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About the Job
- The IIE MSA Ruimsig Campus in Roodepoort has a vacancy for a Postgraduate Research Information Specialist
Purpose
- The Postgraduate and Research Librarian is a member of one or more teams responsible for providing a comprehensive information service on a complex level and advanced level, developing library collections to meet the needs of the staff and students both on- and off-campus of individual faculties, and the development and delivery of research workshops, a range of literacy programs.
- The incumbent is responsible for designing, planning, organising and managing of all information and research support services to cater for needs of faculties, researchers and students according to the research strategies and policies in the Line Manager, and in line with Brand strategy, IIE008, IIE027, research development framework and related policies.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Postgraduate Information Services
- Plan and design annual training programmes for the year to include entry/orientation level to advanced and just-in-time information, research, literacy and academic writing sessions
- Assist students and researchers in the use of plagiarism prevention and research tools
- Ensure that collections and subscriptions answers to needs
Marketing, awareness and dissemination of information services communication
- Plan and design guidelines, notices and create and awareness of postgraduate library services
- Create research profiles for researchers and lecturers and disseminate information accordingly
- Create library guides and handouts
- Actively participate in campus activities e.g. research conferences etc
- Actively take part in academic forums on campus to create awareness of the value chain of library services within Teaching and Learning
Teaching and learning support, Information literacies
- Plan and present advanced research and information sessions to postgraduate students, and researchers in collaboration with academic departments and staff
- Display an excellent level of digital literacies and eResources knowledge e.g. EbscoHOST and other sources functionality, and transfer these skills to students and researchers
- Present workshops on academic integrity, plagiarism prevention and referencing techniques
- Assist students in using referencing, plagiarism prevention and research tools
- Deliver embedded library services on the learning management services
Policy and standards compliance
- Monitor adherence to all library and library related policies and research policies and report progress or anomalies
- Ensure copyright and trademarks compliance not only in the library but with the appropriate campus Line Manager
- Promote academic ethics and intellectual integrity
Collection, maintenance, management and development
- Ensure that library collection has up-to-date resources on research methods and methodology per discipline
- Ensure that there is access to seminal work, giving preference to having online and electronic editions rather than print where possible
- Augment available collections with interlibrary loans as and when needed
- Introduce postgraduate students to peer reviewed articles
- Submit completed research to the research repository
Networking, communication and reporting
- Compile and distribution of monthly statistical reports, with analyses and comments on trends
- Stay abreast of industry developments and participate on all internal and external forums
Ad hoc and auxiliary duties
The incumbent will be required to:
- Work evening, after-hours and weekend shifts
- Do counter duties
- Cataloguing, classification, indexing and item editing
- Weeding and stock control
Minimum Education Required
- Postgraduate qualification with a research component in Information Sciences or equivalent.
Minimum Work Experience Required
- 3-5 years relevant experience
Working Hours
- Shift hours are required by Library staff to ensure that we are able to provide the required level of service to our students. Suggested shifts:
- Monday to Friday 07h00 to 16h00 OR
- Monday to Thursday 10h00 to 19h00
- Friday 08h00 – 12h00
- Saturday 08h00 – 13h00
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