Assistant Librarian

Indiana University; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Indiana University School of Medicine – Ruth Lilly Medical Library in Indianapolis seeks a dynamic Liaison Librarian. You will plan, promote, and provide instruction and information services for students, residents, faculty, researchers, and staff, while collaborating with Terre Haute campus and advancing library priorities.

The role offers opportunities to develop a specialty area, contribute to research support, and participate in education, outreach, and scholarly activities within a large

Qualifications

• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience delivering instruction at college/university level.
• Ability to travel to IU School of Medicine regional campuses for in-person instruction.
• Ability to design accessible written learning materials and clarify complex research requests.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a liaison to Terre Haute campus and build relationships with faculty, staff, and students.
• Deliver instruction and information services supporting students, residents, faculty, researchers, and staff.
• Provide reference and expert searching services for research, clinical practice, and medical education.
• Develop curricula, courses, trainings, and workshops for the School of Medicine.

Skills

Communication

Presentation

Interpersonal skills

Instruction delivery

Travel ability

Collaborative work style

Accessible learning materials

Education

ALA-accredited Master’s degree or equivalent

Job description

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Please see Special Instructions for more details.

We encourage early career librarians to apply even if your experiences do not cover all preferred qualifications. We appreciate that librarians bring a wide variety of valuable life and work experiences. We are committed to working with our colleagues to develop the skills needed to support the mission of IUSM and the greater librarian community.

Department IUSM - Ruth Lilly Medical Library

Campus IU School of Medicine Indianapolis

Position Summary

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 (IU School of Medicine). 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.

IU School of Medicine 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.

IU School of Medicine 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

• Serves as a liaison to the Terre Haute campus. The librarian will be based in Indianapolis but will develop strong relationships with Terre Haute faculty, staff, students, and campus leadership through pre-scheduled campus visits.


• Serves as a liaison to departments/groups across our nine-campus statewide system


• Contributes to university- and campus-wide initiatives to develop policies, services, and infrastructure to support research services through collaboration with IU School of Medicine faculty and staff.


• Provides and contributes to curriculum, course development, training, and workshops for IU School of Medicine students, faculty, and staff.


• Provides reference and expert searching services to support research, clinical practice, and medical education.


• Conducts literature searches and supports systematic reviews. This may include consultation and instruction related to systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and other forms of evidence synthesis.


• Participates in a team approach to providing prompt and effective consultation, instructional services, and reference expertise to students, faculty, and staff.


• Cultivates partnerships and collaborates with faculty on projects including teaching, grants, manuscripts, papers, or poster presentations.


• Contributes to the overall development and innovation of the library and the profession by participating in library, campus, university, state, regional or national meetings, committees, workgroups, and task forces or by representing the library.


• Develops a full network of contacts within assigned liaison areas (departments/units, institutes, regional IU School of Medicine campuses, and centers) and anticipates and meets their information needs.


• Identifies opportunities for library partnerships within IU School of Medicine and Indiana University at large.


• Works with others to develop and revise programs and services to respond to changing information needs.


• Maintains current knowledge of the trends and issues in biomedical research, higher education, scholarly communication, artificial intelligence, research practice, and health care.


• Pursues an active and ongoing career plan in the areas of job performance, professional development/research, and service. Standards are outlined in the Indiana University – Indianapolis Promotion & Tenure Guidelines: https://provost.indianapolis.iu.edu/Faculty-Affairs-Resources/PT-Process-Timelines


• Designs and implements a plan for continuing education, continuing professional development and actively contributes to the development of health sciences librarianship through scholarly and service activities.


• Contributes to departmental projects and initiatives as needed to support organizational goals.

Participates in other projects and initiatives as assigned.

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.

Department Contact for Questions

Angi Hill
Business Manager
[e-mail]
317-274-6468

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.

Special Instructions

We encourage early career librarians to apply even if your experiences do not cover all preferred qualifications. We appreciate that librarians bring a wide variety of valuable life and work experiences. We are committed to working with our colleagues to develop the skills needed to support the mission of IUSM and the greater librarian community. Salary and rank depend on the candidate’s qualifications and experience. The minimum salary is $60,000.

Priority Application Review Deadline

Priority Application Review Deadline 10/26/2026

Expected Start Date

Expected Start Date 01/01/2027

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

• * How did you hear about this position?
  • Personal Contact: At Professional Meeting or Conference
  • Personal Contact: Direct Contact by Search Committee
  • Personal Contact: Referred by colleague or advisor
  • Personal Contact: School of Medicine recruiter
  • Personal Contact: IUHP Physician Recruiter
  • Announcement: Other Journal or Magazine
  • Announcement: Other Website


• * Are you a dual career partner (your partner or spouse is already being recruited)?
  • Yes
  • No


• Have you previously been employed with IU?
  • Yes
  • No