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About the Position:

The Humanities Librarian at InsideHigherEd is a subject specialist who brings distinctive expertise in research- and curriculum-aligned services to the community of scholars, instructors, and students engaged in research and teaching in a number of academic departments, including Classics, Philosophy, and Religious Studies, and the programs in Early Cultures, Judaic Studies, and Medieval Studies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide Communication and Outreach: Develop and maintain strong partnerships with faculty, undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and community scholars in assigned departments, cultivating opportunities for enhanced collaboration and support.
• Collection Development: Regularly make informed decisions for each liaison area that reflect evolving disciplinary and program needs, and effective use of allocated funds.
• User Engagement: Connect users with the University's remarkable collections of materials, including extensive circulating materials and the John Hay Library's rare books, manuscripts, and archives, which include substantial Medieval and Early Modern collections.
• Library Instruction: Develop and deliver effective library instruction, including primary source literacy, research methods, core tools and methods relevant to humanities disciplines.
• Reference Assistance: Deliver reference assistance and research consulting at all levels, both face-to-face and online.
• Collaboration and Partnerships: Partner with colleagues to develop high-impact research and curricular services which support disciplinary and interdisciplinary research across the humanities.
• Professional Engagement: Maintain a high level of professional engagement with colleagues in other institutions and with the professional literature.

About the Library:

The Brown University Library is a dynamic center of scholarship and community at the heart of a world-class research university. Supporting and collaborating with a broad and diverse academic constituency, the Library is essential for Brown's mission to serve the community, the nation, and the world by discovering, communicating, and preserving knowledge and understanding in a spirit of free inquiry.

Requirements:

• Education: ALA-accredited master's degree in library or information science or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience: 3 years of experience in an academic library, cultural heritage setting, or educational institution in a collection development, teaching, or research role.
• Advanced Academic Work: Advanced academic work or degree in classical, medieval, or early modern studies, or a related field of study.
• Information Literacy: Experience introducing primary and secondary sources and information literacy skills to a variety of learners in person and in virtual settings.
• Diversity and Inclusion: Demonstrated ability to work in a setting that embraces a highly diverse range of backgrounds, experiences, and knowledge.