Librarian

This Librarian position is in the Library Department, Education Services (ES) at the Phoenix VA Medical Center. The Librarian provides information resources, research information and training materials to all levels of informational needs. Librarian serves the academic faculty, residents and students in the medical and surgical specialties, medical and research staff, patients and their families.

Duties of the position include but are not limited to:

• Performs staff assignments related to program planning, monitoring, implementing, managing and/or coordination of technical and public services for a complex library system.
• Completes daily operation of the Medical and Patient Libraries.
• Plans, develops, implements, evaluates and revises programs.
• Evaluates, acquires and maintain required Veterans Integrated Systems Networks (VISN) materials.
• Evaluates, establishes and maintains cooperative arrangements with non-federal libraries and institutions located within the 50 continental United States, and its territories, Puerto Rico and Guam to facilitate the cost effective procurement and dissemination of information to users.
• Provides leadership and expertise in the design, development, and ethical management of knowledge-based information systems to meet the informational needs and obligations of the institution.
• Provides instruction of Library Technicians, Program Specialists, work-study students, and volunteers in standard, accepted practices.
• Prepares reading lists and bibliographies using online, print, or database sources, at varying rating levels.
• Develops and manages a program to instruct medical, nursing, allied health and administrative staff, trainees, patients and their families in the proper use of the Medical and Patient Libraries.
• Assists customers in locating materials and references.
• Instructs customers in the use of the library classification system.
• Analyses all library computer hardware and software needs.
• Implements online library functions on various computer systems, maintains and troubleshoots for these systems, ensuring other staff and customers receive up-to-date training in their use.
• Supports research departments providing expert reference in rapidly changing advanced disciplines using a wide variety of databases, search engines, research reports/requests, and specialized journal articles to interpret and evaluate information pertinent to the researcher's needs in various on-going research projects.
• Performs highly specialized and authoritative cataloging using a wide variety of national references, standards, and automated bibliographic systems.