstone projects or research projects in medical or academic librarianship.

Other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Master's degree from an ALA-accredited library and information sciences graduate program, or equivalent degree. Experience in an academic / research library in one or more of the following areas : building programs in support of an established educational, research, and professional mission, providing reference and research consultation service in an academic- or research-level setting, or providing library instruction and creating library instruction materials.

Excellent communication and interpersonal relations skills. Demonstrated initiative and flexibility in adapting to change.

Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a collaborative environment. Strong service orientation. Highly curious individual who enthusiastically learns new concepts, develops new skills, and seeks to keep up with the continuously evolving field of information science.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

Demonstrated subject knowledge and familiarity with scientific literature, library resources, and research processes in medicine, health professions, or another STEM field.

Experience developing library policy, articulating vision, and providing leadership and direction toward achieving strategic goals.

Experience using and / or teaching reference management tools such as EndNote and / or Zotero. Demonstrated awareness of trends in scholarly communication and Open Science, particularly in areas such as : NIH Public Access Policy and compliance, OA publishing, author rights, publication metrics, research data management, and data curation / sharing.

Recommended Skills (i.e. skills that can be acquired on the job) : experience teaching evidence-based practice using emerging technologies and instructional methods, experience working on systematic reviews and other comprehensive searches, as well as familiarity with SR tools such as Rayyan or Covidence, knowledge of current issues in health sciences, including clinical translational research, interprofessional education, and quality improvement, and experience with or familiarity with proposal writing and implementation of grants.

Salary Range

$2,500+ monthly depending on qualifications (based on a 20hour work week)

Working Conditions

May work around standard office conditions.

Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.

Required Materials

Resume / CV

3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers : You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications.

Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section;

you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure thatALLRequired Materials have been uploaded.

Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

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If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply.

This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume.

In addition, you must respond to the application questionspresented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.

that were noted above.

Employment Eligibility :

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers.

Staff who are promotion / transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

Retirement Plan Eligibility :

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

Background Checks :

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer :

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer ,complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action.

The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Pay Transparency :

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

Employment Eligibility Verification :

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States.

Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

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Compliance :

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act).

If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting.

Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031 .

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report.

You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.

206, Austin, Texas 78701.