Health Sciences Librarian

3 weeks ago


Fairfax, United States George Mason University Full time

10001258
Fairfax, VA
Administrative or Professional Faculty
**Opening on**: Jun 3 2024

**Department**: University Libraries

**Job Category**: Administrative or Professional Faculty

**Job Type**: Full-Time

**Work Schedule**: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

**Location**: Fairfax, VA

**Workplace Type**: Hybrid Eligible; up to 2 days of telework per week

**Salary**: Salary is commensurate with professional experience and academic qualifications. Salary at appointment is dependent upon related qualifications and associated rank into which they are hired: Librarian I (not less than $65,000), Librarian II (not less than $70,000), Librarian III (not less than $75,000), and Librarian IV (not less than $80,000).

**Criminal Background Check**: Yes

**About the Department**:
The University Libraries form an intellectual nexus for George Mason University. It fosters innovation, creativity, and imagination by facilitating access to scholarship and information, providing expert consultation in the research process, and actively teaching the effective and critical use of information. Moreover, it fulfills a critical role in the creation, dissemination, and preservation of knowledge.

The Learning, Research, and Engagement Division (LRE) of the University Libraries has primary responsibility for the spectrum of services and programs related to the outward-focused, direct engagement with undergraduate and graduate students and faculty pertaining to teaching, learning, and research, including the assessment (in conjunction with the Libraries’ Administrative Services) of such services and programs.

**About the Position**:
This position collaborates with the Libraries’ Digital Scholarship Center (DiSC), Mason Publishing Group, and Collections Strategy unit, as well as with other library departments more broadly and across the university to support research and data efforts, methods, and tools.

The Health Sciences Librarian reports to the Head, Science and Technology Team & Mercer Library.

**Responsibilities**:
**Reference and Research**:
Provides general and expert academic discipline-based reference and consultation, research assistance and course support; reference service (on-call/virtual reference) as scheduled;
Develops and implements creative library services and programs to integrate collections with teaching and research, including maintaining content for the library’s online and print guides, as needed;
Keeps abreast of curricular and program changes in assigned programs and follows trends in reference and information services, particularly in academic libraries; and

**Instruction**:
Develops a strong understanding of the research and teaching needs of emerging health sciences programs in order to design new and enhance existing services in anticipation of these needs;
Actively engages with faculty, students, and staff in health sciences programs to develop strong working relationships and partnerships;
Participates fully in the research and teaching initiatives of the libraries, including conducting workshops and training sessions, as needed; and
Attends training sessions to maintain and enhance skills.

**Collection Development and Information Management**:
Works with special collections to identify and acquire archives/other special materials, as needed;
Participates in system-wide shared collection initiatives and activities, and as a member of the Science and Technology Team, participates in setting and achieving annual goals and tasks as established by the team;
Proactively supports initiatives in open access and sustainable collections, open science, and open data.

**Scholarly Communication, Outreach, and Engagement**:
Proactively supports researchers on scholarly communication models and promotes the use of open access sources and tools to faculty, students, and researchers;
Helps researchers find, manage, and critically evaluate information and data, as well as affiliated research tools, platforms, and infrastructure;
Supports researchers in data management and data services in assigned fields. Builds internal and external partnerships to support this activity;
Promotes library services, resources, and programs to the Mason community at the Science and Technology campus; initiates and strengthens communication channels between the Libraries and programs by forming partnerships with faculty and students in assigned academic programs; and
In collaboration with library colleagues, markets library services and programs at Fenwick Library, as appropriate.
Participates in the University Libraries’ Governance Activities:
Engages in university and professional service, and in research and creative work as outlined in the George Mason University Librarians’ Handbook.
Other duties as assigned.

**Required Qualifications**:
Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited library and information science program or a certified foreign equivalent required;
Experience collaborating with instructors to provide



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