Librarian - Part-Time, Temporary - Moss Landing Marine Labs

 

  

Department Summary

The MLML/MBARI Research Library serves the affiliates of Moss Landing Marine Labs and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories is located at 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039. MLML is administered by the College of Science at San José State University and is part of the California State University System. The MLML/MBARI Research Library is staffed by one faculty librarian and supported by 20-35 hours/per week of graduate student assistants.

The MLML/MBARI Research Library collections are concentrated in fisheries, marine birds and mammals, invertebrate zoology, oceanography, ecology, molecular biology, biogeochemistry, toxicology, marine geology, marine chemistry, and deep-sea biology. The Library also holds resources in support of mechanical, electrical and software engineering and scientific instrumentation.

Brief Description of Duties

Part-time temporary position, 12/1/2024 through 5/31/2025, to manage the MLML/MBARI Research Library and provide essential services while the librarian is on a sabbatical leave for the Spring 2025 semester, 10 hours per week.

• Provide research assistance and information literacy sessions to individuals and groups of faculty, researchers, and students in marine science.
• Update library handouts and instruction materials in print and online.
• Assist library student assistants with fulfillment and technical services functions such as: circulation, Rapido/Worldshare interlibrary loan, course reserves, user management, and inventory management in ExLibris Alma library management system as needed. 
• May perform minimal collection development tasks such as patron requested monographic ordering and invoice processing.
• Communicate with MLML administration, liaise with King Library as needed, point of contact with CSU Chancellor’s Office Systemwide Digital Library Services team.
• Special projects as need/time allows. Possible project areas include: outreach and displays, retroactive cataloging, system configuration, instruction development, collection analysis, etc.
• Demonstrate awareness of and address the needs of a student population of great diversity–including age, abilities, cultural background, ethnicity, religion, economic background, primary language, sexual orientation, gender identity, and academic preparation–through inclusive course materials, teaching strategies and advisement.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Experience providing research assistance and instruction in the sciences.
• Experience with a wide range of library literature databases and tools such as library catalogs and discovery tools, article databases, citation managers and in providing instruction and research assistance in using these tools.
• Experience creating guides and instructional materials for users.
• Experience with fulfillment and technical services functions such as user management, interlibrary loan, and/or copy cataloging.
• This position is the only professional position serving the MLML/MBARI Research Library and requires flexibility, the ability to work independently; excellent problem solving skills; excellent communication skills with administration and users.
• Required Degree:  Masters in Library Science.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience.
• Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a multicultural population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching and other comparable experience.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ExLibris Alma library management system and Primo discovery service.
• Experience providing research assistance and instruction to faculty and graduate students in marine science or related disciplines such as, biology, geology, environmental science.
• Knowledgeable about technical services functions such as user management, interlibrary loan, and/or copy cataloging in Alma.
• Experience with editing and creating webpages in WordPress or Springshare’s LibGuides.
• Experience with collection management.
  
  

Compensation

Compensation and salary range placement are determined by qualifications and experience. To learn more about range placement, please see University Policy S21-2. Anticipated hiring ranges:

Librarian 12-month