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Example librarian requirements on a job description
Librarian requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in librarian job postings.
Sample librarian requirements
- A Master's degree in Library Science
- Knowledge of library management systems
- Ability to catalog and classify various types of materials
- Experience with reference and research services
- Strong organizational and multitasking skills
Sample required librarian soft skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Customer service orientation
- Flexibility and adaptability to changing circumstances
- Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills
Librarian job description example 1
City of Newport librarian job description
Definition
Come join our team as a Librarian I! Watch our video to see what it is like to work for the City of Newport Beach!
SELECTION COMPONENTS:
* Application Evaluation:This position will remain open until October 26, 2022OR until 150 applications are received- whichever occurs first. Please apply immediately as this recruitment may close at any time. In order for the application package to be considered complete, candidates are required to attach to theirresumeto their online application.
* Virtual Interview: Tentatively scheduled for November 17, 2022. Passing applicants will be placed on an eligibility list that may be used to fill future vacancies as they occur.
The City offers an excellent benefit package and membership in the California Public Employees' Retirement Systems (CalPERS) Retirement formula is based on appointment date and membership status with CalPERS and the employee is required to contribute 13% of pay toward retirement costs.
Essential Duties
Please viewonline job specificationfor a more detailed description of specific job duties.
Qualifications
Please viewonline job specificationfor a more detailed description of specific job qualifications.
Experience & Education and License/Certificate
A combination of experience and education that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities may be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
Experience: Some library experience is highly desirable.
Education: Possession of a Master of Library Science degree from an accredited college or university.
License/Certificate: Due to the performance of some field duties which require the operation of a personal or City vehicle, a valid and appropriate California driver's license and an acceptable driving record are required.
Please Note:Candidates deemed most qualified, as reflected in their application materials, will be invited to continue in the recruitment process. The prospective candidate must successfully complete a thorough background review, including being fingerprinted by the Newport Beach Police Department. The resulting report of your conviction history, (if any), will be evaluated along with the other information received in connection with your application. Except as otherwise required by law, a criminal conviction will not necessarily disqualify you from the position. The nature, date, surrounding circumstances, and the relevance of the offense to the position applied for may, however, be considered.
Disaster Service Worker: In accordance with Government Code Section 3100, City of Newport Beach Employees, in the event of a disaster, are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond accordingly.
Come join our team as a Librarian I! Watch our video to see what it is like to work for the City of Newport Beach!
SELECTION COMPONENTS:
* Application Evaluation:This position will remain open until October 26, 2022OR until 150 applications are received- whichever occurs first. Please apply immediately as this recruitment may close at any time. In order for the application package to be considered complete, candidates are required to attach to theirresumeto their online application.
* Virtual Interview: Tentatively scheduled for November 17, 2022. Passing applicants will be placed on an eligibility list that may be used to fill future vacancies as they occur.
The City offers an excellent benefit package and membership in the California Public Employees' Retirement Systems (CalPERS) Retirement formula is based on appointment date and membership status with CalPERS and the employee is required to contribute 13% of pay toward retirement costs.
Essential Duties
Please viewonline job specificationfor a more detailed description of specific job duties.
Qualifications
Please viewonline job specificationfor a more detailed description of specific job qualifications.
Experience & Education and License/Certificate
A combination of experience and education that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities may be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
Experience: Some library experience is highly desirable.
Education: Possession of a Master of Library Science degree from an accredited college or university.
License/Certificate: Due to the performance of some field duties which require the operation of a personal or City vehicle, a valid and appropriate California driver's license and an acceptable driving record are required.
Please Note:Candidates deemed most qualified, as reflected in their application materials, will be invited to continue in the recruitment process. The prospective candidate must successfully complete a thorough background review, including being fingerprinted by the Newport Beach Police Department. The resulting report of your conviction history, (if any), will be evaluated along with the other information received in connection with your application. Except as otherwise required by law, a criminal conviction will not necessarily disqualify you from the position. The nature, date, surrounding circumstances, and the relevance of the offense to the position applied for may, however, be considered.
