Research Librarian: Collections & Scholarly Resources

University of Mississippi Medical Center; Jackson, Northern (MS, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Mississippi Medical Center is seeking a Librarian for Collections & Scholarly Resource Strategies at the Jackson, MS campus. The role provides information services and manages collections and digital resources to support research, learning, and clinical care.

The Librarian will teach information literacy, develop search strategies for systematic reviews, and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to promote evidence-based practice.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in library science or library and information science.
• Two years of library experience in an academic, health sciences, or research library.

Responsibilities

• Conduct advanced literature searches to support clinical care, education, and research.
• Provide evidence-based information and reference support to physicians, researchers, students, and staff.
• Develop and execute search strategies for systematic and scoping reviews, including documentation and management of results.
• Teach and provide training on biomedical databases, information literacy, and research skills through classes, workshops, and consultations.
• Respond to complex reference and research inquiries and synthesize findings for end users.
• Evaluate, select, and maintain access to biomedical databases, electronic journals, and other information resources.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to support evidence-based practice and clinical decision-making.
• Support research activities by assisting with literature reviews, citation management, and research consultations.
• Develop instructional materials and participate in outreach to promote library services and resources.

Skills

Biomedical databases

Advanced literature searching

Information literacy instruction

Citation management

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Master's degree in library science

2 years academic/health sciences library experience

Tools

PubMed/MEDLINE

CINAHL

Cochrane Library

EndNote

Zotero

Job description

University of Mississippi Medical Center is seeking a Librarian for Collections & Scholarly Resource Strategies at the Jackson, MS campus. The role provides information services and manages collections and digital resources to support research, learning, and clinical care.

The Librarian will teach information literacy, develop search strategies for systematic reviews, and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to promote evidence-based practice.