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August 31, 2023

Copyright Services Coordinator

• Ohio State University
• Columbus, OH

Copyright Services supports Ohio State faculty, staff, and students by providing guidance and education on the application of copyright law to facilitate teaching, research, and scholarship. Reporting to the Head of Copyright Services, the Copyright Services Coordinator develops instruction, guidance, communications, and advocacy resources on copyright issues for Ohio State and University Libraries, including the development and promotion of educational guidelines and programs around author’s rights, permissions, and fair use as they pertain to the scholarly research life cycle.

The Copyright Services Coordinator executes policy and practice affecting the use and dissemination of library-created, -digitized, -published, -stewarded, -owned, or -licensed content. The Copyright Services Coordinator develops, modifies, and implements copyright procedures and processes for rights investigation and risk assessment for units of University Libraries. Copyright Services is a key partner with Special Collections and Area Studies, Acquisitions and Discovery, Research Services, and others.

Consistently demonstrates commitment to our values and promotes an organizational culture of Discovery, Connection, Equity, Integrity, and Stewardship (https://library.osu.edu/strategic-directions) as well as dedication to advance the work of Content and Access. All other duties as assigned.

Salary: The posting range for this position is $53,800 to $70,000 annually.

Job listing: Please submit cover letter and resume with the online application at https://osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/job/Columbus-Campus/Copyright-Services-Coordinator_R87517-1 by September 12, 2023.

Questions can be directed to Maria Scheid, Head, Copyright Services, at scheid.31@osu.edu

July 5, 2023

OER, Graphic Design, and Digital Publishing Specialist

• Virginia Tech
• Blacksburg, VA

Review Date:  7/24/23

June 23, 2023

Publishing Librarian I/II

• Wayne State University
• Detroit, MI

Essential Functions (Job Duties)

The Wayne State University Library System (WSULS) seeks an innovative, service-oriented Publishing Librarian to advance the University’s mission to create and advance knowledge, prepare a diverse student body to thrive, and positively impact local and global communities. Wayne State’s unique characteristics, as both an R1 research and an access institution in the heart of Detroit, offer the interested candidate the opportunity to advance equitable publishing practice in a rigorous academic environment, leveraging the power of peoples’ individual identities and diverse perspectives to produce scholarly content in multiple forms. As academic staff in the AAUP-AFT bargaining unit, the Publishing Librarian joins a collegial body of mutual support, and the opportunity to participate in shared governance with the university.

The successful candidate joins a long-standing library publishing program, which is a founding member of the Library Publishing Coalition. Within WSULS’ Discovery Services Unit, the digital publishing team supports active journals, open textbooks, and the University’s institutional repository. Alongside other WSULS units, the publishing team is working or has worked on open educational resources, digital pedagogy outreach and training materials, and digital humanities projects, as well as open-access backlist eBooks and journal archives from the university press. Candidates for this position may contribute to many of these publishing projects, or others that they may create. As we expand library publishing, WSULS seeks to further its leadership in digital-publishing workflows, infrastructures, and pedagogy and welcomes a librarian whose commitment to uncommon thinking in these areas will push forward our diversity of thought, embodied practice, and publication outreach. For more information on our current work, see http://publishing.library.wayne.edu.

Position Description:

The Publishing Librarian works within the Discovery Services Unit under the supervision of the Assistant Dean. The Library Publishing team is focused on sustainable open publishing, with a pedagogical focus on new practitioners and a commitment to supporting our campus in its engagement with the scholarly communication ecosystem. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with scholars from a variety of backgrounds, including faculty, librarians, students, and the broader community to conceive, enact, advance, and sustain digital, open, library-centered publishing and scholarship. This position has broad latitude to collaborate with partners within and outside the university to pursue advancements in areas including but not limited to new conceptions and outputs of library publishing, publishing workflows and competencies, digital publishing platforms, publishing pedagogy, and digital humanities. Publishing librarians often team with liaison librarian colleagues to support scholarly communication and copyright initiatives in the university. This position also supports Wayne State University library’s institutional repository (currently Bepress’s Digital Commons) in collaboration with the Library Publishing team, including ETD management, journal publishing, and outreach to students and faculty for projects appropriate to the IR.

