Associate Librarian, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Position: Associate Librarian, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Entity: Aga Khan University

Location: Karachi

Introduction to the Aga Khan University:

The Aga Khan University is a private, international university committed to international standards of excellence in teaching, research and service. It has a network of six hospitals providing high quality health care. The main hospital at Stadium Road Karachi serves as the principal site for clinical training for AKU’s Medical College and School of Nursing & Midwifery. AKU’s Faculty of Health Science (FHS) in Karachi enables aspiring medical professionals to deliver quality patient care, advance healthcare policy and make a difference in the communities it serves.

AKU has launched the department of Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) that will develop young people to become future leaders through a transformative education that is endlessly challenging, stimulating and mind-opening. The FAS library will serve as a hub of learning and research activities at 12th floor of the University Centre at Stadium Road Campus in Karachi.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Aga Khan University invites applications for the position of Associate Librarian at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Library.

Job Role / Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for assisting the FAS Librarian in the overall management of the library; Implementation of the FAS library’s policies and procedures; Planning and delivering information literacy programms for FAS users; Working with FAS faculty collegially to integrate resources-based learning; Maintaining library usage statistics; and assist in the preparation of reports for senior management of FAS and Office of the University Librarian.

You will be responsible to:

• assist FAS Librarian in planning, implementing, marketing and evaluating the library’s information literacy programs
• conduct library orientation sessions for FAS users
• conduct Information Literacy programs for the FAS users
• assist FAS Librarian in collection development which includes the acquisition and subscription to the library books, databases, periodicals, etc. for FAS Library Karachi.
• populating FAS content on AKU Institutional Repository (eCommons).
• develop and update faculty profiles at Pure Portal.
• develop and update LibGuides
• contribute to LibChat representing FAS Library
• contact person between library and faculty for all general/specific inquiries
• participate in various faculty/departmental meetings
• supervise work related to Symphony ILS for FAS Library
• check the quality of data entered, uploaded related to FAS print & online resources
• identify system-related issues and coordinate with Systems team to discuss and resolve these issues.
• provide support for FAS faculty, students, and staff regarding plagiarism checking using Turnitin
• create users’ accounts for plagiarism checking

Eligibility Criteria / Requirements:

You should have:

• Masters in Library & Information Science or equivalent degree from HEC recognized institution
• at least Five years experience in a managerial/supervisory position in an academic / healthcare setting
• Excellent practical knowledge of academic libraries’ information resources and databases.
• Sound knowledge of information technology applications in libraries including.
• Practical knowledge of international bibliographic standards including MARC, Dublin Core, RDA, LC, etc., LibGuides
• Working knowledge of web-based content management systems, including Microsoft SharePoint.
• Practical experience in the development and delivery of information literacy programs.
• Experience supervising library professionals and paraprofessional staff.
• Knowledge of health science databases and MESH will be an added advantage.

Comprehensive reference checks will be conducted.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.