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UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades.

In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.

The University of Connecticut Health Center is an affirmative action employer, in addition to an EEO and M/F/V/PWD/PV employer.

All employees are subject to adherence to the State Code of Ethics which may be found ics.state.ct.us .

The UConn Health Sciences Library has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Instruction Librarian to join our team. The Instruction Librarian supports and advances library instructional programs through the application of information literacy standards, instructional design principles, educational technologies, and ongoing assessment efforts. This role provides services to support the educational experience for students, staff, and faculty in various programs, performs routine literature searches and referencing, reached out to the academic community, and offers quality, multidisciplinary reference service to library users.

At the UCHC, this class is accountable for independently performing a full range of professional tasks in one or more library functional areas.

Works under the general supervision of an employee of higher grade.

May lead or supervise lower ranking library staff members as assigned.

• Performs designated tasks to learn and understand the full range of departmental services and the role expected in the department;
• Assist with developing and delivering instructional materials and activities that support information literacy and lifelong learning, gaining experience with learning objectives, assessment, and instructional practices;
• Develops/implements projects;
• Participates in new instructional initiatives and curriculum-support activities by collaborating with faculty, residents, staff, students, partners, and healthcare professionals;
• Explains library policies to clients;
• Delivers course-related and course-integrated library instruction and provides in-person and virtual instructional services using established instructional approaches and materials to support library users;
• May prepare correspondence and assist with reports;
• Assists with department long-range planning;
• Contributes to collection development activities by identifying materials that support academic programs and user needs;
• Attends professional meetings and participates in professional organizations;
• Builds knowledge of current and emerging health education trends in medicine, dental medicine, and public health;
• Utilizes on-line databases and/or bibliographic utilities;
• Provides routine reference services;
• Applies established search strategies to conduct routine literature searches in support of research and academic activities;
• Assigns, supervises and trains staff;
• Performs related duties as required.

• Knowledge of and understanding of the practice of librarianship in a university, public or academic health sciences library.
• Knowledge of basic literature searching methods and evidence-based tools and resources.
• Considerable oral and written communication skills.
• Some supervisory skills.

General

Experience:

A Master's Degree in Library Science from a school accredited by the American Library Association. Some familiarity with on-line databases and bibliographic utilities.

Substitutions Allowed:

Six (6) years' professional library work, including acquisition, cataloging, circulation, interlibrary loans, and…