Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of California, San Diego, CA
Posted January 19, 2017
The Scholarly Communications Librarian, a new position that provides leadership and develops strategies for the effective promulgation of information about scholarly communications and open access publishing issues to campus user communities.
- Lead the Library in defining strategies and services that support faculty and researchers in exercising their publishing options and that also help ensure sustainable and open access to information resources needed by our university.
- Advise the campus community on issues of open access; offer guidance on the UC Open Access policies to faculty, students, and staff; and provide consultations and informed recommendations on matters pertaining to scholarly communication, copyright and fair use, database licensing, and user privacy issues.
- Librarians at UC San Diego are academic appointees and entitled to appropriate professional leave and all other perquisites granted to non-faculty academic personnel. Librarians at UC San Diego are non-Senate academic appointees and are represented by an exclusive bargaining agent, University Council – American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT). This is a represented position.
The UC San Diego Library is committed to supporting the University’s rich and diverse academic environment inclusive of students, faculty, and staff of varying social, economic, cultural, ideological, ability, and ethnic backgrounds. UC San Diego Librarians are expected to participate in library-wide and system-wide planning and governance and to contribute professionally with scholarly publications and/or presentations and through active participation in professional organizations.
Salary: Salary and level of appointment in the Librarian series commensurate with qualifications and experience and based on the University of California pay scales.
Closing Date: Application consideration begins January 23, 2017 and will continue until the position is filled.
To Apply: For full consideration, please submit applications to: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/apply/JPF01302