Overview
The Simbonis Fellowship is a two-year term appointment from the date of hire. The position is made possible by the Stanley Simbonis Fund. Read about Stanley Simbonis and past fellows here.
Reporting to the Head of Access & Delivery Services, the Simbonis Librarian for User Experience serves the Yale Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Public Health and the broader Medical Campus through assessment, outreach, and reference activities. In partnership with a supportive team, the Simbonis Librarian for User Experience, engages with patrons and medical library staff to understand their diverse needs through usability testing and workflow assessment. Through this work, this librarian will leverage user-centered design to review, develop, and improve library processes and workflows to ensure their efficiency and usability while also gathering, analyzing, and communicating data that shows the impact and value of library services, spaces, and resources. As a member of the Access & Delivery Services department, this role is responsible for supporting the daily operations of the department and coordinating outreach activities that support academic success, wellness, and engagement.
Work Arrangement
The position is full-time (37.5 hours per week) with a hybrid work arrangement requiring four days on site each week. The typical schedule is Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m., with occasional nights or weekends as required.
Salary Range
$70,000-$80,000
Principal Responsibilities
- Collaborates on projects with colleagues on the Academic Research and Education Team who support students and faculty at the Yale Schools of Medicine Public Health, and Nursing, colleagues from the Clinical Research and Education Team who support the patient care, research and education needs of clinicians at Yale New Haven Hospital, and colleagues from the Technology and Innovation Team who provide data, informatics, web, and technical support across the medical campus.
- Provides reference, information, citation management, research, and consultation services for students and researchers throughout the research life cycle.
- Participates in the medical library’s general instruction program and prepares and presents a range of classes on various topics, which could include biomedical databases and platforms, open science and other scholarly publication trends, citation management tools, biomedical research strategies, enhancing research impact, and citation analysis. Classes may be held in the library or other campus locations and/or online.
- Works on projects related to scholarly communication, open access, and publishing. Helps promote new publishing models to diverse user groups.
- Creates and maintains online guides and other research support tools for emerging areas of interest.
- Participates in departmental, library, and system-wide planning, and engages in campus, regional and national professional organizations, and collaborative activities.
- May serve as a project manager for short-term projects.
- Serves on departmental committees.
- Demonstrates professional development and service through publication and/or active membership in professional organizations.
- May be required to assist in disaster recovery efforts or perform other duties as assigned.
Required Education and Experience
- Master’s degree from an ALA‐accredited library school. In selected instances, a graduate degree in a related discipline may be substituted for a master’s degree in library science.
- Experience working collegially, collaboratively and independently with varied groups with and across a complex organization, and a rapidly changing team environment.
- Experienced and recent/projected MLS/MLIS graduates are encouraged to apply. You must have your degree completed by or within 90 days of start date.
Required Skills and Abilities
- Excellent interpersonal, analytical and communications skills, including the ability to actively listen, understand and translate user needs into functional system improvements.
- Commitment to providing excellent customer service standards and a passion for user-centered design.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize, multi-task and meet deadlines, and to conceptualize and conceive new solutions to problems with creativity and flexibility.
- Ability to work both independently or collaboratively in a team environment, and to effectively build partnerships and promote the benefits of change in an academic culture that often values ambiguity, diversity of opinion and historic precedent.
- Ability to design and implement effective programs, projects and services and bring them to fruition or conclusion promptly to achieve library objectives.
- Knowledge of techniques for evaluating/assessing information literacy programs and instruction.
How to Apply
Please use this link to apply.