Reference & Instruction Librarian
We welcome applicants for the position of Reference & Instruction Librarian for Levy Library at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System. This librarian provides searching and reference assistance, consultations, and educational activities that advance learning, clinical care and research throughout the Mount Sinai communities. This is a hybrid position with a typical week combining remote work with time on-site engaging with clinicians, staff, and students to enhance the visibility of library education and research services at the Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) campuses. Learn more about Mount Sinai at Facts and Figures | Mount Sinai – New York.
Reporting to the Manager of Reference & Instruction, the Reference & Instruction Librarian is part of the Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library team supporting education, research, and clinical practice within the Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS), including the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS).
Select responsibilities include:
- Participates in the library’s Ask-A-Librarian service, fielding reference inquiries via email, text, chat, phone, and in-person and providing usage data to inform service development.
- Provides research consultation services to the ISMMS and MSHS user community on literature searching, evidence synthesis methods, journal selection, and other relevant topics
- As a key member of the library’s systematic review services team, provides guidance on systematic review methodology, best practices and search strategy development for systematic, scoping and other types of reviews, contributing as an author as appropriate.
- Develops and delivers instructional sessions for clinical and academic programs in collaboration with requestors
- Contributes to marketing by producing content for the blog, web, etc. to promote educational and research programming, and encourage use of library resources.
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s degree earned from an ALA-accredited Library/Information Science program or internationally-recognized equivalent.
- Minimum one year of experience providing library reference or instruction services in an academic, hospital, or research library or an information services setting.
- Strong customer service orientation.
- Proficient written and spoken communication skills.
- Demonstrated aptitude for teaching; finalist candidates will be asked to present as part of the interview process.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively, with effective interpersonal and organizational skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with reference management tools, such as EndNote or Zotero.
- Experience with conducting and providing support for evidence syntheses such as systematic and scoping reviews.
- Experience advertising and/or marketing resources and services to diverse stakeholders, including faculty and students.
- Familiarity with Springshare LibApps platform (LibGuides, LibAnswers, etc.).
- Familiarity with Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) practice model.
- Familiarity with best practices and trends in Data Management, including data management plans, sharing, and open data.
The Levy Library is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.
Salary range: $74,500-$111,805; anticipated hiring salary between $74,500-82,000.
For more information about working at Mount Sinai, including employee resources such as benefits, wellness, recreation, and living in and around New York City, please see Life at Mount Sinai.
To apply or learn more about this exciting opportunity, visit the Mount Sinai Careers website.
For any questions about this position, please email Gloria Willson, Director of Education & Research Services at Levy Library, at Gloria.willson@mssm.edu.
Application review begins Monday, September 9, 2024; applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.