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
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