Post date: June 5, 2025

The University Library of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) seeks a creative and service-oriented liaison librarian to work collaboratively with library colleagues to address the information and learning needs of students, faculty, residents, fellows, clinicians, and researchers with the Colleges of Nursing and Medicine. This full-time Clinical (Non-Tenured-track) position is a part of the Library of the Health Sciences -Peoria (LHS Peoria), located in Peoria, IL. LHS Peoria is a regional library of the Library of the Health Sciences. 

As a member of the University Library, working at LHS Peoria, the successful candidate will provide general health sciences reference and literature search services; design instructional content, incorporating new educational technologies; support research initiatives; and provide input on collection development decisions. The liaison portion of this position will involve working with both the Colleges of Nursing and Medicine. In partnership with the other LHS nursing and medicine librarian liaisons, the candidate will seek to develop and deliver relevant services to further learner success within the unified curriculum and the regional medical residency programs. The liaison librarian in this position will work with medical students, residents, faculty, and staff in Peoria, and with nursing students, faculty, and staff in Peoria, the Quad Cities area, Springfield, and Urbana. Due to the geographic distribution of learners, travel will be expected component of this position.

This non-tenure track appointment includes the expectation that clinical faculty function as engaged practitioners with a focus on the practice of librarianship. This includes the specific activities that maintain and improve service, management, and operations of the University Library. Clinical faculty are expected to maintain currency in the knowledge base of librarianship or their specialization and to apply that knowledge creatively and effectively in the performance of their responsibilities. Concurrently, clinical faculty are expected to participate actively in service and contribute to scholarship in librarianship, or other appropriate discipline-specific scholarship. For appointment, retention, and promotion, individuals will be evaluated on librarianship, service and scholarship.

Support for scholarship and professional development, including funding, research leave, and mentoring, are provided to foster candidate success. Expectations are further outlined in the norms for non-tenure track appointments.

Salary: $65,000 - $70,000

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