Non-Tenure Track Faculty Position Vacancies
TITLE: Liaison and Outreach Librarian (Faculty Librarian)
LOCATION: Services Division
SALARY: $42,000 minimum
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
The Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS/HSL), University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) seeks a knowledgeable, energetic, and creative librarian to support the teaching and outreach missions of the Library. This faculty librarian works as part of a team of seven Liaison and Outreach Librarians within the Services Division. Spring 2008 library school graduates are welcome to apply.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The librarian develops and provides onsite and web-based instruction for faculty, staff and students of UMB; works collaboratively with the campus community, and provides community-based health information outreach. The librarian evaluates print and online resources within a subject specialty to create a collection of resources to support campus initiatives, evaluates, selects, and organizes information from the web to create high quality web collections, and participates in designing innovative programs and services.
The librarian is expected to collaborate on divisional projects, serve on library-wide committees, and be professionally active in the field of health sciences librarianship. Some evening and weekend hours required. Some travel required.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required: MLS from ALA-accredited school; demonstrated excellent interpersonal and communication skills; a strong service orientation; experience searching health and social sciences-related databases; experience locating and evaluating web resources.
Preferred: Reference experience in an academic or health sciences library; instruction experience; outreach experience; demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team; knowledge of library and social networking technology.
BENEFITS
Generous benefits include choice of retirement, medical, and dental plans; 22 days of annual leave, 15 days of sick leave, 3 personal days, and 14 holidays. Regular employees, as well as their spouses and dependent children, may receive tuition remission for most programs at many campuses of the University System of Maryland.ENVIRONMENT
UMB is located in downtown Baltimore, blocks from Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Raven's Stadium, and the Inner Harbor, a recreational waterfront destination. Forty-five miles north of Washington DC, Baltimore City and the surrounding metropolitan area are noted for high quality-of-life indicators offering historic parks, great neighborhoods, and world famous art collections, museums, theaters, and symphony orchestras. The city has easy access to public transportation systems, superior health care systems, and renowned university and educational resources.
The HS/HSL is the second largest medical school library on the East Coast, providing access to 385,000 bound volumes, over 3000 electronic and print periodicals, and 52 databases. Sixty-eight FTEs and thirty faculty librarians staff the library. Our attractive facility, which opened in 1998, provides over 900 seats, 40 group study rooms, 130 individual study-carrels, 60 public-access computers, wireless Internet access, 3 computer classrooms, and a satellite conferencing center. The 190,000 square foot building also houses the Tower Café, the HS/HSL coffee lounge. We are a service and collaboration driven organization with a mission of meeting the information needs of our diverse constituents. We support discovery, learning, and service.
The Library supports the 5,300 students, 6,600 faculty and staff members on UMB's 61-acre research and technology complex of 62 buildings including the University of Maryland Medical Center. UMB's seven professional and graduate schools include a dental school, graduate school, and schools of law, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and social work. More details about UMB can be found at http://www.umaryland.edu.
APPLICATIONS
For best consideration, submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae and affidavit along with names/addresses/phone numbers of three references by June 1, 2008. Applications accepted until position is filled. Include on separate page the verification statement: "I verify that the contents of this curriculum vita are accurate and current." Sign and date affidavit and mail/fax with curriculum vitae.
Send curriculum vita and verification statement to: Ms. Jane Peters, UM-HS/HSL, Human Resources Office, 601 W. Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 or fax to 410-706-3101.
For more information, call (410) 706-6747 or visit the Library web site at: http://www.hshsl.umaryland.edu.
The University of Maryland is an AA/EOE/ADA employer supporting diversity and encourages minorities to apply.
