NEW POSITION: HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARIAN
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*Campus Description:* Stony Brook University, home to many highly ranked
graduate research programs, is located 60 miles from New York City on
Long Island's scenic North Shore. Our 1,100-acre campus is home to
24,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and more than
13,500 faculty and staff. SBU is a comprehensive research-intensive
university and a member of the prestigious Association of American
Universities (AAU), which includes 34 public universities among its 62
members. SBU consists of 12 schools and colleges and a teaching hospital
that provides state-of-the-art healthcare in the Long Island region. SBU
also manages and performs joint research with Brookhaven National
Laboratory, the only Department of Energy Laboratory in the Northeast,
and shares doctoral programs with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a
world-renowned molecular biology institute. Home to the Emerson String
Quartet, the Jackson Pollack House in East Hampton, New York, the Mellon
Award winning Humanities Institute, and the Southampton Arts Program,
and with endeavors that extend to the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya
and the Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar, SBU sustains an
international reputation that cuts across the arts, humanities, social
sciences, and natural sciences.
Stony Brook Libraries are known for a wide-range of print and digital
resources and world-renowned special collections. The Stony Brook
Libraries belong to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), with a
Health Sciences Center Library that is a member of the Association of
Academic Health Sciences Libraries. The Libraries are engaged in an
ambitious and dynamic strategic planning (2015-2018). The collection
exceeds 2 million volumes, including e-books, print and electronic
holdings of scholarly journal subscriptions, microforms, music
recordings, and a sizable map collection. The SBU Libraries include 6
distinct facilities, including Melville Library, Marine and Atmospheric
Sciences, Chemistry, Math/Physics, Southampton and Health Sciences
Libraries, and SUNY Korea-SBU campus. The University’s Libraries stand
as the largest academic research library on Long Island, serving as a
resource in the local community, state-wide, and nationally and
internationally. The Libraries maintain memberships and affiliations in
arXiv, Association of Research Libraries, SPARC, Center for Research
Libraries, SUNY Connect, DuraSpace (as a SUNY member) the Council on
Library and Information Resources, Digital Library Federation, Coalition
of Networked Information, EDUCAUSE, Inter-university Consortium for
Political and Social Research, Roper Center, OCLC Research Library
Partnership, and ORCID through the National Network of the National
Libraries of Medicine. The Libraries utilize Ex Libris’ Aleph for its
integrated library system and have recently deployed EBSCO’s Discovery
Service, DSpace, Content DM, and Omeka, are used for managing digital
assets and a growing Institutional Repository.
*Descriptive Title:*Health Sciences Librarian *REF#:*F-9682-16-08
*Budget Title:*Senior Assistant/Associate Librarian *Faculty Position*
*Department:*University Libraries *Campus:*Stony Brook West Campus/HSC
*Salary:*Commensurate with experience
*Required Qualifications:*MLS or equivalent from an ALA accredited
program. Evidence of the ability to do research, publication and service
consonant with University standards for promotion and tenure. Minimum of
one year full time relevant experience in a library. Experience with
online information resources and information management tools for health
and medicine.
*Preferred Qualifications:*Advanced degree in education, educational
technology, scholarly communications, and experience building and
sustaining collections in all formats. Membership (certification) in the
Academy of Health Information Professionals. Experience providing
information, reference and instructional services in an academic,
medical or special library. Experience with online information
resources, and information management tools for health and medicine.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple responsibilities and to work
collaboratively with others in a team environment. Evidence of
flexibility and ability to thrive in a complex environment with
excellent communication and analytical skills.
*Responsibilities & Requirements:*Reporting to the Head of the Health
Sciences Library, the Research and Instruction Librarian will contribute
to the University Library's suite of service activities, including
information and instructional services, scholarly communication and
research support services, collection development, liaison and outreach
services. The position works most directly with the five Health Sciences
Schools and various clinical departments. The successful candidate will:
* Work closely with faculty to establish library programs, services
and activities that meet instructional, research and clinical needs.
* Collaborate with other subject specialists on collection
development/management and act as liaison to assigned Departments.
* Provide information and instructional services, both in person and
using digital media, in areas of liaison responsibility. Digital
media may include websites, interactive online learning objects,
tutorials and social networking.
* Monitor trends in scholarly publishing in areas of liaison
responsibility to inform the design of library services and the
development of library collections.
* Provide consultation and instruction on the development of
literature searches in support of evidenced-based practice.
* Participate in professional activities and monitor developments in
best practices elsewhere to help ensure the excellence of Stony
Brook University Libraries research, clinical, and instruction
services.
* Contribute to library-wide information, instruction, research
support services, including virtual reference.
* Serve on library and/or Stony Brook University campus committees,
task forces and working groups.
* Engage in scholarly and professional activities.
* Participate in library and University service.
*Special Notes:*This is a tenure track position. FLSA Exempt position,
not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Internal and
external search to occur simultaneously. *Anticipated Start Date:*As
soon as possible. Stony Brook University is 100% tobacco-free as of
January 1, 2016. See our policy and learn more at
_stonybrook.edu/tobaccofree_ <http://www.stonybrook.edu/tobaccofree>.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. However, to
guarantee consideration, please apply by 09/16/2016.
The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.
*Application Procedure:*Those interested in this position should submit
a State employment application
<https://www.asa.stonybrook.edu/asa/ASAForms/Department/HRS/Document/HRSF0113>,
cover letter and resume/CV to:
Pamela DiPasquale
University Libraries Personnel
Melville Library, Room S1430B
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3300
Apply Online*Use the **/Resources /**box located at the bottom of this
page.*
Applications for this position must be received, as specified in the
Application Procedure Section, no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time on
*02/14/2017*, unless specifically noted otherwise in the Special Notes
Section.
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*Job Category:*A) Faculty and Librarian Positions.
*Posting Date:*08/17/2016
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Jennifer A. Lyon, MS, MLIS, AHIP
Biomedical & Translational Research Librarian
Health Sciences Library
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8034
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