Academic Support Librarian for Health Sciences Job at University of the Pacific

Academic Support Librarian for Health Sciences

The Academic Support Librarian for Health Sciences plays a valuable role in providing energy and initiative to the University of the Pacific Library’s research support and learning services. Reporting to the Director of University Libraries, the person in this role collaborates with fellow librarians in delivering services to the University community.

The Academic Support Librarian for Health Sciences makes forward-thinking contributions to learning-centered academic support programs, projects, and services that advance 21st-century information access and discovery while fostering scholarly communications, research management, and digital opportunities.

Essential Functions

• Develop and deliver a high-impact educational program that strategically targets evidence-based research-intensive courses and scaffolds learning outcomes, in collaboration with health sciences faculty.
• Provides liaison support for assigned subject areas through library instruction sessions, research consultations, collection development, and other related projects.
• Curate and manage the library’s collection of owned, licensed, and open-source resources, ensuring alignment with the institution’s academic and research needs and interests as well as fostering resource discoverability, visibility, and usage.
• Collaborates with fellow Academic Support Librarians and student-centered academic partners to support student success and retention through research consultations, library instruction, and other information literacy services and programs.
• Partner with instructional designers and developers of innovative pedagogies to integrate library resources and library expertise into in-person and online education.
• Support digital scholarship and open access initiatives by providing guidance on data management, digital humanities, contributions to the institutional repository, Scholarly Commons, and other emerging trends and technologies.
• Contribute to campus information literacy goals and assessment, and school accreditation efforts.
• Participate in local, regional, national, or international organizations that advance library and information science in health fields.
• Serve on University and department committees, task forces, and teams, and facilitate and participate in collaborative research projects and communities with faculty, students, and other librarians, both internally and externally as appropriate.
• Support and educate faculty, staff, and students with federally funded research.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Library or Information Science from an ALA-accredited institution or related field, and minimum two (2) years of experience in medical, health science, or academic library, or a directly related field.
• OR Minimum five (5) years of professional experience in medical, academic, or special library or a directly related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in natural or health sciences or relevant recent experience.
• At least two years of experience delivering educational and research services in an academic library, medical library, or health-services information center.
• Demonstrated success in teaching and learning activities, including understanding of best practices such as active learning, project-based learning, or evidence-based practice to transform student learning experiences and improve student retention.
• Passion for quality library services centered around student learning and realized through collegial partnerships.
• Experience with collection curation, including the evaluation and selection of content in print and electronic formats, and document delivery and resource-sharing services.
• Knowledge of Open Educational Resources (OER) and creative ability to support faculty with OER initiatives.
• Facility with utilizing technology to transform research and learning experiences.
• Ability to manage time and coordinate projects in a rapidly changing environment with a positive, flexible, and innovative attitude.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated capacity to work effectively in an inclusive and diverse setting, with a deep commitment to supporting and promoting equity.

University of the Pacific is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to workforce diversity across backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints. Pacific does not unlawfully discriminate in its hiring of faculty and staff, or in the provision of its employment benefits to its faculty and staff on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sex/gender, marital status, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, medical condition, pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, or mental or physical disability, or other legally protected characteristics or combination of such characteristics.