Disaster Service Worker: In accordance with Government Code Section 3100, City of Newport Beach Employees, in the event of a disaster, are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond accordingly.
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Librarian job description example 2
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine librarian job description
Address:
5000 Lakewood Ranch Blvd.
City:
Bradenton
State:
FL
Country:
United States of America
Category:
Education
Employment Status:
Full-time
Description
JOB SUMMARY: The Health Science Librarian provides access, professional assistance, text and/or online literature searching expertise to furnish state-of-the-art information for education, patient care, management decision making and research activities to professional students and the entire LECOM Institution.
CHARACTERISTIC JOB TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
+ Act as departmental representative with faculty, staff, and visitors in a professional / friendly manner at all times;
+ Use professional judgment to search and provide information in many forms: print, electronic and multimedia;
+ Enables users to access all forms of information contained within the LECOM Learning Resource Center, through web-based electronic resources, personal reference and referral work;
+ Provides training for students, faculty and staff on an as needed basis;
+ Assists with publication audits and other related assessment activities;
+ Provides back up as needed at various Institutional locations;
+ Supervises an employee base of 3 -7 staff members, including, but not limited to, overseeing daily assignments, making and confirming scheduling and dealing with various employee issues such as hiring and disciplinary matters...etc.; and
+ Accept other duties as required and/or needed to maintain an efficient and effective Department.
EEO/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS : Must possess required knowledge and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
+ Strong communications skills are essential as well as computer literacy MS Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint and Excel), as well as, accurate data entry skills;
+ Excellent organizational skills;
+ Maintaining an established work schedule;
+ Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills including tact and diplomacy;
+ Effectively using organizational and planning skills, including attention to detail and follow-through;
+ Assessing and prioritizing multiple tasks, projects, and demands;
+ Maintaining confidentiality of work related information and materials;
+ Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships;
+ The ability to work cooperatively and collegially with others, consistent with a workplace of dignity and respect and EEO rules and regulations;
+ The ability to report to work as scheduled, ready to devote full attention and energy to the important work of LECOM;
+ The ability to accept work directives from managers and supervisors in a respectful and cooperative manner; and
+ Be able to be flexible to accept other duties needed/assigned for the Institution's needs.
Minimum Requirements
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS : Education and experience equivalent to: Postgraduate Degree from an ALA-accredited library/information program required. M.L.S., M.S.L.S., or M.I.L.S. Successful experience in a professional capacity in a Health science environment preferred.
5000 Lakewood Ranch Blvd.
City:
Bradenton
State:
FL
Country:
United States of America
Category:
Education
Employment Status:
Full-time
Description
JOB SUMMARY: The Health Science Librarian provides access, professional assistance, text and/or online literature searching expertise to furnish state-of-the-art information for education, patient care, management decision making and research activities to professional students and the entire LECOM Institution.
CHARACTERISTIC JOB TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
+ Act as departmental representative with faculty, staff, and visitors in a professional / friendly manner at all times;
+ Use professional judgment to search and provide information in many forms: print, electronic and multimedia;
+ Enables users to access all forms of information contained within the LECOM Learning Resource Center, through web-based electronic resources, personal reference and referral work;
+ Provides training for students, faculty and staff on an as needed basis;
+ Assists with publication audits and other related assessment activities;
+ Provides back up as needed at various Institutional locations;
+ Supervises an employee base of 3 -7 staff members, including, but not limited to, overseeing daily assignments, making and confirming scheduling and dealing with various employee issues such as hiring and disciplinary matters...etc.; and
+ Accept other duties as required and/or needed to maintain an efficient and effective Department.
EEO/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS : Must possess required knowledge and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
+ Strong communications skills are essential as well as computer literacy MS Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint and Excel), as well as, accurate data entry skills;
+ Excellent organizational skills;
+ Maintaining an established work schedule;
+ Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills including tact and diplomacy;
+ Effectively using organizational and planning skills, including attention to detail and follow-through;
+ Assessing and prioritizing multiple tasks, projects, and demands;
+ Maintaining confidentiality of work related information and materials;
+ Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships;
+ The ability to work cooperatively and collegially with others, consistent with a workplace of dignity and respect and EEO rules and regulations;
+ The ability to report to work as scheduled, ready to devote full attention and energy to the important work of LECOM;
+ The ability to accept work directives from managers and supervisors in a respectful and cooperative manner; and
+ Be able to be flexible to accept other duties needed/assigned for the Institution's needs.
