About the Opportunity
Reporting the Library Program Manager for Entrepreneurship, the Business and Entrepreneurship Librarian serves as the liaison to the D’Amore-McKim School of Business and helps coordinate the library’s interdisciplinary efforts to integrate services and resources into all entrepreneurship initiatives across campus. The Business and Entrepreneurship Librarian provides teaching, learning, and research support through virtual and in-person instructional sessions, consultations, and workshops.
Additionally, the Business and Entrepreneurship Librarian will collaborate to support business & entrepreneurship initiatives in Boston and across the global campus network. The successful candidate is:
Inclined to investigate artificial intelligence tools to gain an understanding of how they affect the learning environment
Eager to apply an entrepreneurial mindset to their work; experiment, learn, adapt, and iterate
Thrive in a fast-paced environment
If you have any questions or you would like to chat about the position, feel free to reach out to
Khyle Hannan – Entrepreneurship Program Manager- Northeastern University Library .
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
BA or BS degree
Experience or demonstrated interest working with Entrepreneurship or related Business fields in an academic setting
Knowledge of business or entrepreneurial resources, methodologies, research trends and pedagogical approaches related to business and entrepreneurship
Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and organizational skills, including strong time-management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
ALA-accredited master's degree in library/information science attained or in process of completion, or advanced degree in education/teaching or business-related field
Previous teaching or public speaking experience
Strong skills in community outreach, networking and building relationships
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Job Duties
50% Subject Librarian / Liaison - Liaise to the D’Amore-McKim School of Business serving as a key resource for their faculty, students, and research staff in order to advance the library’s integration into teaching, learning, and scholarship activities.
Teaching, Learning, and Research Support
Collaborate with faculty to design and deliver course-based workshops on information literacy
Provide open workshops on citation tools, discovery tools, and other knowledge areas/tools supporting the curriculum
Partner with liaisons to develop online learning objects, research guides, and other web resources
Provide online and in-person research support such as scheduled consultations, walk-in research help, classroom instruction, or virtual assistance.
Partner with staff across the library to support research data management, scholarly publishing, repository services, as well as emerging researcher resources and tools.
Outreach
Maintain frequent, ongoing communication with faculty and researchers in assigned disciplines to actively support teaching, research and promote library services and initiatives.
Attend in-person and virtual campus events
Collection Development
Evaluate and select materials in assigned disciplines appropriate to meet the needs of the university. Recommend budget levels and expend allotted budgets. Evaluate collections to meet program, accreditation, and grant activities
25% Entrepreneurship Support - Provides specialized, interdisciplinary support to entrepreneurship activities across the Northeastern University community in order to incorporate library resources and services into this strategic initiative.
Builds relationships, monitors trends, and develops an interdisciplinary program that supports the evolving needs of entrepreneurship curricula and programs
Serve as a subject matter expert within the library, collaborating with liaisons on critical elements to facilitate engagement around entrepreneurship
Support collection development efforts in entrepreneurship as…