Data Management Specialist, Oregon State University Libraries & Press, Corvallis, OR

Posted December 7, 2015

• Makes contact and works with faculty and academic units outside of the library to develop and sustain services in support of curation of data produced at OSU.
• Consults with researchers about their data, its management, reuse, and accessibility.
• Assists researchers with creating data documentation and metadata aimed at preparing data for sharing in digital repositories.
• Assists faculty in writing data management plans. 
• Assists faculty in meeting funder requirements for providing public access to research results, including data.
• Is informed of, and keeps library and university faculty up to date on, national and international trends, legislation, and pending changes in public access requirements for data
• Collaborates with Center faculty and staff in developing funding agency data deposit services and workflows
• Participates in and leads campus initiatives, committees, and task forces relating to data management and storage.
• Tracks international developments in data curation and participates in library, campus, regional, and national discussions regarding cooperative data curation activities and services.
• Develops and maintains data services web pages that describe campus and funding agency data policies, guidelines, best practices and library services.
• Identifies appropriate venues for data and serves as an intermediary between researchers and appropriate digital repository systems including ScholarsArchive@OSU.
• Develops and delivers training and instruction for credit courses, workshops and other forum
• Designs and produces training documents, self-guided tutorials, user guides and other print and web-based instructional materials.
• Engages with the OSU community by building relationships with a specific academic unit, promoting library services and resources and contributing to library-wide conversations about strategic directions.
• Actively participates in service activities in the library, on campus and within professional organizations 
• Contributes to the scholarly record by conducting, communicating, documenting research as well as sharing products resulting from the research

• A Master’s degree by date of appointment from an ALA-accredited program or a foreign equivalent degree, or a Master’s or higher degree in a data-intensive discipline
• Demonstrable experience working with data in a research context 
• Demonstrated knowledge of issues and technical challenges related to data curation and management 
• Familiarity with one or more current scientific data conventions and metadata standards 
• Demonstrated capacity to work effectively and collegially with a diverse population 
• Ability to develop and execute a research agenda 
• Strong technical skills and technical problem-solving abilities 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills 

• One year of relevant research data management and curation experience in an academic, scientific, or corporate setting
• Advanced degree in a data intensive research field
• Experience with one or more commonly used data repository platforms
• An understanding of the research process from conception to completion (i.e. conception, data collection, analysis, synthesis, and publication)
• Experience with digital tools used in data intensive research such as programming, GIS, or statistical software
• Understanding of principles of data documentation and metadata in a research context
• Experience working in an academic library environment
• Grant writing experience 
• Familiarity with federal funding requirements for data management 
• Evidence of participation in professional societies and organizations