Librarian for Science and Technology, Barnard College
Barnard Library seeks a dynamic and engaged, collaborative professional
with enthusiasm for supporting the expansion of the sciences at a small
liberal arts women’s college connected to a large research university.
Reporting to the Director of Teaching, Learning, and Digital
Scholarship, the Research and Instruction Librarian for undergraduate
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subject areas. As a member
of our Personal Librarian team, the STEM Librarian
will join other Research and Instruction Librarian in providing
instruction and consultation for foundational first year courses,
innovatively addressing the needs
of incoming students across majors and areas of interest, as well as
providing support to majors in designated disciplines. This position
will play integral role in the development and execution of an
instruction agenda which employs a lens of diversity, inclusion,
accessibility, equity and critical librarianship. The STEM Librarian
will collaborate with instructors, technologists, and faculty in the
Milstein Teaching and Learning Center to assist both students and
faculty in
exploring emerging modes of scholarship through workshops, programming,
pedagogical materials, and other resources
Duties include most or all of the following:
1. Serves as library liaison to Barnard academic departments including
but not limited to: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Environmental
Science, Neuroscience and Behavior, Physics and Astronomy, Psychology,
and Science and Public Policy.
2. In consultation with faculty in designated departments, the STEM librarian
designs instruction sessions on research skills across the sciences.
Using Libguides and other platforms, the Librarian develops tools to
support research and curricular needs, and develops materials to
introduce faculty and students to the resources of Milstein Teaching and
Learning Center and Columbia University Libraries.
3. Demonstrates inclusive pedagogy practices such as affirming the
diverse identities of students and creating accessible learning
materials, while providing instruction across various learning
modalities – including one-shot classroom instruction and workshops,
library guides, individualized consultations, online tutorials, and
drop in hours.
4. Engages faculty in the sciences to learn about instruction,
collection development, and research services needed to support the
curriculum.
5. Participates in personal librarian outreach efforts, public facing
programs, and committees as assigned to build relationships with
faculty, and provide information to enhance and customize library
services.
6. Makes collections purchases in designated subject areas and manages relevant budget allocations.
7. Grows an innovative collection in the Sciences as they connect to the
Barnard curriculum, extracurricular Barnard projects of students and
faculty including at the Centers, and the interdisciplinary commitments
of the Barnard Library in Women’s and Gender
Studies and Dance Studies, in dialogue with the Sciences.
8. Uses the collection in critical teaching, reference sessions, and
outreach. May advise in the purchasing of relevant materials in
designated subject areas.
9. May coordinate new initiatives in collaboration with the
Computational Sciences Center, Empirical Reasoning Lab, Design Center,
Digital Humanities Center, Media Center or Movement Lab. In coordination
with Director, will lead and develop short term and long
term projects related to open educational resources, open access
publishing, data management, and/or digital scholarship in the Sciences.
10. Collaborate and participate in working groups with colleagues across
Columbia University Libraries to develop services that enhance
undergraduate scholarship and teaching.
11. May supervise student associates, post-baccalaureate or graduate fellows, as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
At least 3-5 years experience as an academic librarian;
MLIS with substantial undergraduate coursework in
the Sciences; or relevant combination of professional library experience
and degree in a related field;
Demonstrate teaching experience at the undergraduate level.
Demonstrate teaching experience at the undergraduate level.
Preferred Qualification Summary:
Demonstrated use of inclusive educational pedagogy practices, understanding of accessibility and practices of universal design;
Passionate and connected to the practice of the sciences, but fluent in the components of a liberal arts curriculum;
Demonstrated experience developing accessiblilty compliant and effective
instruction materials, tutorials, and guides; and curating scholarship
tools for users
Demonstrated experience teaching with STEM-focused databases such as SciFinder Scholar, Scopus, PubMed, as well as other sources of science data and scholarship;
Demonstrated experience teaching with STEM-focused databases such as SciFinder Scholar, Scopus, PubMed, as well as other sources of science data and scholarship;
Experience with orienting researchers to Open Access publishing in the sciences;
Ability to introduce undergraduate researchers to traditional and
emerging data management practices as part of education about the
scholarly research cycle.
To Apply: Please create an account through Barnard's career portal to submit your resume and cover letter/letter of application. Curriculum Vitae is optional. Deadline: December
15.
