What are the responsibilities and job description for the Science & Technology Librarian, Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus, Bronx, NY position at Acrlny?
Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus, Bronx, NY
Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its nine colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United Kingdom.
The University offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; life insurance; short and long-term disability; employee assistance program (EAP); tuition remission; and generous time off.
Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit Education.
Title of Position : Science & Technology Librarian
Position Number : A05610
FLSA : Exempt
Scheduled Hours Per Week : 35
Department : Library RH
Campus : Rose Hill
Location : Onsite
Hybrid Policy : Please review the Hybrid Policy
Position Summary
Under the direction of the Head of Reference & Information Services, the Science and Technology Librarian provides targeted library support to University students, faculty, and staff in the specific liaison areas of science, technology, data management, and other disciplines as needed. Additional responsibilities include : in-person and online delivery of undergraduate and graduate level library instruction; provision of research consultations to basic as well as advanced researchers; evaluation of discipline-specific resources to be added or removed from the library collections; creation and maintenance of research guides utilizing the Libraries’ web-based content management systems; design and delivery of topical, technical, and methodological workshops pertinent to the STEM community of Fordham University.
As a member of the Fordham Libraries Reference team, this librarian must efficiently and accurately respond to telephone, chat, text, email, and service desk inquiries as scheduled, and contribute to the training and supervision of undergraduate and graduate student workers. Occasional evening or weekend hours may be required.
Essential Functions
- Provides STEM faculty and students with targeted research support for STEM sources and databases, particularly those that require fluency with STEM concepts, research methods, and practices.
- Prepares for and delivers : course specific library instruction sessions, one-on-one research consultations, information management workshops, and presentations to academic departments. This may require testing sample search techniques and methods, learning or recommending new library resources, and creating event-specific instructional handouts, slides, videos, or guides. Provides in-person and online research support during assigned Reference Desk and Chat hours.
- Maintains an in-depth knowledge of all of the Fordham Libraries’ databases, reference sources, information management tools, and service areas to ensure that all research inquiries are satisfied efficiently and accurately. Troubleshoots problems with electronic resources and reports findings to Electronic Service Librarians. Identifies problems with physical reference items and reports those to Technical Service Librarians. Monitors the functionality of the computers and printers in the Reference Area and reports problems to Library Information Technology.
- Collaboratively coordinates liaison outreach to faculty to highlight library collections; designs and maintains discipline specific research guides.
- Monitors and compares the collections and policies of consortia and metropolitan New York libraries to appropriately refer researchers as needed to external library collections.
- Reviews professional literature to identify new trends, techniques, issues, and applications; selects, requests, and completes professional development activities to enhance skills.
- Utilizes assessment applications to collect and share feedback on reference activities. Writes and submits a personal quarterly report which includes progress on projects, statistics of reference activity, and reflections on personal contributions to the Library and University mission and goals.
- Creates and updates training documentation for student employees; trains, supervises, and mentors student employees.
Management Responsibilities : Guides work of other employees who perform essentially the same work and / or student workers. Organizes, sets priorities, schedules and reviews work, but is generally not responsible for final decisions in hiring, performance management or compensation.
Additional Functions
Required Qualifications : Education and Experience
Required Qualifications : Knowledge and Skills
Preferred Qualifications
Note : Salary is commensurate with qualifications, experience, and skills.
Your contact information (in case we have any questions)
Jane Suda, Head of Reference & Information Services, Fordham University
jsuda@fordham.edu
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