Post date: July 18, 2025

The University of California, Berkeley, is seeking an experienced, collaborative, and service-oriented History & Social Sciences Instruction Librarian to join the Library's Social Sciences Division. The division supports world-class teaching and research in the social sciences, providing innovative collection development and other user-focused services, including data and information literacy, course-based instruction, and research support.

The History & Social Sciences Instruction Librarian reports to the head of the Library’s Social Sciences Division. Librarians in the Social Sciences Division establish strong relationships with faculty and students; conduct analysis and assessment of user needs; create collections of digital, print, and data resources; provide virtual and in-person research consultations; offer customized in-person and remote instruction; develop instructional materials in a variety of formats; and promote library resources and services to support Berkeley’s teaching and research through outreach, exhibits, and programming.

The History & Social Sciences Instruction Librarian serves as liaison and selector for the Department of History, providing library instruction, collections, and reference support for a diverse group of History undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and staff. The successful candidate collaborates with Library colleagues—including area studies librarians covering global regions such as Asia, Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Eastern Europe—to support researchers throughout UC Berkeley as a Library expert in historical primary sources. Through instruction and consultations, the successful candidate supports the History Department's globally recognized undergraduate and graduate programs by helping faculty and students navigate specialized collections, archives, and digital resources. They also serve as a liaison to the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society—which focuses on the histories of science, medicine, and technology—and the undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies Field.

The History & Social Sciences Instruction Librarian works as a functional lead for instruction and outreach efforts in the Social Sciences Division. They collaborate with librarians and library staff to support the promotion of Library resources, programs, and services to the division’s constituencies. As an instructional lead, the successful candidate collaborates with colleagues in the Instructional Services Division and other Library units to create and implement instructional materials and lessons to assist division colleagues in their teaching efforts.

The History & Social Sciences Instruction Librarian, in collaboration with faculty and Library colleagues, actively builds, manages, and makes accessible collections that meet the research and learning needs of the campus community and align with the Library’s digitization priorities and the University of California Libraries’ shared print efforts. The collection primarily includes electronic resources, as well as monographs and serials acquired through approval plans and vendors. The successful candidate analyzes researcher needs and resource use to inform collection decisions, ensuring that history collections reflect diverse teaching and research needs across time periods and regions.

Working closely with colleagues in the Social Sciences Division, the Office of Scholarly Communication and Information Policy, and Library Data Services, the History & Social Sciences Instruction Librarian works to shape services, projects, policies, and collections to enhance research and learning at the University. All UC Berkeley librarians are expected to participate in library-wide planning and governance, and work effectively in a shared decision-making environment. Advancement is partially based upon professional contributions beyond the primary assignment; the successful candidate will show evidence or promise of such contributions to the Library, campus, UC System, and profession.

Salary: $80,349-$104,877/Annually

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