Description:
- Initiate and build strong relationships with primary liaison area, the College of Medicine faculty, staff, and students.
- Work in collaboration with the College of Medicine faculty and staff to integrate information literacy and evidence based medicine instruction throughout the curriculum.
- Provide reference or instructional support to other health-related disciplines on campus on topics of interprofessional interest in order to support the broader mission of the Medical and Health Sciences Library
- Provide reference assistance, in-depth research consultations, and literature searches to support student and faculty scholarship.
- Contribute to the development of the library website including LibGuides and LibAnswers.
- Engage in activities to support the mission and vision of Belmont University and the Frist College of Medicine.
- Engage in scholarly activity and professional development. Scholarship requirements for library faculty are described in section 2.3 of the Faculty Handbook.
- Engage in service activities on campus and in the community.
- Participate in a local church in order to actively support Belmont’s mission to be a Christ-centered university.
- The above statements describe the job’s essential responsibilities and requirements. They are not an exhaustive list of the duties that may be assigned to job incumbents.
Knowledge:
- Knowledge of instructional design and assessment.
- Knowledge of evidence based medicine principles.
- Knowledge of emerging technologies in medical libraries.
- Knowledge of resources and collections to support medical education.
Skills and abilities:
- Excellent facilitation, interpersonal, and communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to teach information literacy or evidence based medicine.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct in-depth searches of the medical literature using PubMed and other health science databases.
- Strong technical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Strong user-focused public services orientation.
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in teams and in a rapidly changing environment.
- Ability to successfully interact with students, other educators and educational institution representatives, and the general public in a professional manner.
- Ability to take initiative and remain flexible in a new and developing medical library.
- Ability to develop and manage complex projects.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
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