Systematic Review Librarian

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The University of Alabama Libraries is seeking a collaborative, innovative, and highly motivated, service-oriented professional for the position of Systematic Review Librarian. Reporting to the Head of Information Services and Creative Media, the Systematic Review Librarian will provide oversight, coordination and ongoing development of the library’s evidence synthesis services. This position serves a dual role, directly supporting and coordinating systematic review services and serving as a liaison to one or more academic departments.

The Systematic Review Librarian will assist researchers and students who are navigating the systematic review process from protocol to publication. This includes creating and delivering instructional content such as classroom instruction, campus wide workshops, and asynchronous learning materials, as well as providing consultations and guidance to researchers. They will advise on resources, software, citation managers, AI tools, and data sources for systematic reviews while also staying current with best practices and standards in systematic review methodologies.

The Systematic Review Librarian will build partnerships, develop services and curricula, provide training on methods and best practices, and assist with developing evidence synthesis literacies. This position will also coordinate services and training efforts among UA faculty librarians for systematic review support services across the libraries.

The Systematic Review Librarian will also serve as a subject area liaison based on the evolving needs for research and instructional support. This position will be responsible for developing a robust instruction and outreach program, both in-person and online, for assigned liaison areas while also advancing evidence synthesis research support. All liaisons participate in UA’s First Year Experience library instruction and weekly chat service.

This position will work collaboratively within University Libraries to promote and integrate research computing and data services into library instruction and workshops across the disciplines. Liaisons support both in-person and virtual instruction, reference, and outreach in assigned areas and will be expected to collaborate with teaching faculty on library assignments and actively create digital learning objects in support of teaching and research.

The person in this position will be expected to carry an active research and scholarship portfolio of peer-reviewed publications and national presentations. They will be encouraged to pursue grant writing opportunities and submission of grants relevant to the mission of University Libraries and The University of Alabama. The successful candidate must possess the ability to approach change, ambiguity, and complex problems that are typical of a research university setting.

Responsibilities of the position evolve as the library environment continues to change.

The University of Alabama, The Capstone University, is the State of Alabama’s flagship public university, and the senior comprehensive doctoral level institution in Alabama. UA is an R1 institution, earning the Very High Spending and Doctorate Production status in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. UA enrolls over 40,000 students from all 67 Alabama counties, all 50 states, the District of Columbia and 95 countries.

In 2024, Graduate School enrollment jumped 5.4% with 6,001 students.

University of Alabama students continue to win prestigious national awards. Sixty-nine UA students have been named Goldwater Scholars. The University of Alabama has produced a total of 17 Rhodes Scholars, 16 Truman Scholars, 43 Hollings Scholars and 21 Boren Scholars. The Fulbright…