(Temp) Research Librarian, Franklin Templeton (NY)

Franklin Templeton is seeking a Research Librarian for a 4 month contract in their New York office to fill in for someone going on Maternity leave.

Job Responsibilities:

• Conduct in-depth information research, ready reference and data mining for research requests, projects or initiatives, and presentations.  

• Interact with library users face to face and conduct in person reference interviews. This is an interactive environment.

• Conduct searches of multiple databases, online services, print publications and Internet.  Research, analyze, filter, synthesize and format information into information deliverables for individual clients or teams.  

• Deliver information services such as information packages, literature guides, alerting services and others.

• Contribute daily news articles to the library’s online delivery platform.

• Coordinate communications and requests between clients in the New York location and the library’s Data Visualization team. 

• Maintain periodicals and organization of library space on a daily basis including shelving, filing and disposing of materials. 

• Assist library users with Bloomberg terminal and coordinate time slots for use.

Skills:  Familiarity with Lexis Nexis, Factiva, Thomson One, FactSet, Bloomberg, and other aggregated databases 

Education and experience: 1 year experience in corporate setting preferred, but recent graduates of MLS program will be considered.  Masters in Library Science required.

To Apply: 

Send resume and cover letter to Doreen Rodman, HR Specialist, at doreen.rodman@franklintempleton.com