Reference Librarian Job at Texas Library Association in Galveston

Overview

Moody Medical Library at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston is seeking a creative, knowledgeable, enthusiastic colleague to join the Reference Team in providing excellent user-focused service to our faculty, staff, and students. The successful candidate will work both independently and collaboratively in a rapidly changing environment to proactively serve assigned liaison departments and the general UTMB community.

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison to departments as the primary contact and communication link for library and information related activities, including expert searching support for education, clinical, research, and innovation related activities.
• Provide advanced support for comprehensive literature searching, including evidence synthesis reviews, systematic reviews, and bibliometric analysis/research impact.
• Provide reference and research support using appropriate reference tools and online sources of information through individual or small group consultations via in person or virtual meetings, by phone, email, and interactive chat.
  • Assist library clients in locating and using discovery tools, databases, and other online sources of information.
  • Assist library clients with answering factual questions and defining or clarifying research topics.
  • Assist library clients with information management tools.
• Participate in library education programs by teaching and developing classes, orientations, demonstrations, and tours. Instruction may be face-to-face or in a virtual/online environment.
• Design, revise, and promote instructional materials, tutorials, and research guides in both print and online formats.
• Create and maintain web-based guides to support liaison departments and general resource discovery.
• Stay abreast of, and assists in disseminating, developments in search tools/interfaces, data management, scholarly publishing, and copyright, as applicable to the UTMB audience.
• Assist in collection development by providing subject area expertise for selection and de-selection.
• Work with Library Technical Services department to troubleshoot and test electronic resources both on and off-campus.
• Maintain expertise by participating in relevant conferences, committees, workshops, and seminars.

How to apply

See full job ad and apply online with a resume and cover letter.

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s degree in Library/Information Science from an ALA accredited institution and one year related experience.