Minimum Requirements
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS : Education and experience equivalent to: Postgraduate Degree from an ALA-accredited library/information program required. M.L.S., M.S.L.S., or M.I.L.S. Successful experience in a professional capacity in a Health science environment preferred.
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Librarian job description example 3
University of Michigan librarian job description
How to Apply
Your application must include a cover letter in order to be considered, and it should be submitted as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline your directly-related skills and experience, especially as they pertain to the listed required and desired qualifications.
Summary
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), a unit of the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan is seeking a Data Impact Librarian to join ICPSR's Metadata and Preservation unit at the rank of Senior Associate Librarian.
ICPSR maintains a large archive of empirical social science data for research and instruction; its holdings encompass over 14,000 individual data collections (studies), covering a broad range of social science disciplines. These original research data were shared and archived at ICPSR by researchers and funding agencies so that other researchers may download and reuse the data.
To augment its data collections, ICPSR also maintains the ICPSR Bibliography of Data-related Literature, a continually growing, searchable database of over 104,000 curated publication citations that link ICPSR study data to the citing literature. Originally funded by the National Science Foundation, the ICPSR Bibliography is a unique, freely available resource for students, researchers, instructors, librarians, and others who want to find and read the literature in which research data were analyzed. The Data Impact Librarian will innovate to continue the expansion of the ICPSR Bibliography and participate in the project's future development.
This full-time, permanent faculty appointment is subject to the UM/LEO-GLAM collective bargaining agreement.
Responsibilities*
The Data Impact Librarian will report to a Lead Librarian and will focus on five areas:
Bibliographic Searching, Database Population, and Linking to ICPSR Studies (50%)
Use search strategies in scholarly sources to find data-related publications for selected portions of the ICPSR catalog of studies. Populate database according to collection criteria. Curate records to include accurate linkages to ICPSR studies.
Instructional Resource Creation and Community Outreach (20%)
Make use of the Bibliography's large database of data-linked literature to create instructional and other resources for ICPSR's site visitors. Contribute to the library or digital archiving professions, whether through committee work, research, writing, publishing, or other activity, to raise awareness of the ICPSR Bibliography or contribute to a scholarly community organized around directly related issues, e.g., data citation.
Query Alert Management and API Integration (10%)
Set and track email query alerts in bibliographic databases on publisher platforms. Use Jupyter Notebook to manage and modify existing publisher API queries and create new ones. Assist with integration of API results into Bibliography team workflow.
Project Management (10%)
Actively collaborate across units, including IT and UX, with Lead Librarian on Bibliography projects, in order to improve internal and external design and functionality of the Bibliography tools. Develop skills to have eventual oversight of the Bibliography project.
Staff Supervision (10%)
Assist with functional supervision of Bibliography staff work, including record editing and quality checking data linkages; train for eventual administrative oversight of Bibliography staff according to priorities that include diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Required Qualifications*
(Senior Associate Librarian rank)
* ALA accredited master's degree in library or information science, or equivalent combination of a relevant advanced degree and experience.
* 5 or more years of experience in an academic setting conducting bibliographic research in the social or behavioral health sciences, with demonstrated expertise in constructing queries in scholarly literature databases and in authoritative Internet sources.
* 3 or more years of administrative and/or functional supervisory experience.
* 3 or more years of experience managing complex, ongoing project(s) in which cross-unit coordination has taken place.
* Excellent writing skills, especially in scholarly literature summarization or review.
* Highly-focused, organized, and detail-oriented.
* A strong understanding of the value of diversity and the importance of inclusion.
(Associate Librarian rank)
* ALA accredited master's degree in library or information science, or equivalent combination of a relevant advanced degree and experience.
* 3 or more years of experience in an academic setting conducting bibliographic research in the social or behavioral health sciences, with demonstrated expertise in constructing queries in scholarly literature databases and in authoritative Internet sources.
