Health Sciences Librarian

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI

ID: 7232381
Posted: March 26, 2024
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

Job Summary:
Ebling Library at UW-Madison is seeking a Health Sciences Librarian to provide a range of library services to the UW-Madison health education, research, and clinical communities of Wisconsin. This position includes liaison responsibilities (primary library contact) to Global and Population/Public Health as well as other designated units. This position develops and delivers in-person and virtual instruction in one-on-one consultations, group settings, and within courses, as well as provides expert research services including literature searches to faculty, students, staff and affiliated clinicians. The position will be a member of Ebling Library's Reference and Instruction team, providing support to health sciences students, faculty, and researchers; the Clinical Sciences team, supporting the clinical staff at UW Hospital and Clinics; and the Systematic Review team, supporting health science-related evidence synthesis projects at UW-Madison.

Responsibilities:
Provides a wide variety of the most advanced professional library services which may include teaching, learning, public services, circulation, assessment, reference, selection, and outreach to support creative exploration, intellectual growth, and scholarly pursuits. Serves as a resource to others and regularly solves complex problems based on advanced knowledge and expertise. Initiates process improvements, policy changes, and new initiatives to contribute towards continual improvement in services and operations.
25% Serves as a liaison to academic disciplines and/or other campus units providing information on collections, instructional and research support, and library services
5% Cultivates and maintains productive relationships with donors, collectors, vendors, and professional colleagues
15% Obtains materials, resolves issues, and answers questions that are complex and highly specialized in nature
10% Designs, develops, delivers, and assesses instruction in a variety of formats to faculty, staff, students, and other patrons
25% Provides specialized services utilizing a high level of expertise on a broad range of disciplines or in a designated discipline area
5% Develops or coordinates specialized projects or programs
5% Serves as a resource to other librarians and staff outside of their unit on a regular basis
5% Initiates and solicits input to modify policies, procedures, and assessment tools to improve workflows and/or user experiences
5% Serves on committees to advance librarianship at the campus, local, and/or state and national levels
Tasks:
Serves as a liaison to Global and Population/Public Health within the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
Creates and updates online tutorials and LibGuides to support students, residents, hospital staff, and faculty in designated areas of responsibility.
Provides reference and research consultations for health sciences students, faculty, and researchers in collaboration with Ebling's Reference and Instruction team.
Provides reference, instruction, and search services to the clinical staff at UW Hospital and Clinics in collaboration with Ebling's Clinical Sciences team.
Works collaboratively with clinical and research teams to conduct systematic reviews and other high-level reviews for dissemination and publication.
Via the Systematic Review team. assists in developing a standardized approach for evidence synthesis services for UW-Madison SMPH faculty and researchers,
Institutional Statement on Diversity:
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.