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Reporting to the Manager of Reference & Instruction Services, the Reference & Instruction Librarian supports the information seeking, learning, and knowledge creation needs of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Health System communities. We welcome candidates who are service-oriented information professionals interested in continuously growing their knowledge about information literacy and evidence-based practice, searching online databases, and using reference management tools.
 

Responsibilities

Reference & Research Services 

• Participates in the Library’s Ask a Librarian service, fielding reference inquiries via email, text, chat, phone, and in-person and providing usage data to inform service development.
• Provides research consultation services to the ISMMS and MSHS user community on literature searching, evidence synthesis methods, journal selection, and other relevant topics.
• As a key member of the library’s systematic review service team, provides guidance on systematic review methodology, best practices and search strategy development for systematic, scoping and other types of reviews, contributing as an author as appropriate.
• Assists in the identification and evaluation of resources and tools for library or organizational acquisition or continuation.

Education & Instruction Services

• Develops and delivers instructional sessions for clinical and academic programs in collaboration with requestors.
• Provides instruction to members of the ISMMS and MSHS user community by teaching online and in-person classes on effective use of library resources, citation management tools, and a variety of topics pertaining to scholarly publishing.
• Maintains and enhances LibAnswers knowledgebase, LibGuides content, and other online learning content, generates content for new areas, and offers suggestions to others.
• Contributes to marketing by providing content for the blog, web, etc. to promote educational and research programming and encourage use of library resources and services.

Institutional Engagement and Professional Development

• Advances diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility for all Health System library users.
• Develops, maintains and shares awareness of advances, trends, and best practices in reference and instruction services, within and beyond the health sciences library community.
• Engages in lifelong learning/continuing education and professional association activities.

Qualifications
 

Required:

• Master's degree earned from an ALA-accredited Library/Information Science program or internationally-recognized equivalent.
• Minimum one year of experience providing library reference or instruction services in an academic, hospital, or research library or an information services setting.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Proficient written and spoken communication skills.
• Demonstrated aptitude for teaching; finalist candidates will be asked to present as part of the interview process.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, with effective interpersonal and organizational skills.

Preferred:

• Experience using biomedical and interdisciplinary resources such as PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Scopus or Web of Science.
• Experience with reference management tools, such as EndNote or Zotero.
• Experience with conducting and providing support for evidence syntheses such as systematic and scoping reviews.
• Experience advertising and/or marketing resources and services to diverse stakeholders, including faculty and students.
• Familiarity with Springshare LibApps platform (LibGuides, LibAnswers, etc.).
• Familiarity with Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) practice model.
• Familiarity with best practices and trends in Data Management, including data management plans, sharing, and open data.

Salary Range: $74,500-$111,805; anticipated hiring salary will be between $74,500-82,000. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

Position Location: Levy Library at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - New York, NY.  This is a hybrid position with a typical week combining remote work with time on-site engaging with clinicians, staff, and students to enhance the visibility of library education and research services at the Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) campuses.

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:  

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers
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At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization.  We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

 Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!

About the Mount Sinai Health System:

"Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”

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https://careers.mountsinai.org/jobs/3015019?lang=en-us

Deadline: Application review begins Monday, September 9, 2024. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.