Social Sciences/African-American Studies Librarian

Social Sciences/African-American Studies Librarian
The Emory University Libraries invites applications for a Social Sciences Librarian to deliver a full range of library services with a focus on serving Emory’s African American Studies Department. African American Studies is a vibrant interdisciplinary department involving approximately thirty faculty members. The department explores the experiences of people of African descent in the United States and the Diaspora through significant and growing faculty strength in History, English, Sociology, Religion, Anthropology, Political Science and the Arts. In addition to an undergraduate major, a graduate program will be mounted within the next two years. For more information about the program please visit the web site at http://www.aas.emory.edu/. The social sciences at Emory include strong teaching and research-oriented undergraduate and graduate programs in core departments such as political science, anthropology, sociology, economics, and psychology, and educational studies, as well as interdisciplinary departments, such as women’s studies and African-American Studies. For more information on Emory’s academic departments, please visit http://www.college.emory.edu/departments/index.html.
Responsibilities: The librarian provides outreach and a full range of library services to the African American Studies Department. As a member of the social sciences team, s/he will be equally responsible for outreach and support to/for various social science departments, as needed, and will report to the social sciences team leader. The librarian develops, manages, promotes, and facilitates access to collections to support relevant programs and courses, provides classroom instruction in the use of library resources, and provides general and consultative reference services. S/he creates subject specific content for the library's web site and employs new technologies in instructional sessions. In providing services and developing collections, the librarian collaborates with other liaisons to meet interdisciplinary needs. The librarian represents the Library in national and regional organizations and in outreach activities.
Qualifications: Master’s degree in library/information science and demonstrated subject expertise in the social sciences, preferably in African-American Studies. Experience in collection management and knowledge of current trends and issues in scholarly publishing. Experience in meeting the reference and research needs of students and faculty in the social sciences. Experience in designing and delivering discipline-specific library instruction sessions. Excellent communication skills and ability to contribute successfully in a team environment, collaborate with colleagues across the library and the university, and manage multiple responsibilities. Record of involvement in professional activities.
Salary and Benefits: Salary and librarian rank dependent upon qualifications and experience. Comprehensive benefits package, including tuition benefits. Several retirement plan options, including TIAA/CREF. Generous support for moving expenses.
Application: Please send letter of application, resume, and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of three references (as Word attachments) addressed to Dianne M. Smith, Library Human Resources Officer, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322-2870 via e-mail to Kerri-Ann Ferguson at kerri-ann.ferguson@emory.edu Applications may also be faxed to 404/727-0805. Application review begins October 2008 and continues until the position is successfully filled.
Environment: One of the nation’s leading research universities, Emory excels in scholarly production of faculty, strength of new faculty and administrative appointments, volume of sponsored research, academic achievement of entering students, racial and gender diversity of the faculty and students, endowment support, and national reputation of both the university and healthcare. The Libraries of Emory University include the General Libraries and Libraries for health sciences, law, theology, business and Oxford College. Holdings of the Emory Libraries total more than 3.1 million print and electronic volumes, 40,000-plus electronic journals, and internationally renowned special collections including more than 15,000 linear feet of manuscripts and archives. The Woodruff Library's Center for Library and Information Resources provides an integrated service environment that brings together technology and media specialists with librarians in a facility that includes an information commons, electronic classrooms, a distance learning classroom, the Center for Interactive Teaching, a state-of-the-art language lab and classrooms, the high-tech Goizueta Business Library, the Heilbrun Music and Media Library, the Electronic Services Data Center, group study rooms, and comfortable study space with data connections as well as wireless access throughout the building. The Emory Libraries are members of the Association of Research Libraries, OCLC, the Research Libraries Group, the Center for Research Libraries, the Coalition for Networked Information, and the Digital Library Federation. For more information about the libraries, visit http://www.emory.edu/libraries.cfm.

Emory University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and encourages women and minority candidates.






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