Nursing Informationist

Description

Reporting to the Head of Information Services, the Nursing Informationistbuilds partnerships with faculty, departments, and the School of Nursing tooptimizethe use of information for research, education, and patient care.

To thisend,theinformationistidentifiesinformationneeds of students, faculty, and staff in the School of  response to these needs, theinformationist1) delivers in-depth reference, research and consultation services,
2) designs and provides instruction,
3) supports university research by participating in the systematic review team,
4) creates information products, digital tools, and services to enable users to locate, organize, and use information, and
5) identifies and recommends information resources for the library  support of the greater user community of the library, the Nursing Informationistparticipates in the reference service by responding to requests from the Information Desk and the electronic on-demand reference service.

Reporting to the Head of Information Services, the Nursing Informationistbuilds partnerships with faculty, departments, and the School of Nursing tooptimizethe use of information for research, education, and patient care.

To thisend,theinformationistidentifiesinformationneeds of students, faculty, and staff in the School of  response to these needs, theinformationist1) delivers in-depth reference, research and consultation services,
2) designs and provides instruction,
3) supports university research by participating in the systematic review team,
4) creates information products, digital tools, and services to enable users to locate, organize, and use information, and
5) identifies and recommends information resources for the library  support of the greater user community of the library, the Nursing Informationistparticipates in the reference service by responding to requests from the Information Desk and the electronic on-demand reference service.

• Responds to requests for mediated searches and in-depth reference requests using a variety of biomedical and social science databases and other specialized resources; delivers results in format appropriate forthe user (focused search, saved search, descriptive report, End Note library, etc.).
• Participates in providing reference service by responding to requests from the Information Deskandthe electronic on-demand reference service (Ask Us).Serves as a backup to Information Desk staff when they receive reference inquiries.
• Participates in systematic review services by designing reproducible literature searches and collaborating on data management and manuscript preparation.
• Consults with students, academic staff, and faculty through scheduled appointments toidentifysources, develop research strategies, or review information management.
• Collaborates with clinicalinformationiststo provide services to nurses and other practitioners at Emory Healthcare locations.
• Collaborates with otherinformationiststo develop information products, digital tools, and services tofacilitateon-demand use of information.

• Identifies information needs andmaintainsoutreach to faculty, academic staff, and students in the School of Nursing.
  
  Cultivates opportunities for collaboration with individual faculty and departments within the School of Nursing.
• Using a variety of technologies, develops and delivers instruction to build information processing competencies both within the School of Nursing and among curriculum and to enable students, faculty, and academic staff to be self-sufficient in their information seeking.
• Communicates regularly with department faculty, students, and academic staff to promote library resources, services, and events.
• Contributes andmaintainscontent for thelibrarywebsiteand blogsto support access to and use of information.

• Maintains awareness of the curricular needs, teaching approaches, and research interests of faculty in the School of Nursing and makes recommendations to support those activities;identifies collection gaps based on requests received via reference requests, consultation, Ask Us, research meetings,and listservs.
• Reviews and selects materials from profile plan.
• Manages library collections throughparticipatingin collection development review projects such as weeding the nursing collection.
• Contributes to content discovery by creating research guides relevant to subject areas.

• Participate in professional and scholarly associations; maintain membership and accreditation; participate in meetings, conferences, and workshops; serve in appointed or elected positions.
• Maintain up-to-date professional knowledge and skills related to job responsibilities and current trends in higher education, academic libraries, and information technology.
• Adhere to guidelines in the Emory Handbook Governing the Librarian series for Faculty-Equivalent Librarians regarding appointment,…