Research and Education Librarian
UAB Job Location: Alabama Date Created: 06-03-2014
The Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham invites applications from candidates to fill the non-tenured faculty position of Research and Education Librarian. Manages the programmatic aspects of the Anesthesiology department’s medical library. Serves the needs of resident and attending physicians, medical students, and staff, building collaborative relationships. Attends conferences, rounds, and some lectures, providing immediate information as requested using current technology and resources. Collaborates with researchers on journal club, courses, anesthesiology history, systematic reviews of the literature, and clinically-focused projects. Will be an educator for library resources, knowledge management, and information technology; this can be in the form of classroom didactic or hands-on instructional programs. Performs in-house and online research for faculty, residents, medical students, and staff. Helps users with online databases and other materials available from the University libraries. Collects and organizes material related to department’s history. Provides content in several areas for department’s website(s). Master’s degree in Library or Information Sciences from an American Library Association (ALA) accredited institution. Five (5) years of relevant library experience required. Work experience may NOT substitute for education requirement. Please send curriculum vitae along with a statement highlighting notable accomplishments to the search committee, attention of Tom Lynch, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, JT 807, Birmingham, AL 35294-6810. Email: tlynch@uab.edu. The University of Alabama at Birmingham is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer with a strong commitment to ethnic and cultural diversity among its faculty, students, and administrative staff. Applications from women and ethnic minorities are encouraged. A pre-employment background investigation is performed on candidates selected for employment. In addition, UAB Medicine maintains a drug-free and tobacco-free work environment. Physicians and other clinical faculty candidates who will be employed by the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation (UAHSF) or other UAB Medicine entities, must successfully complete a pre-employment drug and nicotine screen to be hired.
