Subject Librarian

Contract Type: Fixed Term - Ends 19/09/2027

What makes Goldsmiths unique?

Goldsmiths is a world-renowned university that has a reputation for rigorous and innovative academic work; creativity has long been our hallmark. Academic excellence and imaginative course content combine to make a place where creative minds can thrive.

About the department

Goldsmiths Library is at the heart of our New Cross campus and plays a central role in our distinctive learning and research environment. Open 24/7, the Library provides access to around 259,000 print items and over 38,000 eBooks and welcomes around 187,000 visitors each year.

Through our collections, spaces, literacies and skills development and specialist expertise, we support students, researchers and the public to explore, create and think critically. Our approach reflects Goldsmiths’ wider commitment to creativity, collaboration, social justice and positive change, with our open and radically inclusive Library rooted in critical library practice and anti-racism.

Our Special Collections and Archives bring these distinctive Goldsmiths strengths together, with collections that are open to all and reflect Goldsmiths’ influential position in the creative and performing arts, with collections including the Goldsmiths Textile Collection & Constance Howard Gallery, the Daphne Oram Collection and the Women’s Art Library.

Find out more on the Goldsmiths Library website: https://www.gold.ac.uk/library/

Read the Library Framework, our strategic roadmap: https://www.gold.ac.uk/library/framework-2025/

About the role 

This role is part of a team of Subject Librarians who between them ensure liaison and business relationship management for all Goldsmiths academic schools and faculties and flexibly support all subject areas and disciplines.

As a Subject Librarian you will support our students through delivering 1:1 sessions, developing and leading both co-curricular and embedded teaching around academic, digital, study, information and artificial intelligence literacies.

Subject Librarians are also responsible for regularly updating asynchronous resources available to students and staff, including LibGuides and tutorial videos.

About the candidate

You’ll be an experienced and adaptable professional with strong knowledge of core academic literacies and library resources. You’ll bring experience of teaching, developing learning content and subject-specific expertise, alongside excellent communication and relationship-building skills. You’ll be proactive, collaborative and learner-focused, with a commitment to inclusive, accessible and evidence-informed library services.

Benefits

We have generous benefits – an agile working environment, 28 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus six paid closure days (four at Christmas and two at Easter) plus all Bank Holidays, great transport links, a defined benefit pension scheme, support for professional development and a broad range of wellbeing initiatives such as staff choir, running club, staff networks and creative writing classes.

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At Goldsmiths, University of London, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion shape how we lead, learn, and work. We are committed to building an inclusive and respectful environment, removing barriers and addressing inequalities so that everyone in our community can belong and thrive.

All applicants must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing work with us.

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