Reference and Instruction Librarian

Responsibilities

• Provides research and reference services to library users
• Serves as a member of the Ford Library’s Reference Team, delivering high-quality research and reference services through a shared-service model.
• Develops, schedules, and teaches bibliographic and database instruction sessions during the academic year on topics including Bloomberg, career research, and business strategy.
• Evaluates trial databases and provides feedback to library leadership regarding user needs, usability, and cost as they relate to the Fuqua community.
• Performs additional research services as assigned, which may include leading library tours and collaborating with vendor representatives on database training sessions.

Promotes library collections and services

• Works collaboratively across Ford Library and Fuqua teams to increase awareness and effective use of library resources and services.
• Creates instructional and research support content for Fuqua courses by selecting resources from the Ford and Duke Libraries for inclusion in online web guides.
• Conducts outreach to Fuqua faculty and student groups to support the integration of library resources into teaching and learning.
• Produces the library’s monthly newsletter highlighting key resources, services, and initiatives.
• Designs and staffs library outreach initiatives such as coffee breaks, tabling events, and other engagement activities.

Provides course support for Fuqua faculty

• Supports faculty and students by facilitating access to library-licensed and locally hosted course materials.
• Generates and shares stable links to library resources for use in course instruction.
• Creates and maintains course pages for faculty to host links to library content.
• Ensures student access to locally hosted content for academic use.