Unit Manager - Research and Education Librarian

About the role

This position provides expert search, evidence synthesis, and instruction services to students, faculty, researchers, and clinicians at TTUHSC. It is a professional librarian role based at the Lubbock campus, reporting to the Associate Managing Director.

Responsibilities

• Provide reference and research assistance through LibChat, virtual, and in-person channels, including mediated and expert literature searches in biomedical databases.
• Contribute to systematic reviews and evidence synthesis projects — developing, documenting, and translating reproducible search strategies using established methodology (e.g., PRISMA, Cochrane, JBI).
• Co-develop and teach the MSIV library elective course.
• Co-develop and teach evidence-based medicine skills to School of Medicine clerkship students.
• Provide instruction, orientations, and workshops across schools and programs, and support citation and reference management software.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance LibGuides content in areas of responsibility.
• Serve as liaison to assigned schools and departments and support library outreach and community engagement services.
• Support researchers, as needed, with research impact metrics, scholarly communication, and funder public-access policy questions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus three years of supervisory experience OR a combination of education and/or supervisory experience to equal seven years.
• MLS/MLIS from an ALA-accredited institution.
• Training and/or experience searching health and biomedical sciences databases and resources.
• Experience teaching evidence-based practice or evidence-based medicine concepts.
• Experience using reference management software (e.g., EndNote, Zotero, Covidence).
• Experience supporting systematic reviews or other evidence synthesis.
• Experience in an academic health sciences or hospital library.
• Knowledge of research impact metrics, scholarly communication, or funder public-access policies.

Benefits

• Health Plans + Supplemental Coverage Options – Individual health insurance provided at no cost for full-time team members.
• Paid Time Off – Including holidays, vacation, sick leave and more.
• Retirement Plans.
• Wellness Programs.
• Certified Mother-Friendly Workplace.
• Lifelong learning programs, recognition programs, and health and wellness initiatives.
• Special membership rates at local gyms and golf courses, access to state-of-the-art software and facilities, and discounts on travel, technology, entertainment and more.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate upon the qualifications of the individual selected and budgetary guidelines of the hiring department, as well as the institutional pay plan. For additional information, please reference the institutional pay plan website at https://app4.ttuhsc.edu/payplan.