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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER LIBRARIES
Outreach Librarian, Biology/Sciences
Outreach Librarian, Biology/Sciences
POSITION TITLE: Outreach Librarian, Biology/Sciences
POSITION CLASSIFICATION: Library Professional II
DEPARTMENT: Carlson Science &Engineering Library
STATUS: Full-time
DATE: May 2015
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Outreach Librarian, Biology/Sciences supports scholarly pursuits of the faculty, staff, and students of the
Biological Sciences and other science departments actively participates in the research, teaching, and learning
processes of assigned departments and programs builds strong relationships with faculty and other campus
professionals across the institution provides face-to-face and virtual reference and consultation services in
support of our Q&i service model engages and collaborates with faculty, students, and staff around current and
emerging digital technologies for learning and research supports a dynamic, student-centered research
environment that encourages inquiry, critical thinking, and creativity develops high quality digital and print
collections develops an understanding of the data needs of science departments and works with the Data
Librarian to meet their data management, curation, and visualization needs. The incumbent will have expertise
and experience in one or more of the following areas: instructional design and delivery assessment scholarly
communication and publishing e-content, including e-books intellectual property and copyright. The Outreach
Librarian, Biology/Sciences reports to the Somerville Director, Carlson Science and Engineering Library.
A. Areas of Responsibility
Support for Research and Scholarship: 35%
Provides expert research consultation and discovery services in support of learning, teaching, and
scholarship.
Applies subject and disciplinary knowledge to foster relationships with students and faculty.
Works with faculty, students and library staff to develop projects using scholarly resources, technologies
and tools supporting research and scholarship
Provides guidance on intellectual property and copyright matters
Support for Learning and Teaching: 35%
Provides information literacy instruction to help students develop as critical and effective users of
information
Creates effective learning objects in support of the curriculum and River Campus Libraries information
literacy instruction activities
Works with faculty to identify and integrate appropriate information resources in the curriculum
Assists students in identifying appropriate scholarly resources related to course assignments and
research
Scholarly Resources Management: 20%
Collaborates with Scholarly Resources Management staff to develop high quality digital and print
collections
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