Research Librarian

at  University of the Witwatersrand

Qualifications and Required Skills:
• Honours in LIS (Library and Information Science), with 5 years’ experience in an academic or research library as an information librarian.
Knowledge and skills:
• Subject knowledge in related field
• Knowledge of systematic reviews.
• Knowledge of citation resources
• Knowledge management skills.
• Knowledge in bibliographic and authority control.
• Knowledge of anti-plagiarism software
• Knowledge of Open scholarship services
• Research process and methodology.
• Collection management skills.
• Information analysing, evaluating and organising skills.
• Information management skills.
• Searching skills
• Interviewing/reference skills
• Training and user experience skills.

• Provide input and contribute to a research support advisory service to academics and postgraduate students in all aspects of scholarly communication and publication process.
• Develop and manage relationships to support academics and researchers in their research assessment and (NRF) ratings.
• Maintain awareness of a wide variety of research tools, methodologies, and resources appropriate for student and faculty scholarship, including but not limited to citation management, evidence synthesis, and data analysis.
• Conduct reference research interviews with clients to determine their needs.
• Provide library orientation, information literacy trainings.
• Provide instruction and training in the use of information resources for a specific discipline or subject area.
• Contribute content to the University’s Learning Management System (i.e. provide links to tools such as Blackboard, etc.)
• Develop information literacy tutorial using appropriate technologies.
• Initiate the development of various teaching and learning modalities and platforms for information literacy instruction in collaboration with the manager faculty library.
• Administer and manage Student Workers
• Attend Faculty Board meetings and all relevant committee meetings in the Faculty.
• Develop and manage relationships with academics, researchers, students and staff.
• Develop relationships with academic staff, researchers and postgraduate students, and regularly schedule meetings to assess progress and address any concerns.
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To apply:
Register your profile at https://irec.wits.ac.za and use reference number
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Please ensure that you include a covering letter, detailed CV with names, addresses, contact numbers and e-mail addresses of 3 contactable referees
The University is committed to employment equity. Preference may be given to appointable applicants from the underrepresented designated groups in terms of the relevant employment equity plans and policies of the University. The University retains the right not to make an appointment and to verify all information provided by candidates.
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