Research Librarian for Music - Tufts University

Tisch Library seeks an innovative and collaborative colleague to join us as Research Librarian for Music.

Tisch Library provides collections, subject expertise, and technology-rich research and learning environments, with services and programs to meet the information needs of our students, faculty, and staff. The Lilly Music Library supports the teaching, research, and performance needs of the Department of Music and greater Tufts community.

The Research Librarian for Music builds deep connections with the music department, aligning outreach, instruction, consultation, and collection development with the evolving needs of the department. Additional liaison areas may be assigned.

A successful candidate will:

• Design and teach instruction sessions and offer individual research consultations that have a measurable impact on student learning, supporting both immediate student need and the development of transferable skills for students’ information lives beyond Tufts.
• Create deep, meaningful relationships with assigned academic departments, developing an understanding of the scholarly needs of their faculty and students. Participate in campus and department events, with discretion to experiment in pursuit of effective support of patron need.
• Create and maintain instruction materials (e.g., research guides, websites, tutorials, handouts, and exercises) using best practices for usability, accessibility, and outcome-based learning design. 
• Support faculty research projects and assignment design; seek opportunities to offer integrated, scaffolded, and high-impact information fluency instruction.
• Build excellent collections in support of Tufts’ goals to be both student-centered and research-focused, including monograph selection, approval plan management, database trials and analysis, and collection review projects.  Help establish clear collections priorities that align with the research and learning needs of Arts & Sciences and Engineering. Work to increase and elevate collections from historically underrepresented voices.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the Research & Learning division to co-teach, offer effective referrals, and support cross-department work. Through committee work and projects, share knowledge of faculty and student needs in designing responsive library services.

The Search Committee will begin reviewing applications on September 17, 2024. 

Basic Requirements:

• Knowledge and skills as typically acquired by a Master's degree in Library/Information Science from an ALA-accredited program, or international equivalent
• Educational experience or background in music
• Library experience in instruction, research, or collections
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative environment as well as take initiative on independent projects
• Interest in and willingness to adopt the Tisch Library values of Community, Curiosity and Learning, Openness, and Social Justice

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two years experience providing subject liaison services (instruction, consultation, and/or collection development) in an academic library or other public service environment
• Relevant subject expertise related to other disciplines within arts and humanities
• Knowledge of current research practices and issues in the arts and humanities, including digital humanities
• Experience leading peers in project or committee work

Special Work Schedule Requirements:

This full-time, full-year position is hybrid and includes work that can be done remotely as well as work that must be done on-site (e.g. classroom instruction and other programming, training, and collaboration).