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Assistant Librarian

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Based in Indianapolis, IN, the Ruth Lilly Medical Library seeks a dynamic, collaborative, and talented Liaison Librarian. This position will plan, promote, and provide instruction and information services that support the needs of students, residents, faculty, researchers, and staff at the Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM). In addition to serving as liaison to the Terre Haute IU School of Medicine campus, the successful candidate will have an opportunity to develop a specialty area that reflects their interests and expertise while advancing established priorities of the School of Medicine and the Library. This is a tenure-track faculty position reporting to the Associate Director for Public Services.

IUSM is committed to being a welcoming campus community and we seek candidates whose research, teaching, and community engagement efforts contribute to robust learning and working environments for all students, staff, and faculty. We invite individuals who will join us in our mission to improve health equity and well-being for all throughout the state of Indiana. We encourage early-career librarians to apply even if your experience does not cover all preferred qualifications. We appreciate that librarians bring a wide variety of valuable life and work experience. We are committed to working with our colleagues to develop the skills needed to support the mission of IU School of Medicine and the greater librarian community.

IUSM is the nation's largest medical school with nine campuses throughout Indiana. This school is one of the nation's premier medical schools and is an innovative leader in medical education, research, and clinical care. IU School of Medicine is located in Indianapolis on the Indiana University Indianapolis campus. Indianapolis (fondly known as Indy) is the 16th largest city in the nation, the state capital, and has a cost of living below the national average. Indy has a walkable downtown, an ever-expanding network of bike trails, lots of independent bookstores and coffee shops, and multiple professional sports leagues.

Responsibilities

• Liaison Services
• Collaboration
• Scholarly/Professional

Basic Qualifications - Required:

• ALA-accredited Master's degree or an equivalent advanced degree in a relevant field at the time of hire.
• Experience or training in delivering instruction at the college/university level.
• Ability to work in a collaborative work environment and maintain positive professional working relationships with faculty members, supervisor, and peers.
• Demonstrated ability to design accessible written learning materials, and clarify complex research requests in consultations.
• Ability to travel to IU School of Medicine regional campuses to deliver in-person instruction as required.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Additional Qualifications - Preferred:

• Two years of professional experience in a health or sciences library or equivalent experience (e.g., graduate internships or other equivalent experience).
• Ability to maintain knowledge on a broad range of biomedical and healthcare research topics.
• Record of scholarship, teaching, and/or active membership in a professional organization.
• Experience providing reference services.
• Experience with promoting or developing emerging technology services.
• Experience teaching evidence-based medicine concepts.
• Experience with conducting expert searching and/or systematic reviews.

Priority Application Review Deadline - 10/26/2026

Expected Start Date - 01/01/2027

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