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Publishing Coordinator, UD Press

• University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
• Newark, DE

The University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press inspires the intellectual, scholarly and creative achievement of our community.  We are strongly committed to diversity within our community and fostering safe, welcoming, and inclusive spaces and opportunities where everyone has an equal opportunity to learn, create, and grow. We welcome those who have demonstrated a commitment to upholding the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion and will assist us to expand our capacity for diversity in the broadest sense. We collaborate with strategic campus partners to achieve these priorities, as well as with national professional organizations.

The University of Delaware Press is a leading scholarly publisher in numerous fields, including: Literary Studies, especially Early Modern literature; Eighteenth-Century Studies; French literature and culture; and Art History. It also publishes works of regional significance, cultivating growing list areas in Material Culture and Transatlantic Studies. The Press currently publishes 12-15 titles per year through a partnership with Rutgers University Press under which Rutgers produces and publishes University of Delaware Press titles in print and electronic formats, distributes those books through its sales and vendor channels, and assists in marketing and publicity.

Under the general supervision of the Press Director, the Publishing Coordinator works in a wide range of areas essential to press operations, including marketing, editorial, metadata, and administrative work. The Publishing Coordinator provides vital support for the press’s expanding open access and digital publishing profile, and its regionally focused series aimed at the general public, Delaware History and Culture. This Publishing Coordinator positions the Press to continue publishing and ensuring equitable access to high-quality scholarship, while increasing output and expanding into new areas and forms of publication.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

Marketing

• Assist in crafting and executing marketing the Press’s annual marketing strategy: manage multiple calendars; execute web and social media promotion;  meet deadlines for advertisements; award applications, and conference materials and displays; identify and pursue additional marketing and publicity opportunities.
• Travel to academic and professional conferences as a representative of the Press to staff exhibit booths, liaise with authors and prospective authors, and sell books.
• Participate in in outreach to regional institutions and potential partners about the Delaware History and Culture series. Design basic marketing materials, such as flyers, advertisements, and web/social media graphics.

Editorial

• Assist in editorial review of manuscripts, including vetting images and permissions. Prepare and performance final manuscript transmittals to production.
• Triage proposals and manuscript submissions and consult with the Director on responses; write rejection letters to authors.
• Coordinate the review process, including finding and solicit external readers, sending out manuscripts for review, and processing honorarium payments for readers.
• Manage production of open access (OA) publications, including uploading assets to the Press’s OA publishing platform; edit and organize assets; populate the platform with explanatory text and metadata.
• Edit Open Educational Resources (OERs) in support of the Library’s Open and Affordable Teaching Materials grant initiative.

Metadata/Administration

• Serve as a liaison with the Press’s publishing partner on marketing- and metadata-related issues, including conference displays and advertisements, maintenance of the UD Press subsite on the partner’s website, and ensuring integrity of data in the Press’s title management database.
• Manage administrative operations, including maintaining press records tracking manuscripts from submission to production.
• Work with the Director to manage all book records in the title management database, including creating metadata for press titles and tracking incoming reviews.
• Organize press editorial board meetings; take, transcribe, and disseminate meeting minutes.
• Assist with evaluating and updating press procedures and documentation.
• Serve as a member of relevant Library, Museums and Press committees and working groups, as needed.
• Provide functional supervision to student and part-time employees.
• Abide by Press Code of Conduct, in which staff, editorial board members, authors, reviewers, publishing partners, and vendors can carry out our work in a safe professional environment, characterized by mutual respect and a commitment to equity, inclusion, and collaboration.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, marketing/communications, or related field, with two years of related experience with print and web-based marketing, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong writing and editing skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively and diplomatically with colleagues and scholars of all levels.
• Aptitude with social media and digital platforms, ability to learn digital tools quickly.
• Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize, and work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively, demonstrating initiative, problem-solving skills, and accountability Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment where responsibilities may shift based on organizational needs.
• Commitment to fostering a diverse educational environment and workplace and an ability to work effectively with a diverse faculty, staff, and student population.
• Strong copyediting skills, familiarity with style guides (CMOS preferred), and a firm grasp of rules of grammar and style, preferred.
• Experience working for a publisher or for an academic journal and/or interest in a career in scholarly publishing, preferred.
• Experience working in WordPress and desktop design software (e.g., InDesign, Adobe Photoshop), preferred.

Special Requirements:

• Ability to travel to conferences and events.
• Availability for occasional evening and weekend events.

Salary range: $55,000-$60,000

Open until filled.

