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Clinical Liaison Librarian (Philadelphia, PA)

By Gary. Published on March 15, 2011 in Jobs & Internships. Closed Tags: , .

Job Open Date: 3/9/11

Duties

Reporting to the Associate Director of the Biomedical Library, the Evidence-Based Healthcare (EBHC) & Clinical Liaison Librarian leads and expands the Health Sciences Libraries’ development and provision of progressive evidence-based healthcare services and resources for the faculty, staff, clinicians, and students of Penn’s preeminent Schools of Medicine and Nursing and the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS).

Evidence-based practice is an integral part of the education, patient care and research at Penn’s health sciences schools and the health system. The Biomedical Library is involved with a number of EBHC initiatives including a well-established relationship with the UPHS Center for Evidence-Based Practice (CEP) (http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/cep/index.html), of which the EBHC & Clinical Liaison Librarian participates as a member, contributing to the writing and publication of systematic reviews.

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Job Posting: Hotline Information Specialist, Plymouth Meeting, PA

By Laura Koepfler. Published on January 26, 2011 in Jobs & Internships. 0 Comments Tags: , .

ECRI Institute, an AHRQ-designated Evidence-based Practice Center, seeks an experienced Information Specialist to join the Hotline Response Team as part of our Health Technology Assessment Information Center.

Specific responsibilities include:
• Intensive biomedical database and Web searching (PubMed, OVID, Dialog, The Cochrane Library, EBSCOhost, The National Guideline Clearinghouse, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, etc.)
• Search strategy construction, assessment, refinement, and maintenance
• Conducting reference interviews with clients and communicating with staff to define topics and the scope of searches
• Managing projects through research, writing, and editing phases to ensure timely delivery of client reports
• Documenting search strategies and results according to ECRI Institute guidelines

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Health Sciences Libraries Director (Philadelphia, PA)

By Gary. Published on December 8, 2010 in Jobs & Internships. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Health Sciences Libraries Director
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education is a comprehensive public research university with more than 39,000 students. It has a distinguished faculty in 17 schools and colleges, including schools of Law, Medicine, Pharmacy, Podiatry, and Dentistry, and a renowned Health Sciences Center. Temple is one of Pennsylvania’s three public research universities, along with the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University. Temple University is the 26th-largest university in the United States, and it is the 6th-largest provider of professional education (law, dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, and podiatric medicine) in the country.

Temple University seeks a Health Sciences Libraries Director to provide creative and visionary leadership for its health sciences libraries in an exciting period of growth and change. Located on the health sciences campus of a vibrant, urban research university, the newly-opened Simmy and Harry Ginsburg Health Sciences Library and the Charles E. Krausz Library of Podiatric Medicine serve the information needs of the entire Temple health sciences community, including the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Podiatry; the College of Health Professions and Social Work; and Temple University Hospital. For more information about Temple University and Philadelphia, visit www.temple.edu/about/.

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Reference and Emerging Technologies Librarian (Philadelphia, PA)

By Gary. Published on December 7, 2010 in Jobs & Internships. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education is a comprehensive public research university with more than 39,000 students. It has a distinguished faculty in 17 schools and colleges, including schools of Law, Medicine, Pharmacy, Podiatry, and Dentistry, and a renowned Health Sciences Center. Temple is one of Pennsylvania’s three public research universities, along with the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University. Temple University is the 26th-largest university in the United States, and it is the 6th-largest provider of professional education (law, dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, and podiatric medicine) in the country.

The Temple University Libraries seek a user-oriented and innovative librarian to join the staff of its Health Sciences Libraries, headquartered at the newly-opened Simmy and Harry Ginsburg Library located on Temple’s Health Sciences campus. Temple University is a vibrant, urban research university that is among the most diverse in the nation. For more information about Temple and Philadelphia, visit http://www.temple.edu/about/.

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Medical Curriculum Database Manager (Philadelphia, PA)

By Gary. Published on November 24, 2010 in Jobs & Internships. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Position Title
Medical Curriculum Database Manager

Posting Summary
The Medical Curriculum Database Manager develops and maintains curricullar data for use by students, faculty and administrators. The DB Manager assures backups, database maintenance, documentation procedures and partners with software experts within the medical school to ensure that the systems make maximum use of existing database structures. The database manager collaborates with faculty to populate the database, edit, and use it to inform curricular decisions. The Medical Curriculum database manager will report to the Associate Dean for Assessment and Evaluation.

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