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UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
Clinical Services Liaison
Clinical Services Librarian
Clinical services librarians at the University of Louisville (UofL) Kornhauser Health Sciences Library serve as
an information expert for clinical departments and researchers including their staff, residents, faculty,
attending physicians, nurses and students.
Responsibilities include:
• Serving as a clinical librarian embedded within clinical departments
• Engaging with users in their preferred environments, typically outside the library
• Building a collaborative relationship within clinical departments to support information literacy and
evidence based practice
• Actively participating in hospital rounds, morning report and evidence- based healthcare teaching
sessions
• Collaborating with clinical faculty, residents or students on journal clubs, seminars, systematic
literature review projects, and other clinical forums
• Providing immediate information as requested using current technology and resources
• Keeping students, faculty, and staff in touch with emerging technologies and electronic information
tools in the field of medicine
• Participating in the development of the Kornhauser Health Sciences Library’s clinical library services
program
• Participating in the management of the library
• Providing service at library information desk
• Engaging in scholarship and activity in appropriate professional organizations
Required Qualifications
• Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited program or international equivalent in library or
information science
• Excellent presentation and relationship building skills
• Ability to think and react quickly in an intense clinical environment
• Experience using biomedical and evidence based practice literature, research, and clinical tools
• Demonstrated ability to learn and use new technologies
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in multiple formats to diverse audiences
• Demonstrated evidence of initiative and flexibility with planning and problem-solving
• Proven ability to work creatively, collaboratively and effectively as both a team member and
independently
• Demonstrated commitment to health sciences librarianship
• Potential to meet promotion and tenure requirements
Desirable Qualifications
• Experience working with users in their environments, as opposed to traditional library services
• Understanding of evidence-based practice
• Experience in a health sciences library
• Experience using EndNote or similar citation management software
• Health sciences background
• Additional graduate degree or certification in a related discipline
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
Clinical Services Liaison
Clinical Services Librarian
Clinical services librarians at the University of Louisville (UofL) Kornhauser Health Sciences Library serve as
an information expert for clinical departments and researchers including their staff, residents, faculty,
attending physicians, nurses and students.
Responsibilities include:
• Serving as a clinical librarian embedded within clinical departments
• Engaging with users in their preferred environments, typically outside the library
• Building a collaborative relationship within clinical departments to support information literacy and
evidence based practice
• Actively participating in hospital rounds, morning report and evidence- based healthcare teaching
sessions
• Collaborating with clinical faculty, residents or students on journal clubs, seminars, systematic
literature review projects, and other clinical forums
• Providing immediate information as requested using current technology and resources
• Keeping students, faculty, and staff in touch with emerging technologies and electronic information
tools in the field of medicine
• Participating in the development of the Kornhauser Health Sciences Library’s clinical library services
program
• Participating in the management of the library
• Providing service at library information desk
• Engaging in scholarship and activity in appropriate professional organizations
Required Qualifications
• Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited program or international equivalent in library or
information science
• Excellent presentation and relationship building skills
• Ability to think and react quickly in an intense clinical environment
• Experience using biomedical and evidence based practice literature, research, and clinical tools
• Demonstrated ability to learn and use new technologies
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in multiple formats to diverse audiences
• Demonstrated evidence of initiative and flexibility with planning and problem-solving
• Proven ability to work creatively, collaboratively and effectively as both a team member and
independently
• Demonstrated commitment to health sciences librarianship
• Potential to meet promotion and tenure requirements
Desirable Qualifications
• Experience working with users in their environments, as opposed to traditional library services
• Understanding of evidence-based practice
• Experience in a health sciences library
• Experience using EndNote or similar citation management software
• Health sciences background
• Additional graduate degree or certification in a related discipline
