Program Coordinator, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Posted October 27, 2015
Job ID: 32314
Equal Employment Opportunity
The University of Louisville is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity, Americans with Disabilities Employer, committed to community engagement and diversity, and in that spirit, seeks applications from a broad variety of candidates.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in a related field and three years of experience. Additional experience may be used on a one-to-one basis to offset the educational requirements. The university offers market competitive salary and benefits. Grade ED.
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to plan and initiate effective programs, projects, and services.
- Familiarity with and understanding of copyright, intellectual property, and related information policy and legal concerns of academic libraries, including an awareness of open access issues and considerations.
- Ability to adapt to changing conditions in academic libraries and the flexibility and desire to learn new skills as scholarly communication continues to evolve at UofL and elsewhere.
- Attention to detail and ability to work independently and in close coordination with supervisor and UofL colleagues, preferably with prior experience in academic settings and some familiarity with the scholarly process.
- Exercise diplomacy and discretion in dealing with external constituencies of faculty, administrators, and others in the UofL community elsewhere.
- Strong computer skills (including Microsoft Office), with a desire and ability to stay current with emerging technologies, trends, and metadata standards.
- Excellent interpersonal, collaborative, writing, and communication skills.
- Ability to prepare reports and maintain consistent records.
Position Description
University Libraries Archives and Special Collections is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as the Open Access and Repository Coordinator. This position will serve as the initial contact for ThinkIR, the UofL scholarship repository, and screen other inquiries about copyright, scholarly communications, open access, and related services. University Libraries developed ThinkIR to promote open access to scholarship and to preserve scholarly materials produced by UofL faculty, staff, and students.
The position works closely with the Evelyn J. Schneider Endowed Chair for Scholarly Communication and the Digital Initiatives Librarian in coordinating, planning, and pursuing day-to-day work and identifying practical and policy considerations.
- Coordinate and manage the receipt, metadata and DOI (digital object identifier) production, and upload of repository materials, including identifying potential faculty contributors by cross comparing internal and external lists of publications with lists of UofL faculty.
- Work with the repository vendor (bepress) to establish and design new communities, series, event sites and journals within ThinkIR and to resolve issues with existing series and journals by troubleshooting problems in cooperation with internal and external colleagues and vendor.
- Research copyright and archiving permissions and communicate directly with publishers and other rightsholders as necessary to clarify or request permissions for the use of copyrighted works in ThinkIR and the broader UofL community, including developing an understanding of publication and related agreements governing the use of faculty scholarship.
- Support and engage in outreach to encourage ThinkIR participation and to help raise awareness of broader copyright and scholarly communication issues, including the development of supporting materials, web resources, and workshops.
- Provide direct support for educational programs, special projects, and related activities such as Open Access Week and Scholarly Communication workshops.
- Assist with the development and maintenance of documentation and training materials for the repository, including tracking and reporting on usage of the repository.