Open Access Fellow, Harvard Library, Cambridge, MA
Posted February 20, 2018
Open Access Fellow – Harvard Library Office for Scholarly Communication
The Open Access Fellow’s primary purpose is to facilitate deposits through the DASH workflow, Harvard’s open-access repository.
Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) is Harvard’s open-access repository for scholarly articles written by Harvard faculty and scholars, and is managed by the Office of Scholarly Communication (OSC) within Harvard Library. DASH contains 42,000+ works (and counting) that are freely available to the world.
The Open Access Fellows program assists faculty and scholars with depositing their articles in DASH. Although much of the work can be done independently, each Fellow is required to spend two hours each week (at a regularly scheduled time) working in the OSC office under the supervision of the Repository Manager. Open Access Fellows gain valuable experience in the world of open access and help the OSC bring Harvard scholarship to readers the world over.
The Harvard Library Office for Scholarly Communication was formed in 2008 with a charge to the University Library from the Harvard Provost to spearhead campus-wide initiatives to open, share, and preserve scholarship.
Primary duties include:
- Facilitate deposits through the DASH workflows
- Describe works in the repository by consistently providing thorough and accurate data entry
- Troubleshoot DASH records
- Conduct bibliographic research
- Outreach to publishers and DASH authors
- Participate in office hours and trainings
Qualifications:
- Current Simmons SLIS student or recent MLS graduate
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to stay focused and work efficiently at mundane tasks
Schedule:
- 12-17hrs/week
- $17/hr
- Flexible schedule (work independently)
- 2 hours per week must be worked in-house on a set schedule
- Incumbent to begin on or around March 19, 2018
Applications are being accepted until March 12, 2018. To apply, please email cover letter and resume to:
Colin Lukens – Repository Manager