Librarian, Middle East & Islamic Studies — Research & Outreach

University of Alabama Libraries; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ohio State University Libraries seeks a tenure-track Librarian for Middle East and Islamic Studies. The successful candidate will serve as primary liaison to NESA and MESC, supporting interdisciplinary teaching, research, and program development across campus.

Responsibilities include research consultations, course-integrated instruction, collection strategy, digital scholarship, and collaboration with area studies units.

Qualifications

• ALA-accredited master’s degree or comparable graduate degree (case-by-case)
• Strong grounding in Middle East and Islamic Studies; knowledge of trends
• Experience supporting or conducting advanced research (e.g., digital humanities)
• Ability to work across disciplinary, linguistic, and methodological boundaries
• Proficiency reading Arabic script in digital environments

Responsibilities

• Provide research consultations and course-integrated instruction.
• Act as scholarly partner to faculty, graduate students, and visiting scholars.
• Lead efforts to enhance discoverability and access of collections.
• Engage with interdisciplinary research and AI-assisted practices.
• Collaborate to improve access and usability of resources.
• Develop strategic collection development in Middle East and Islamic Studies.
• Integrate special and general collections into teaching and research.
• Identify and develop programmatic initiatives; collaborate with NESA, MESC, and Area Studies.
• Maintain digital platforms and discovery tools; develop public content as needed.
• Track impact of consultations, instruction, and outreach; inform service development.
• Develop active research agenda and engage in professional service.

Skills

Arabic language

Interdisciplinary research

Communication skills

Collaboration

Digital scholarship awareness

Education

ALA-accredited master's degree

PhD in Middle East and Islamic Studies

Comparable graduate degree (non-U.S.)

Tools

LibGuides

Job description

The Ohio State University Libraries seeks a tenure-track Librarian for Middle East and Islamic Studies. The successful candidate will serve as primary liaison to NESA and MESC, supporting interdisciplinary teaching, research, and program development across campus.

Responsibilities include research consultations, course-integrated instruction, collection strategy, digital scholarship, and collaboration with area studies units.