Part Time Research and Instruction Librarian – Gumberg Library

Position Number: 822001

This part-time librarian position reports to the Assistant University Librarian for Teaching, Research, and Engagement. Provides face-to-face and online research assistance to students, faculty, and staff. Provides instruction sessions and one-on-one assistance with EndNote citation management software and Covidence software. Develops and maintains online research guides as assigned. May serve on library committees as assigned. Works twenty-one hours weekly. Schedule may include some evenings and weekends.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides research assistance in accordance with the library’s mission and user service guidelines.

• Provides instruction and assistance with citation management and Covidence software.

• Works collaboratively with faculty and other librarians to create online research guides and tutorials.

• Provides instruction through individual consultations, classes, and online presentations.

• Serves the library through participation in committees and task forces as assigned.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• M.L.S. or M.L.I.S. from an American Library Association accredited institution

• Experience answering reference questions

• Effective instructional skills including the ability to develop instructional videos and tutorials

• Effective interpersonal, organizational, analytical, written, and oral communication skills

• Ability to work effectively with diverse user groups including students, faculty, staff, and other library users

• Ability to work in a collaborative work environment and maintain positive professional working relationships with disciplinary faculty members, supervisors, and peers

• Experience using EndNote or other citation management software

• Experience creating online research guides and tutorials

• Educational background or experience working in STEM or Health Science

• Master’s degree in an academic discipline

Alternately, the successful candidate may possess any equivalent combination of experience and training, which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. This includes commitment to the University’s values of diversity, equity and inclusion, and recognition of the importance of treating each individual with dignity and respect consistent with the University’s Mission. Additionally, applicants must have demonstrated experience with, and understanding of, the broad diversity of the University community (students, faculty, staff and others).

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the University Community.

Ability and willingness to contribute actively to the mission of the University and to respect the Spiritan Catholic identity of Duquesne University. The mission is implemented through a commitment to academic excellence, a spirit of service, moral and spiritual values, sensitivity to world concerns, and an ecumenical campus community.

Applicants are asked to submit a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references.

Duquesne University is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a diverse faculty that reflects contemporary society, serves our academic mission and enriches our campus community. As a charter member of the Ohio, Western PA and West Virginia Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), we encourage applicants from members of underrepresented groups, and support dual-career couples.

Founded in 1878 by its sponsoring religious community, the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne University is Catholic in mission and ecumenical in spirit. Its Mission Statement commits the University to “serving God by serving students through commitment to excellence in liberal and professional education, through a profound concern for moral and spiritual values, through the maintenance of an ecumenical atmosphere open to diversity, and through service to the Church, the community, the nation and the world. Applicants for this position should describe how they might support and contribute to the mission.

Motivated by its Catholic and Spiritan identity, Duquesne values equality of opportunity both as an educational institution and as an employer.