Business and Entrepreneurship Librarian

Northeastern University•Boston, MA

About The Position

The Business and Entrepreneurship Librarian reports to the Library Program Manager for Entrepreneurship and serves as the liaison to the D’Amore-McKim School of Business. The role helps coordinate the library’s interdisciplinary efforts to integrate services and resources into entrepreneurship initiatives across campus, and provides teaching, learning, and research support through virtual and in-person instructional sessions, consultations, and workshops. The librarian also collaborates on business and entrepreneurship initiatives in Boston and across Northeastern’s global campus network. The successful candidate is curious about how artificial intelligence tools affect the learning environment, eager to apply an entrepreneurial mindset by experimenting, learning, adapting, and iterating, and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment. In this role, the librarian supports faculty, students, and research staff; develops and delivers instruction and online resources; provides research assistance; conducts outreach; and evaluates and selects collections. The librarian also provides specialized interdisciplinary support for entrepreneurship activities across the university, participates in university and library community service, and maintains awareness of developments in academic librarianship, business, entrepreneurship, and higher education. The position is listed as a Library role. Northeastern University offers a comprehensive benefits package for benefit-eligible employees. The expected hiring range is $65,540.00–$92,573.75; the starting salary depends on factors including education, experience, location, knowledge, expertise, and skills. Applicants are encouraged to explain how their experience and knowledge connect to the qualifications, even if not all are captured by the listed skills and experience. A bemused curiosity about experimentation may fit the posting’s call to investigate, learn, adapt, and iterate.

Requirements

Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree.
Experience or demonstrated interest working with entrepreneurship or related business fields in an academic setting.
Knowledge of business or entrepreneurial resources, methodologies, research trends, and pedagogical approaches related to business and entrepreneurship.
Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal, and organizational skills, including strong time-management skills.

Nice To Haves

ALA-accredited master’s degree in library/information science, attained or in process of completion, or an advanced degree in education/teaching or a business-related field.
Previous teaching or public-speaking experience.
Strong skills in community outreach, networking, and building relationships.

Responsibilities

Liaise with the D’Amore-McKim School of Business and serve as a resource for its faculty, students, and research staff, advancing library integration into teaching, learning, and scholarship.
Collaborate with faculty to design and deliver course-based information-literacy workshops.
Provide open workshops on citation tools, discovery tools, and other knowledge areas and tools supporting the curriculum.
Partner with liaisons to develop online learning objects, research guides, and other web resources.
Provide online and in-person research support, including scheduled consultations, walk-in research help, classroom instruction, and virtual assistance.
Partner with library staff to support research data management, scholarly publishing, repository services, and emerging researcher resources and tools.
Maintain frequent, ongoing communication with faculty and researchers in assigned disciplines to support teaching and research and promote library services and initiatives.
Evaluate and select materials in assigned disciplines to meet university needs; recommend budget levels and expend allotted budgets.
Evaluate collections in relation to program, accreditation, and grant activities.
Provide specialized interdisciplinary support for entrepreneurship activities across the Northeastern University community and incorporate library resources and services into this strategic initiative.
Build relationships, monitor trends, and develop an interdisciplinary program responsive to evolving entrepreneurship curricula and programs.
Serve as a library subject matter expert and collaborate with liaisons to facilitate engagement around entrepreneurship.
Support entrepreneurship collection development as needed.
Participate, contribute, or volunteer on university or library committees, teams, working groups, projects, or initiatives that further the university’s mission.
Keep abreast of developments and trends in academic librarianship, business, entrepreneurship, and higher education; participate in relevant library, university, and other organizations, forums, and conferences.