* 2 or more years of administrative and/or functional supervisory experience.
* 2 or more years of experience managing complex, ongoing project(s).
* Excellent writing skills, especially in scholarly literature summarization or review.
* Highly-focused, organized, and detail-oriented.
* A strong understanding of the value of diversity and the importance of inclusion.
Desired Qualifications*
(Senior Associate Librarian rank)
* A second advanced degree in one of the social or behavioral health sciences.
* Experience using SQL and Python.
* Experience using XML or JSON.
* Experience interacting with one or more publisher platform's API web services.
* Working knowledge of citation management software.
* Working knowledge of Jupyter Notebook.
* Working knowledge of Google Analytics (GA4).
(Associate Librarian rank)
* A second advanced degree in one of the social or behavioral health sciences.
* Experience using SQL and Python.
* Experience using XML or JSON.
* Working knowledge of citation management software.
Finalist candidates may be asked to prepare a writing sample.
Work Locations
This position may be eligible for remote and/or flexible work opportunities at the discretion of the hiring department. Flexible work agreements are reviewed annually and are subject to change dependent on the business needs of the hiring department, throughout the course of employment. If relocation is required, we will allow for reasonable time and flexibility to make necessary arrangements.
Underfill Statement
This position may be filled at the Senior Associate Librarian level. Less-experienced candidates will be reviewed at the Associate Librarian level. The salary range is between $68,000 and $78,000. The minimum requirements for candidates at the Senior Associate Librarian rank and at the Associate Librarian rank are represented in the Required Qualifications. The selection criteria used will be based on how well candidates meet the Required and Desired qualifications for one or the other position.
Additional Information
Institute for Social Research job openings are posted for a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar days. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. Applications will be reviewed as received throughout the posting period and continue until the position is filled.
The Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the diverse people of Michigan, to maintain the excellence of the university, and to ground our research in varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.
Benefits at the University of Michigan
In addition to a career filled with purpose and opportunity, The University of Michigan offers a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and any eligible family members, and plan for a secure future. Benefits include:
* Generous time off
* A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions with immediate vesting upon meeting eligibility requirements
* Many choices for comprehensive health insurance
* Life, dental, and vision insurance
* Long-term disability coverage
* Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses
* Access to multiple learning resources
Learn more about U-M benefits.
Your application must include a cover letter in order to be considered, and it should be submitted as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline your directly-related skills and experience, especially as they pertain to the listed required and desired qualifications.
Summary
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), a unit of the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan is seeking a Data Impact Librarian to join ICPSR's Metadata and Preservation unit at the rank of Senior Associate Librarian.
ICPSR maintains a large archive of empirical social science data for research and instruction; its holdings encompass over 14,000 individual data collections (studies), covering a broad range of social science disciplines. These original research data were shared and archived at ICPSR by researchers and funding agencies so that other researchers may download and reuse the data.
To augment its data collections, ICPSR also maintains the ICPSR Bibliography of Data-related Literature, a continually growing, searchable database of over 104,000 curated publication citations that link ICPSR study data to the citing literature. Originally funded by the National Science Foundation, the ICPSR Bibliography is a unique, freely available resource for students, researchers, instructors, librarians, and others who want to find and read the literature in which research data were analyzed. The Data Impact Librarian will innovate to continue the expansion of the ICPSR Bibliography and participate in the project's future development.
This full-time, permanent faculty appointment is subject to the UM/LEO-GLAM collective bargaining agreement.
Responsibilities*
The Data Impact Librarian will report to a Lead Librarian and will focus on five areas:
Bibliographic Searching, Database Population, and Linking to ICPSR Studies (50%)
Use search strategies in scholarly sources to find data-related publications for selected portions of the ICPSR catalog of studies. Populate database according to collection criteria. Curate records to include accurate linkages to ICPSR studies.
Instructional Resource Creation and Community Outreach (20%)
Make use of the Bibliography's large database of data-linked literature to create instructional and other resources for ICPSR's site visitors. Contribute to the library or digital archiving professions, whether through committee work, research, writing, publishing, or other activity, to raise awareness of the ICPSR Bibliography or contribute to a scholarly community organized around directly related issues, e.g., data citation.