Essential Job Functions:

• Collaborate with partners inside and outside the library to conceive and support open scholarship, repository services, and other publishing-related initiatives.
• Translate ideas developed in collaboration with partners into actionable workflows and infrastructure in the library, with an emphasis on open digital models.
• Provide project management for ongoing Initiatives in the support and advancement of scholarly publishing services.
• Provide consultation and support to librarians and the university community on issues related to scholarly publishing, copyright, and scholarly communications
• Undertake reasonable efforts to remain knowledgeable about current developments in library publishing and related areas in librarianship
• Contribute to the production activities of the publishing team.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to work both collaboratively and independently to manage projects and initiatives, to set priorities, and to adapt to changing workflows and tools.
• Master’s degree in Library and/or Information Science from an ALA- accredited library school.
• Evidence of commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in an institutional setting.
• Curiosity and a commitment to learn where knowledge gaps exist, including new tools and technologies.
• Understanding of scholarly communication issues.
• Competency in identifying, analyzing, and solving problems.
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience or competency in one or more areas of professional practice in scholarly publishing and/or repository management.
• Knowledge of publishing trends, issues, and strategies, and/or current digital publishing technologies, standards, and best practices.
• Experience instantiating and/or working with the evolving ecosystem of digital tools, scholarly publishing platforms, and/or design software.
• Experience teaching and/or providing digital publishing or repository outreach in an academic setting
• Experience with metadata, or with a markup language like XML or HTML.
• Experience with issues relating to copyright, fair use, or rights management.

Appointment/Benefits

This is a full-time, regular, 12-month, benefits-eligible appointment as Academic Staff, represented by the AAUP-AFT on an Employment Security Status track. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, employee/dependent life and long-term disability insurance, retirement savings plans, tuition assistance, and generous paid time off. The minimum starting salary for this position at Librarian I is $59,000 and the maximum salary for this position at Librarian II is $63,800. Salary and rank will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Questions can be directed to the chair of the search committee, Joshua Neds-Fox, at dp5745@wayne.edu.

April 12, 2023

Research Data Curation Coordinator

• University of Houston
• Houston, TX

The University of Houston seeks a Research Data Curation Coordinator to lead data services across the research lifecycle. Reporting to the Head of Research Services within the University Libraries, the Research Data Curation Coordinator will establish partnerships in the Libraries and on campus to address existing and emerging research data needs of faculty and students and collaborate with researchers to develop data skills through workshops, classroom instruction, and direct interaction with ongoing research projects and infrastructural initiatives. This position supervises one full-time librarian with the possibility of additional personnel based on demonstrated need.  

In these pursuits, the incumbent will build relationships with campus partners engaging in research administration, including the Division of Research, University Information Technology, and the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Science Institute. This position also provides opportunities to collaborate with library colleagues to promote research data best practices for accessibility, archiving, assessment, attribution, and discoverability. There is potential growth for the position in areas of data analysis, data visualization, and other areas of digital scholarship. 

The Research Data Curation Coordinator is a librarian position. Librarians hold academic rank pursuant to the University of Houston Librarians’ Bylaws. They are expected to develop a record of service, scholarship, and professional development. The UH Libraries support the ongoing professional development of librarians, and our goal is to recruit librarians committed to continuous learning. 

Qualifications: 

Required 

• Master’s degree from an American Library Association (ALA)-accredited program, or an advanced degree with demonstrated experience in data management and/or data curation  
• Experience applying research data lifecycle and open scholarship principles and competencies to research projects  
• Demonstrated ability to work strategically and collaboratively with stakeholders to build data services, programs, and initiatives 
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills
  

Preferred 

• Knowledge of research data management best practices  
• Experience with data preparation and organization methodologies and tools, such as Python, R, SPSS, and/or ArcGIS 
• Knowledge of metadata standards and formats used in research 
• Experience with data repository systems and tools 
• Embrace open scholarship values 
• Supervisory, leadership, or project management experience
  

Salary:  $67,000 to $70,000 expected hiring range, depending on qualifications. Comprehensive benefits package; choice of retirement programs including TIAA; tax-deferred annuity program available; release time to take a class up to 3 hours/week; no state or local income tax.  

Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Applications should be submitted at  https://uhs.taleo.net/careersection/ex2_uhf/jobdetail.ftl?job=LIB000077 Visit UH Libraries Employment page for more information: http://libraries.uh.edu/about/employment/.   

Potential applicants seeking further information should contact Christina Gola, Associate Dean for Organizational Development, Learning, and Talent at 713-743-9761 or chgola@uh.edu.   

April 11, 2023

Head of Digital Scholarship & Communication Services

• Northern Kentucky University
• Highland Heights, KY

The Head of Digital Scholarship and Communication Services is a position that leads the W. Frank Steely Library’s efforts in planning, implementing, and managing an active, comprehensive research services program that meets the educational needs of the campus. This is a unique opportunity to shape the library’s growing role leading digital scholarship services, including support for digital tools and collections, maker technology, and open educational resources. The individual will provide leadership for associated library technology and software and make recommendations for establishing new services related to digital scholarship.

Reporting to the Dean of the Library, the Department Head will lead a team of faculty librarians and staff who hold functional roles. The successful candidate is a dynamic, student-focused educator with demonstrated leadership skills, who continually transforms and assesses research services by using quantitative and qualitative data to inform planning while actively monitoring the campus curriculum. With enthusiasm, the Department Head will build an understanding of the library’s role in advancing the institution’s focus on undergraduate research. This position serves on the Library’s leadership team and will contribute to the development and implementation of the Library’s vision and goals.

