Information Services Librarian

Senior Librarian

The Senior Librarian, Information Services Department, works in all areas of health sciences information delivery: consulting with users, conducting database searching, teaching, advising, and participating on project teams. The librarian participates in the development and implementation of programs and services in support of digital scholarship and publishing by the Jefferson community for patient care, education and research. This full-time position is based at the Dixon campus in Horsham, PA providing guidance and support to the College of Nursing and nurse residency programs across the enterprise.

Essential Functions

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Provide reference services to library users online or in-person. Includes advising users on the effective use of knowledge-based information resources and bibliographic management software.
• Deliver in-depth consulting services to faculty, students, researchers and clinical care providers focusing on the effective use of information resources and bibliographic management software.
• Advise patrons on issues regarding scholarly communication including data management and sharing, rigor and reproducibility, lab notebooks, copyright, fair use, funder mandates, open access, impact assessment, and citation metrics.
• Administer publishing workflows in one or more transformative agreements.
• Collaborate with Digital Archivist on outreach, education and promotion of Jefferson Digital Commons (institutional repository)
• Teach, in a variety of modalities, information literacy, evidence-based practice, evidence synthesis, and other specialized classes in the university and clinical setting.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive knowledge of the library's resources for effective patron consultation.
• Design and maintain learning materials and tools, including but not limited to the Spring share suite of products; collaborate with Gutman Library librarians to streamline and maintain learning materials.
• Plan and participate in student and employee orientation, outreach, and wellness activities.
• Promote and encourage equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace and throughout university community.
• Stay informed and up to date on current and emerging trends in health sciences librarianship.
• Seeks opportunities to engage in ongoing professional development.
• Demonstrate expertise in an area of health sciences librarian practice through publishing or professional association accomplishment (Senior Librarian)
• Mentor colleagues (Senior Librarian)
• Collaborate with colleagues within the Academic Commons to provide consistent service, programming, and faculty development opportunities.

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required):

• Experience with advanced literature searching techniques, systematic reviews and scholarly communication topics preferred.
• Knowledge of medical and health sciences terminology and of medical and health literature databases preferred.
• Knowledge of educational and professional paths of medicine, nursing and other health sciences professions preferred.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

• Education: Master of Science/Information Science, ALA-Accredited MLS
• AND
• Experience: Librarian: Professional library experience in a health care or health sciences setting preferred
• Senior Librarian: three or more years professional library experience in a health care or health sciences setting required

Physical Demands Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR. Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.