"Business Librarian"

Business Librarian

Milwaukee, WI
Full Time
JR10008431

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Position Title: Business Librarian

Job Category: Academic Staff

Employment Type: Regular

Job Profile: Lib II-Res, Learn & User Supp

Job Duties:

The Business Librarian supports the university goals to be excellent in inter-disciplinary research and graduate highly educated individuals at all degree levels. Working under the leadership of the Research & Academic Outreach Team Lead, position responsibilities include the following:

• Provides effective delivery of business research instruction at all levels of the curriculum in the classroom and online, participates in the library's first year information literacy curricula, and may support other subjects as assigned.
• Conducts consultations with students, staff, and faculty in-person and virtually.
• Engages in academic outreach to the Lubar College of Business, the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, assigned departments and research centers with an opportunity to creatively engage students across disciplines.
• Contributes to programming to educate graduate students and faculty on established and emerging practices in scholarly communication.

This position provides excellent customer service in a professional manner, serves as a resource to others, and is a model representative of UWM and the Libraries. We welcome applications from newly graduated and early career librarians.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Serves as a liaison to business, economics, non-profit management, and related disciplines and/or other campus units as assigned providing information on collections, instructional and research support, and library services.
• Cultivates and maintains productive relationships with business information vendors and professional colleagues.
• Obtains materials, resolves issues, and answers questions that are complex and highly specialized in nature.
• Designs, develops, delivers, and assesses instruction in a variety of formats to faculty, staff, students, and other patrons.
• Provides specialized services utilizing a high level of expertise in business, economics, non-profit management, and related disciplines (data literacy and management, entrepreneurship, and philanthropy).
• Initiates and solicits input to modify policies, procedures, and assessment tools to improve workflows and/or user experiences.
• Serves on committees to advance business librarianship at the campus, local, and/or state and national levels.
• May direct the day-to-day activities of student workers.
• Partners with faculty and library acquisitions staff to develop, curate, and manage business resources.

Department: Libraries

Compensation: 50,000 - $55,000

Required Qualifications:

• MLS/MLIS from an ALA-accredited institution
• Evidence of experience conducting literature and data searches in company industry and marketing database

Preferred Qualifications:

• Evidence of experience teaching business research skills and/or commitment to build knowledge of information literacy, theory, and practice
• Capacity to provide advanced business subject research assistance.
• Degree, course work, or equivalent experience in business, economics, executive leadership, or a discipline related to the position

Competencies of Successful Applicants:

• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities in a collaborative environment while fostering a welcoming and respectful atmosphere.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and interact with first year students, graduate students and faculty.

Education: Master's Degree-Library Science

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are required to apply online and provide the following at time of application:

• Cover Letter addressing each of the required and preferred qualifications
• Resume

In instances where the Search and Screen Committee is unable to ascertain from a candidate's application materials whether they meet any of the qualifications, they will be evaluated as not meeting such qualifications.

Apply electronically by the application deadline date of 3/11/2026.

Contact Information:

Questions about this position should be directed to Amy Rehfeldt at rehfelda@uwm.edu.