Query Alert Management and API Integration (10%)
Set and track email query alerts in bibliographic databases on publisher platforms. Use Jupyter Notebook to manage and modify existing publisher API queries and create new ones. Assist with integration of API results into Bibliography team workflow.
Project Management (10%)
Actively collaborate across units, including IT and UX, with Lead Librarian on Bibliography projects, in order to improve internal and external design and functionality of the Bibliography tools. Develop skills to have eventual oversight of the Bibliography project.
Staff Supervision (10%)
Assist with functional supervision of Bibliography staff work, including record editing and quality checking data linkages; train for eventual administrative oversight of Bibliography staff according to priorities that include diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Required Qualifications*
(Senior Associate Librarian rank)
* ALA accredited master's degree in library or information science, or equivalent combination of a relevant advanced degree and experience.
* 5 or more years of experience in an academic setting conducting bibliographic research in the social or behavioral health sciences, with demonstrated expertise in constructing queries in scholarly literature databases and in authoritative Internet sources.
* 3 or more years of administrative and/or functional supervisory experience.
* 3 or more years of experience managing complex, ongoing project(s) in which cross-unit coordination has taken place.
* Excellent writing skills, especially in scholarly literature summarization or review.
* Highly-focused, organized, and detail-oriented.
* A strong understanding of the value of diversity and the importance of inclusion.
(Associate Librarian rank)
* ALA accredited master's degree in library or information science, or equivalent combination of a relevant advanced degree and experience.
* 3 or more years of experience in an academic setting conducting bibliographic research in the social or behavioral health sciences, with demonstrated expertise in constructing queries in scholarly literature databases and in authoritative Internet sources.
* 2 or more years of administrative and/or functional supervisory experience.
* 2 or more years of experience managing complex, ongoing project(s).
* Excellent writing skills, especially in scholarly literature summarization or review.
* Highly-focused, organized, and detail-oriented.
* A strong understanding of the value of diversity and the importance of inclusion.
Desired Qualifications*
(Senior Associate Librarian rank)
* A second advanced degree in one of the social or behavioral health sciences.
* Experience using SQL and Python.
* Experience using XML or JSON.
* Experience interacting with one or more publisher platform's API web services.
* Working knowledge of citation management software.
* Working knowledge of Jupyter Notebook.
* Working knowledge of Google Analytics (GA4).
(Associate Librarian rank)
* A second advanced degree in one of the social or behavioral health sciences.
* Experience using SQL and Python.
* Experience using XML or JSON.
* Working knowledge of citation management software.
Finalist candidates may be asked to prepare a writing sample.
Work Locations
This position may be eligible for remote and/or flexible work opportunities at the discretion of the hiring department. Flexible work agreements are reviewed annually and are subject to change dependent on the business needs of the hiring department, throughout the course of employment. If relocation is required, we will allow for reasonable time and flexibility to make necessary arrangements.
Underfill Statement
This position may be filled at the Senior Associate Librarian level. Less-experienced candidates will be reviewed at the Associate Librarian level. The salary range is between $68,000 and $78,000. The minimum requirements for candidates at the Senior Associate Librarian rank and at the Associate Librarian rank are represented in the Required Qualifications. The selection criteria used will be based on how well candidates meet the Required and Desired qualifications for one or the other position.
Additional Information
Institute for Social Research job openings are posted for a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar days. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. Applications will be reviewed as received throughout the posting period and continue until the position is filled.
The Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the diverse people of Michigan, to maintain the excellence of the university, and to ground our research in varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.
Benefits at the University of Michigan
In addition to a career filled with purpose and opportunity, The University of Michigan offers a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and any eligible family members, and plan for a secure future. Benefits include:
* Generous time off
* A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions with immediate vesting upon meeting eligibility requirements
* Many choices for comprehensive health insurance
* Life, dental, and vision insurance
* Long-term disability coverage
* Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses
* Access to multiple learning resources
Learn more about U-M benefits.
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Updated March 14, 2024
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