Social Sciences Librarian - 500421
University of Richmond

SUMMARY:

Working within the School of Arts & Sciences, the Social Sciences Librarian provides instruction and research support for political science, global studies, and other programs within the social sciences as needed. The Social Sciences Librarian collaborates with campus colleagues and departments to provide data literacy support, research data services, and research data management through innovative research, instruction, and learning approaches. This position is responsible for the library's government information program

Professional librarians hold faculty status. Faculty status allows both voice and vote in University faculty meetings, eligibility to serve on faculty committees, to serve as a student advisor, and to participate in the Program for Enhancing Teaching Effectiveness (PETE); and it acknowledges that those individuals play an active role in the intellectual activities of the University. Faculty status does not carry with it eligibility for tenure or sabbatical, nor does it automatically carry with it faculty rank (Professor, Associate, Assistant Professor, or Instructor), since faculty rank is in a specific academic department, nor does it carry eligibility for other benefits normally assigned to full-time teaching faculty.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Uses innovative pedagogical best practices, instruction technologies, and energetic teaching and presentation skills to develop instructional resources for library instruction and offer research and consultation appointments to students and faculty in liaison areas and other campus and community members as required.
• Creates and maintains research guides, online tutorials, and web content to support assigned disciplinary areas. Maintains other library web pages as assigned.
• Develops and maintains print and electronic library collections to support research and teaching in assigned liaison areas, through collaboration with colleagues.
• Collaborates with library staff and faculty/staff across campus to identify current and emerging scholarly projects, areas of inquiry, and pedagogical trends to implement high-impact practices into instruction and research support.
• Serves on communities/committees that support the libraries' mission and academic interests.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Professional knowledge, skills & abilities:

• Understanding of the research process in a range of disciplines, especially in the social sciences, with particular focus on the research lifecycle of data
• Knowledge and current experience with data services, census, ICPSR and managing government information
• Knowledge and current experience with statistical software packages related to research, such as SPSS, R, Stata, or NVivo
• Familiarity with data management requirements of federal agencies and trends, both national and international
• Experience with data visualization software and tools
• Demonstrated initiative in working across organizational boundaries
• Innovative and energetic teaching and presentation skills.
• Experience with grant writing or data management plan development
• Excellent database knowledge, experience teaching with resources in the social sciences.

Interpersonal Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and creatively to promote teamwork, diversity, equity, and inclusiveness.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective relationships and interactions with faculty, students, and staff in a diverse community.
• Demonstrated ability to support faculty with diverse research and teaching interests.
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment with an emphasis on anti-racist praxis.
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible, open-minded, and effective in a dynamic, rapidly changing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and manage their own time and work assignments to make and meet deadlines consistently.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

Required:

• MLS, MIS, or MLIS from an ALA-accredited program or equivalent international degree.
• At least two years of experience with data services and/or supporting social sciences research methodologies.
• At least two years of instruction and reference experience in an academic library setting.

Desired:

• Bachelor's degree in a social sciences subject area.
• Second graduate degree or coursework beyond the undergraduate level in data, statistics, or social sciences area.

WORK HOURS:

• Full-time, exempt position
• Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; 7.75 hrs./day; 38.75 hrs./week; requires evening and weekend instruction/reference coverage as needed throughout the school year

SALARY STRUCTURE:
Pay Grade 7 (Hiring Range $54,413.00 to $72,093.00 annually)

COVID-19:

The University of Richmond requires COVID-19 vaccinations for all students, faculty, and staff. The University allows exemptions to this requirement for religious, medical and strong personal conviction reasons. All newly hired employees must report their status within the first two weeks of employment.

ABOUT UR:

At the University of Richmond, we're creative, inclusive, and determined. We're Spiders, and our mission is to create positive change in the UR community and beyond. Located minutes from downtown Richmond, Virginia, the University of Richmond (www.richmond.edu) blends the intimacy of a small college with exceptional academic, research, and cultural opportunities usually found only at large institutions. There's only one place like Richmond.

UR is committed to developing a diverse faculty, staff and student body, and to modeling an inclusive campus community which values the expression of differences in ways that promote excellence in teaching, learning, personal development and institutional success. In keeping with this commitment, our academic community welcomes candidates from diverse backgrounds and candidates who support diversity. EOE

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