Assistant Professor Library

Instruction and Reference Librarian

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Work type: FT
Location: West Des Moines
Categories: Faculty
Department: Center for Educational Enhancement
Status: Exempt

Join a dynamic academic health sciences environment where your expertise directly supports the success of future healthcare professionals. In this role, you will advance teaching and learning by delivering curriculum-integrated instruction, promoting evidence-based practice, and providing high-impact reference and research support. You’ll collaborate closely with faculty, clinicians, researchers, and students across a range of health disciplines, contributing meaningfully to both academic and clinical excellence.

As a non-tenure track faculty member, you will play an active role in teaching, service, and scholarly activity, helping to shape an innovative and collaborative educational experience.

• Design and deliver curriculum-integrated instruction in evidence-based practice and health sciences information literacy across multiple learning formats.
• Collaborate with faculty and academic leaders to develop competency-aligned learning experiences and interprofessional education initiatives.
• Provide expert reference, research consultation, and literature search support to advance education, research, and patient care.
• Develop digital learning tools and lead workshops to enhance teaching, learning, and research effectiveness.
• Contribute to scholarly activity, institutional service, and strategic initiatives, including committees, professional organizations, and program development.

• Master’s degree in library science from an American Library Association-accredited institution required.
• Minimum one year of teaching experience in a health sciences or higher education library setting, with demonstrated ability to clearly communicate information literacy skills and concepts, required; 2 or more years preferred.
• Experience working and teaching in a graduate-level health sciences library preferred.
• Minimum one year of reference assistance experience in a health sciences or higher education library setting required; 2 or more years preferred.
• Experience with integrated library systems, Springshare platform, bibliographic management tools, and presentation/video creation technologies preferred.
• Familiarity with Evidence-Based Medicine/Practice (EBM/EBP) models preferred.
• Knowledge of best practices in information literacy education, reference assistance services, and collection management and development.
• Experience using biomedical and interdisciplinary resources such as Pub Med/MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Scopus preferred.

DMU offers competitive salaries. For this position, the anticipated starting salary is in the mid- to upper-$60,000 range, with the final offer determined based on the selected candidate’s qualifications and relevant experience.

Qualified faculty and staff enjoy a generous employer contribution towards the medical plan, 10% retirement match, flexible work arrangements, community service time, tuition assistance, professional development funding, and access to wellness facilities with programs that promote a well-balanced lifestyle. Visit www.dmu.edu/employment to learn more about our benefits.

DMU is proud to offer employees generous benefits and perks, paid time off, free use of wellness facilities, and a host of employee engagement and recognition programs throughout the year.

Founded in 1898, Des Moines University is a premier medical and health sciences institution comprising three colleges– College of Osteopathic Medicine, College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, and College of Health Sciences – offering ten graduate degree programs. Our mission is to improve lives…