Research Data Librarian

• Indiana University Indianapolis
• Indianapolis, IN

Reporting to the Director of the Center for Digital Scholarship, this position collaborates with library colleagues, faculty, and Indiana University partners to support research data management, sharing, discovery, and responsible use across the research lifecycle. The librarian advances institutional research priorities related to open scholarship, compliance, and research impact services. The position contributes to the research information management work of the Center and the strategic priorities of the University Library.

• Provide consultations on research data management, including data management plans, metadata, storage, sharing, preservation, and repository selection.
• Support researchers in meeting funder, publisher, and institutional requirements for data sharing and public access.
• Assist researchers with qualitative and quantitative data discovery and use.
• Contribute to the development and promotion of research data services, repositories, and data discovery systems.
• Assist with the ingestion, curation, and management of datasets within an institutional repository.
• Design and deliver workshops on research data management, data sharing, discovery, and research metrics.
• Develop and implement outreach strategies for data and research information services.
• Promote the responsible use of research data, including AI-related considerations.
• Support faculty and administrators in interpreting research impact data for reporting and planning.
• Collaborate with liaison librarians and campus partners to integrate research impact and data services into faculty support programs.
• Advance open scholarship and responsible research practices through participation in library and university initiatives.

Research Impact & Open Scholarship Librarian

• Dartmouth Libraries
• Hanover, NH

Dartmouth Libraries is seeking a Research Impact & Open Scholarship Librarian to join our Research Facilitation department. This role will provide expert guidance and strategic support to help Dartmouth researchers navigate evolving funder public access requirements, publish their work effectively, and understand the reach and impact of their scholarship. We are looking for a collaborative professional who brings depth in scholarly communications, copyright, author rights, and open scholarship practices, and who is energized by working directly with faculty, students, and staff across a teaching and research-intensive institution.

The Research Impact & Open Scholarship Librarian will lead and coordinate a program of services, education, and outreach that supports research dissemination and visibility across the full research lifecycle. This role connects public access requirements compliance to the broader goals of effective dissemination and demonstrated impact of Dartmouth scholarship, advising on open access publishing, bibliometrics and research output data, persistent identifiers, and emerging scholarly infrastructure, while contributing to institutional guidance and policy conversations on access, rights, and responsible metrics. The position includes supervisory responsibility, with opportunities to recruit, mentor, and develop staff, and involves analytical work with bibliometric and research output data to help contextualize impact and inform dissemination strategies.

Bring your unique skills, grow them through professional development and engagement, and help us empower students by unlocking their individual potential. If you have experience in scholarly communications, research impact, and open scholarship in an academic or research environment, we encourage you to apply!

As a potential staff member at Dartmouth Libraries, you will be joining our organization at a pivotal moment. After consulting and collaborating with our academic community, campus partners, and library colleagues, Dartmouth Libraries have a new strategic direction – Research Engine, Powering Knowledge. Grounded in our Purpose and Vision, this strategic framework supports us in achieving our goals and aspirations. Those aspirations are to:

• Empower students by unlocking individual potential
• Accelerate advanced research
• Elevate scholarship with powerful research tools and methods and
• Amplify Dartmouth’s impact across the scholarly ecosystem

You can learn more about the position and apply at:  https://searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/85849/

Hiring range: $75,700 – $94,700

Do you have questions?

Contact Lora Leligdon, Head of Research Facilitation at lora.c.leligdon@dartmouth.edu

Review of applications will begin July 17th , and will continue until the position is filled.

Scholarly Communication Librarian

• University of Arkansas at Little Rock
• Little Rock, AR

Scholarly Communications Librarian

• Johns Hopkins University
• Baltimore, MD

Position Summary

Johns Hopkins seeks a Scholarly Communications Librarian (Librarian III) to join team at the Welch Medical Library.  The position supports strategic integration of scholarly communication services with collections development in the Welch Medical Library, and leads development and provision of scholarly publishing services and instruction. The individual works with colleagues across the Johns Hopkins Libraries to shape scholarly communications services and support university-wide open access initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Grow and evolve the scholarly communications program.
• Collaborate with colleagues to analyze issues and/or needs, develop and implement university-wide open access policies, and choose new publishing models to sustain dissemination of university scholarship.
• Foster increased awareness of publishing options and author rights, including journal selection, Creative Commons licensing, and types of Open Access agreements.
• Provide support for complying with funder publishing mandates (i.e. NIH Public Access Policy and other federal agencies), including analysis of funder and publisher policies.
• Monitor the scholarly communications landscape, including related legislative, funding, and publishing trends and metrics. Assess trends and communicate implications across JHU library teams and where appropriate, incorporate into policies and documentation.

Salary

$75,000 targeted, commensurate with experience