Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian - Library

The University of California, Berkeley is hiring a Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian to join the Library’s Social Sciences Division. The division supports world-class teaching and research in the social sciences, providing innovative collection development and other user-focused services including data and information literacy, course-based instruction, and research support.

The UC Berkeley Library is an internationally renowned research and teaching facility at the nation's premier public university. A highly diverse and intellectually rich environment, Berkeley serves a campus community of 33,070 undergraduate students, 12,812 graduate students, and 1,525 faculty. The Library comprises 20 campus libraries, including the Doe Library, the Moffitt Library, The Bancroft Library, the C.V. Starr East Asian Library, and numerous subject specialty libraries.

With a collection of more than 12 million volumes and a collections budget of over $15 million, the Library offers extensive resources in all formats and robust services to connect users with the collections and build their research skills. Discover more about our collections and services at the UC Berkeley Library website.

The Library’s Social Sciences Division is comprised of librarians, library career staff, and student library employees who collectively support the teaching and research needs of students and faculty in twelve social science departments within the College of Letters & Science, six professional schools, three International and Area Studies programs, and an array of Organized Research Units. The division oversees three subject specialty libraries: the Business Library, the Environmental Design Library, and the Social Research Library.

This position reports to the head of the Library’s Social Sciences Division.

The Librarian in this role serves as a liaison for three academic departments—Psychology, Sociology, and Demography—encompassing a rich array of undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as the School of Social Welfare. Faculty in the Psychology department conduct research and teaching in areas including developmental, social, and personality psychology, as well as behavioral and systems neuroscience, clinical science, cognition, and cognitive neuroscience.

UC Berkeley’s Sociology and Demography departments are leading centers for social research, specializing in social theory, public sociology, and the quantitative and interdisciplinary study of population dynamics. The School of Social Welfare is dedicated to advancing social justice through evidence-based practice, policy research, and the preparation of leaders for the public and nonprofit sectors.

The Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian serves as the primary liaison for the Departments of Psychology, Sociology, Demography, and the School of Social Welfare, providing library instruction and research support for a diverse group of undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and staff. Liaison librarians work with their departments to:

• Provide virtual and in-person research consultations
• Design and deliver curriculum-integrated instruction and workshops covering critical information literacy, social science research methods, and evidence-based research practices
• Develop and maintain online subject and course guides, tutorials, and other digital learning objects to support remote and asynchronous learning
• Build positive working relationships with academic staff, faculty, and students by attending departmental meetings, holding regular office hours, and developing collaborative projects
• Collect and analyze user data to assess user needs
• Promote library resources and services to support Berkeley’s teaching and research through outreach, exhibits, and programming
• Collaborate across library divisions and with functional experts to provide a matrix of expertise to meet complex research and teaching needs

In addition, this role provides expertise on interdisciplinary social science research methods and data collections:

• Provide consultation on evidence synthesis for social science researchers, including support for systematic reviews…