Current Job Openings

Summary: 

• Provides exceptional services and resources, promoting medical informatics, and advancing health information literacy across diverse health professions programs of Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry and health-related research. Responsible for leading the services, resources and staff of the Library.

Principal Functional Responsibilities:

•  Strategic Leadership: Provide strategic and innovative leadership to establish the library as the information hub that finds, analyzes, and provides access to critical information that improves patient care and supports health and medical education, research, and publication. Assess service quality using reliable data to develop strategic direction and make data-driven decisions regarding the effective resources to serve all constituencies.
• Team Leadership: Recruit, lead, motivate and develop staff, inclusive of the Library, Depository and Writing Center, to foster exceptional expertise and client services.
• Collaboration and Partnerships:Build and strengthen relationships with NEOMED faculty, administrators, researchers, clinical site libraries, OhioLINK and consortia, and external agencies to provide exceptional library services and resources. Provide professional representation to advocate for library-related issues on institutional and state-wide committees and represent the NEOMED campus community.
• AI Integration: Possess a basic understanding of AI technologies and how they interface with library services (e.g., NLP, ML, and computer vision) and research. Harness generative AI for use in library services and solutions, such as search databases, citation managers, etc. and introduce students and researchers to basic AI research techniques in library orientation programs.
• Operations Management: Assume fiscal management and leadership of the Library and the Educational Resources Committee (ERC) to review and approve electronic resources acquisition, access within the student fee funding source.
• Other Duties: Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in library and information science or equivalent from an accredited American Library Association (ALA) program
• Five years of experience in academic library administrative/leadership roles with minimum 3 years experience supervising professional staff.
• Evidence of leadership ability and progressive growth in the library field
• Budget and resource oversight/management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Additional advanced degree in library sciences, medical informatics or health science field
• Medical Library Association Academy of Health Information Professionals credentials.

To apply for the position: Northeast Ohio Medical University | Director, Library Services (peopleadmin.com)

NEOMED Library welcomes information professionals from all backgrounds to apply for the following open positions

• NEOMED Library Circulation and Help Desk Student Assistant

  • Hours Per Week: ~8 -16 hours/week (varies with the available hours and university schedule)

    Paid position: Minimum Wage

    Number of Openings: 1-6

    Anticipated Start Date: Summer/ Fall

    Position Duration – Ongoing

    Application Review Starts: Ongoing

    E-mail resume expressing interest to library@neomed.edu

    SUMMARY: Reports to the Electronic Resources Librarian. Provides evening and weekend Help Desk and circulation customer service and assists library users.

    PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Supports evening and weekend operations of the Help Desk and Circulation.  Answers, routes and logs incoming phone calls, provides password resets and basic computer instruction

  • Reports unresolved equipment problems and circulation needs to the Help Desk Staff/ Electronic Resources Librarian

  • Ability to work with minimal supervision and follow simple and complex directions

  • Assists customers in locating materials in the Information Center and provides brief instruction on the use of NEOLINK and OhioLINK

  • Conveys library policies to customers

  • Monitors public areas

  • Ability to work evenings and weekends. Responsible for finding coverage for any scheduled shift unable to work

  • Ability to maintain misc. statistics (shelving count, etc.)

  • Package materials and circulate reserve, media and other library materials

  • Shelf read and reshelf books and journals as needed.  Shifting of same, as needed (At least 30 minutes per shift)

  • Open and /or close the library following established policies and procedures guidelines

  • Assisting the Interlibrary Loan Department

  • Other miscellaneous duties as they are assigned by library staff

  • QUALIFICATIONS:

    Education/Degrees: High School Diploma/ equivalent; enrolled in a University or College preferred.

    Experience: Previous job experience; previous library and/or customer service experience preferred.