Assistant Professor; Head, Research and Education Services

Tenure faculty (regardless of rank) - persons with the titles of professor, associate professor, assistant professor and instructor who serve on appointments totaling 50% or more service to the university and who are eligible for tenure or who have obtained tenure. Duties and responsibilities are assigned in accordance with the workload guidelines laid out in the pattern of administration of each faculty members tenure initiation unit (TIU) and, as appropriate, regional campus; obligations will include research, service and/or teaching or clinical practice. These faculty will have earned doctorate or other terminal degree in the relevant field of study or possession of equivalent experience.

The Head of Research and Education Services at the Health Sciences Library leads a team of librarians and staff and is responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating effective and evolving research and educational services to the OSU health sciences academic and clinical community through a variety of mechanisms.

• Supervises faculty and non-faculty librarians who provide research, education, and clinical information services.
• Builds relationships across the health sciences to stay abreast of and respond to evolving information needs
• Participates in teaching, research, and outreach efforts to assigned liaison colleges, departments or units and/or the general OSU health sciences community.
• Collaborates with HSL librarians to provide appropriate services and programs to meet evolving information needs.
• Actively partners with marketing staff in the promotion of HSL research and education services
• Develops and leads strategic plan initiatives to advance the mission of the HSL.
• Works collaboratively and serves on committees and task forces, etc., with units of the larger university, especially other leaders within the HSL, the health sciences colleges and University Libraries, to foster productive and inspired research and education innovations.
• Conducts research and scholarly activities in appropriate venues in order to meet the Libraries' and University's criteria for promotion and tenure .

Required Qualifications

• Masters degree from a program accredited by the American Library Association
• 2-3 years of experience in a health sciences or academic library with increasing levels of responsibility
• 2-3 years of supervisory experience
• Demonstrated excellence in teaching and/or research support in an academic library setting
• Increasing levels of responsibility in leadership, planning, and management of library services
• Excellent communication skills
• Understanding of health sciences library trends including support of research data policy and other research support services

Desired Qualifications:

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in a health sciences library with increasing levels of responsibility and supervisory duties
• Experience as faculty librarian with demonstrated knowledge and support of library faculty
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in evidence-based practice, research data sharing, and expert searching
• Experience publishing and presenting research and established activity in professional library organizations

Faculty Defined
Clinical faculty (regardless of rank)- Persons with titles of assistant professor-clinical, associate professor-clinical and professor-clinical. These faculty will have earned a doctor of medicine (MD), doctorate (PhD) orother terminal degree in the relevant field. Clinical faculty members are not eligible for tenure and areappointed for terms of three to five years. They may be reappointed to successive terms. Their principal careerfocus is the delivery of exemplary clinical care, and may include teaching, and/or research.

Tenure-Track faculty (regardless of rank)- Persons with the titles of assistant professor, associate professor, orprofessor who are eligible for tenure or who have obtained tenure. These faculty will have earned a doctorate(PhD), Doctor of Medicine (MD) or other terminal degree in the relevant field of study. Their primary careerfocus centers on research, service, and teaching.Tenure-track faculty with MD or MD/PhD degrees may also beinvolved in clinical care.

Research Faculty (regardless of rank)- Persons with the titles of research assistant professor, research associateprofessor, or research professor. These faculty will have earned a doctorate(PhD) or other terminal degree inthe relevant field of study.Research faculty members are not eligible for tenure and areappointed for terms ofone to five years. Their principal careerfocus is research.

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