Position Description 2014-2015

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Title: Government Information Librarian and Library Liaison to James Madison College – Librarian I

Manages the U.S. federal documents collection in the MSU Libraries, while administering all Federal Depository Library Program activities and requirements. Essential functions of this job include liaison to:

  • U.S. Federal Depository Library Program
  • The library government documents community in an era of evolving services
  • James Madison College for instruction, including access to government publications often used to support coursework
  • The MSU community at large, for its needs for government information

Manages the international documents collection.

Manages the European Union documents collection.

Hires, trains, and supervises student employees responsible for shelving and maintaining the government documents collection.

Creates and maintains relevant research guides related to government information.

Acts as liaison to James Madison College, providing course-specific instruction and research guides.

Provides general and subject-specific reference and instructional services.  .

Develops an understanding of the data needs of those working in government information and works with data librarians to meet data management, curation, and visualizations needs of students, faculty, and staff.

Meets Criterion II and III responsibilities.

 

 

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