Scholarly Communication & Data Curation Librarian, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
Posted January 25, 2017
Rowan University Libraries seeks a tenure-track Scholarly Communication & Data Curation Librarian to lead and provide expertise in scholarly communication, digital scholarship, open access, and data curation at Rowan University. The successful candidate will implement and influence scholarly communication models and work closely with the Division of University Research to develop best practices and procedures in the storage, maintenance, and retrieval of research data. Rowan University has a strategic goal to greatly increase research funding in the coming years. This librarian will collaborate with the Division of University Research and other departments on the Libraries goals to increase our support in the areas of research, scholarly communication, and creative activities. The successful candidate must be flexible and appreciate a changing, ambiguous environment. The position will be offered at the Librarian 2 (Assistant) or Librarian 1 (Associate) depending on the experience and qualifications of the candidate.
Duties:
- Serve as a campus resource and advocate for scholarly communication
- services across all disciplines.
- Develop outreach initiatives to encourage faculty to deposit
- scholarship and creative works in Rowan University’s institutional
- repository.
- Develop workflows, policies, and processes to support repository services.
- Collaborate with Campbell Library’s Digital Scholarship Center staff
- in support of programs, projects, and services.
- Assist faculty and staff in their understanding of copyright and
- publishing policies.
- Promote open access publishing.
- Present workshops and create online content in support of scholarly
- communication, data sharing and management, open access, alt-metrics,
- and digital scholarship.
- Serve on the Institutional Repository Committee.
- Contribute as a subject liaison as needed.
- Serve on departmental and campus committees.
Required:
- An ALA-accredited (or foreign equivalent) master’s degree in library
- and/or information science.
- Experience building scholarly communication efforts within an academic setting.
- An understanding of goals, practices, and policies of research
- universities and their libraries.
- Demonstrated knowledge of trends and current practices in scholarly
- communication.
- Demonstrated knowledge of intellectual property issues in an academic
- environment.
- Demonstrated understanding of research data management.
- Demonstrated understanding of metadata standards for institutional
- repositories and digital archives.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
- Evidence of strong writing and public presentation skills.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience managing a bepress Digital Commons repository.
- Experience with digital imaging.
- Experience with digital humanities, including text mining, file conversion, and data analysis.
The successful candidate for this position may be hired at the rank of Librarian II (five years’ experience) or Librarian I (13 years’ experience or 8 years’ experience, plus a second Master’s Degree or a Ph.D.) depending on qualifications.