Government & Public Policy Librarian

Cornell University Library; Town of Ithaca (NY); Hybrid; USD 78,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

22 vacation days

13 paid holidays

Health insurance

Life insurance

University retirement contributions

Relocation assistance may be provided

Job summary

Cornell University Library seeks a Government & Public Policy Librarian to liaison with the Department of Government and the Brooks School of Public Policy. You will plan, provide, and assess a wide range of in-person and digital research and instruction services.

Responsibilities include selecting materials for government and social science collections and developing services to help researchers discover data and government documents.

Qualifications

• Master’s in library and/or information science from an ALA-accredited program or related discipline.
• Five+ years of relevant professional experience in higher education libraries.
• Ability to build relationships with students, scholars, and colleagues.
• Experience locating data, government documents, and scholarly literature for researchers.

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison to the Cornell Department of Government and the Brooks School of Public Policy.
• Contribute to planning, delivering, and assessing research and instruction services.
• Select materials for government, public policy, and social science collections.
• Develop resources and services to help researchers discover data and government documents.

Skills

Relationship building

Collaboration

Teaching

Research support

Data discovery

Diversity & inclusion

Service & scholarship

Education

Master’s in library and/or information science (ALA-accredited)

Advanced degree in Political Science, Public Policy, or social science

Job description

Cornell University Library (CUL) is seeking applications for a Government & Public Policy Librarian.

Reporting to the Harriet Morel Oxman '48 Director of Catherwood Library & Social Sciences, the Government & Public Policy Librarian will serve as the library liaison to the Cornell Department of Government and to the Brooks School of Public Policy. You will contribute to planning, providing and assessing a wide array of traditional and innovative, in-person and digital research and instruction services.

In collaboration with the Social Sciences Collection Development Team, you will select materials for government, public policy and social science collections. You'll work collaboratively to develop resources and services to support researchers with the discovery of data and government documents, and design and implement strategies to engage scholars with the Library's collections, services, and spaces.

Librarians at Cornell University hold academic appointments as Research, Teaching, and Extension faculty. The incumbent must meet Cornell University Library requirements for Research, Teaching, and Extension (RTE) faculty promotion and reappointment through engagement in service and scholarship activities.

The successful candidate will bring at least five years' professional experience supporting research, teaching, and learning in higher education or closely related environments and will be prepared to contribute immediately as a liaison librarian and research partner.

Work Location:

This position is located in Ithaca, New York. The incumbent will typically work on the Ithaca campus a minimum of 4 days per week, with potential for entering into a flexible work arrangement to allow remote work 1 day per week. The university reserves the right to modify, suspend, revoke or terminate the hybrid work arrangement at any time.

The New York convenience of employer guidelines requires New York State individual tax reporting and withholdings for this position. Additional individual state income tax filings may also be required if working temporarily outside New York State.

We anticipate filling this position at the academic rank of Associate Librarian. At Cornell, the typical Associate Librarian goes through a formal promotion process requiring at least five years of relevant professional experience as a librarian. Appointment to this rank may also include someone with more years of relevant professional experience who has not yet completed a formal review for promotion to librarian. The anticipated salary range for the Associate Librarian role is $78,000-$110,000.

Benefits:

• 22 vacation days
• 13 paid holidays
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• University retirement contributions
• Childcare and adoption assistance
• Child tuition reimbursement
• Funding is available to support professional training and research
• Relocation assistance may be provided
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Cornell University is an innovative institution and a great place to work. Our inclusive community of scholars, students, and staff imparts an uncommon sense of larger purpose and contributes creative ideas to further the University's mission of teaching, discovery, and engagement. Cornell's main campus in Ithaca, New York sits on 2,300 acres in the heart of the Finger Lakes region. Ithaca offers a wealth of arts, culture, and outdoor activities while maintaining an eclectic college-town feel. The city has been named one of the top 100 places to live, a top 10 recreation city, a best green place to live, and one of the "foodiest" towns in America. Cornell's global presence includes the Weill Cornell medical college's campuses on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Doha, Qatar, as well as the Cornell Tech campus located on Roosevelt Island in the heart of New York City.

Consistent with Cornell's practice, appointment to academic positions requires candidates to disclose relevant information about their prior employment including whether they have been found to have violated institutional or employer policies related to or governing unlawful discrimination and harassment, academic and research misconduct, or financial misconduct.

Candidate Profile:

Required qualifications:

• A master's degree in library and/or information science from an ALA-accredited institution or an advanced degree in a related discipline such as Political Science, Public Policy, or another social science field.
• A minimum of five years of relevant work experience with increasing responsibility.
• A demonstrated ability to build relationships and foster collaboration with students, scholars, and library colleagues, as demonstrated through, for example, teaching or research experience.
• Demonstrated experience searching varied sources for data and documents of interest to researchers-such as searching federal, municipal, and international data portals, secondary scholarly literature, academic data repositories, government document archives.
• Academic background in or demonstrated library experience with a social science discipline.
• Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to fostering learning, research and/or outreach in a diverse community.
• Demonstrated examples of professional and university service, scholarship, or professional contributions.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with collection development
• Academic background in or demonstrated library experience with public policy or government