Business Librarian
Drexel University Libraries
Job posted to this site on January 4th at 2:51pm
Application Deadline: February 17th 2022
Full Time
Job Description
The Business Specialist Librarian is a highly motivated and entrepreneurial librarian with business expertise to advise students, faculty, and Libraries staff on navigating library resources that enable them to conduct market validation, develop informed business plans, assess the competitive market landscape, discover patent information, and work with other entrepreneurial related research and business information across campus disciplines and programs. This position will empower the Drexel community with effective processes of finding, accessing, evaluating, and using information and data by providing guidance and personal assistance through the Libraries’ Information Assistance program.
The librarian will embrace design thinking concepts to develop and create learning materials, such as online tutorials, research guides, and other learning objects that support multi-disciplinary business needs and will utilize data skills and resources to support the use of business data for accessing, using, manipulating, and managing all types of data created and used for teaching and research. This position will actively embed data and information literacy competencies in Drexel curriculum learning outcomes through partnerships with faculty as part of the Libraries Curricula Support program.
The librarian will also serve as a resource for DUL administrative business expertise needs related to business case development, staff development and data management. This position will model entrepreneurial matrixed collaboration and will provide primary support for the Curricula Support and Information Assistance programs, reporting to the Manager, Curricula Support. Librarians are encouraged to participate in University activities and initiatives and are expected to contribute to the library and information profession through service, presentations, publications and/or research activities.
Location
This is a remote Job Offer
Location
Philadelphia, PA 19104Compensation
$75,000 yearly
Application URL or Email
Submit specified application materials to acy24@drexel.edu.