Government & Public Policy Librarian

Cornell University Library (CUL) is seeking applications for a Government & Public Policy Librarian
. Reporting to the Harriet Morel Oxman ’48 Director of Catherwood Library & Social Sciences, the Government & Public Policy Librarian will serve as the library liaison to the Cornell Department of Government and to the Brooks School of Public Policy. You will contribute to planning, providing and assessing a wide array of traditional and innovative, in-person and digital research and instruction services.

In collaboration with the Social Sciences Collection Development Team, you will select materials for government, public policy and social science collections. You’ll work collaboratively to develop resources and services to support researchers with the discovery of data and government documents, and design and implement strategies to engage scholars with the Library’s collections, services, and spaces. Librarians at Cornell University hold academic appointments as Research, Teaching, and Extension faculty.

The incumbent must meet Cornell University Library requirements for Research, Teaching, and Extension (RTE) faculty promotion and reappointment through engagement in service and scholarship activities. The successful candidate will bring at least five years’ professional experience supporting research, teaching, and learning in higher education or closely related environments and will be prepared to contribute immediately as a liaison librarian and research partner.

• A master’s degree in library and/or information science from an ALA-accredited institution or an advanced degree in a related discipline such as Political Science, Public Policy, or another social science field.
• A minimum of five years of relevant work experience with increasing responsibility.
• A demonstrated ability to build relationships and foster collaboration with students, scholars, and library colleagues, as demonstrated through, for example, teaching or research experience.
• Demonstrated experience searching varied sources for data and documents of interest to researchers—such as searching federal, municipal, and international data portals, secondary scholarly literature, academic data repositories, government document archives.
• Academic background in or demonstrated library experience with a social science discipline.
• Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to fostering learning, research and/or outreach in a diverse community.
• Demonstrated examples of professional and university service, scholarship, or professional contributions.

• Experience with collection development
• Academic background in or demonstrated library experience with public policy or government

This position is located in Ithaca, New York. The incumbent will typically work on the Ithaca campus a minimum of 4 days per week, with potential for entering into a flexible work arrangement to allow remote work 1 day per week. The university reserves the right to modify, suspend, revoke or terminate the hybrid work arrangement at any time. The New York convenience of employer guidelines requires New York State individual tax reporting and with holdings for this position.

Additional individual state income tax filings may also be required if working temporarily outside New York State.

The anticipated salary range for the Associate Librarian role is $78,000-$110,000.

• 22 vacation days
• 13 paid holidays
• health insurance
• life insurance
• university retirement contributions
• childcare and adoption assistance
• child tuition reimbursement
• Funding is available to support professional training and research.
• Relocation assistance may be provided.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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