The W. Frank Steely Library provides a wide range of library services to support the University’s commitment to its Success by Design strategic framework, which promotes student success by embracing inclusiveness, equity, global awareness, and academic needs of students and faculty in each academic college. Library faculty and staff have enhanced traditional services to better address 21st century information needs and are collaborative partners across campus. The library’s seventeen faculty members and eighteen staff members are leading NKU’s campus-wide Quality Enhancement Plan on Information Literacy and the implementation of an open educational resources platform for academic libraries throughout the state of Kentucky, and manage NKU’s makerspace for prototyping and fabrication.

NKU is a public comprehensive university located in the Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati, Ohio metropolitan area. The university delivers innovative, learner-centered education and engages in impactful scholarly and creative activities, all of which empower students for fulfilling careers and meaningful lives while contributing to the social and economic vitality of the region. NKU has almost 14,000 students, over 2,000 faculty and staff. It offers 79 undergraduate degree programs, master’s degrees in 21 disciplines, graduate certificates in 15 areas, two doctoral programs, a law degree, and in a partnership with the University of Kentucky and St. Elizabeth Hospital opened a medical school in the fall of 2019.

Primary Responsibilities

Qualifications

• • Master’s degree from an ALA accredited library or information science program or an ALA approved foreign equivalent.
  • Demonstrated experience in digital scholarship, scholarly communications, open educational resources, maker technology, or another relevant functional area.
  • Supervisory experience and/or evidence of the ability to be an effective team leader who fosters an inclusive, efficient, and collegial workplace.

March 21, 2023

Senior Assistant Librarian For Information Ethics And Policy

• California State University, Long Beach
• Long Beach, CA

Position: Senior Assistant Librarian for Information Ethics and Policy (12-Month)
Effective Date: On or about August 17, 2023
Salary Range: $74,280.00 – $165,564.00 (Commensurate with qualifications and experience)
Application Deadline: Review of applications to begin April 25, 2023. Position opened until filled (or recruitment canceled).

Required Qualifications:

• MLIS or equivalent from American Library Association accredited program or accredited international equivalent, or accredited advanced degree in a field relevant to the position
• At least two years of professional experience in librarianship or another relevant field
• Demonstrated understanding of topics in the area of scholarly communications such as copyright, intellectual property, open access, and open educational resources in an academic library setting
• Demonstrated knowledge of institutional repositories, content accessibility, and related issues
• Demonstrated potential to meet the requirements for tenure and promotion under the library’s criteria for professional performance, research, scholarship, and service. For specific requirements, please see the University Library’s Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion (RTP) Policy.
• Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse student population

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with institutional repositories software (such as DSpace, CONTENTdm, Fedora, Islandora, or Samvera Hyrax)
• Experience with faculty profile systems
• Knowledge of national and international trends in data management and data management plans
• Evidence of knowledge and experience in copyright law as it relates to fair use and library exemptions, open access, authors’ rights, and scholarly use of intellectual property
• Knowledge of technical, legal, and information policy issues related to Open Educational Resources (OER) publishing
• Demonstrated experience and productive partnerships with other academic units
• Terminal degree in a relevant field
• Experience of successfully working with populations demographically and socioeconomically similar to the CSULB student body (demographics)

Duties:

• Work closely with other campus units, subject librarians, faculty, and members of the university community on issues related to the ethical use, production, and management of information such as copyright, intellectual property, open access initiatives, and open educational resources
• Manage the CSULB Digital Institutional Repository (ScholarWorks) which is the current university open access repository for faculty and student scholarly output
• Collaborate closely with campus departments as part of the CSU Chancellor’s Office Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) initiative for the library and university
• Serve as the Library’s subject specialist for Information Policy and Ethics as well as selected colleges and departments, as assigned
• Provide in-person and online research consultations at a service-oriented reference desk, including some evening and weekend hours
• Responsible for collection development of assigned departments which includes evaluating, selecting, developing, and reviewing information resources in relation to curricular and collection needs
• Provide library instruction and consultations for students and faculty in assigned liaison areas as appropriate and necessary. [Mode of instruction may include in-person, hybrid, online, and/or any combination thereof.]
• Engage in library and university governance including library and campus committees
• Engage in research, publication, and presentation activities to meet the requirements for tenure and promotion
• Participate in service to the department, university, and community

CSULB seeks to recruit faculty who enthusiastically support the University’s strong commitment to the academic success of all of our students, including students of color, students with disabilities, students who are first generation to college, veterans, students with diverse socio-economic backgrounds, and students of diverse sexual orientations and gender expressions. CSULB seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the People of California, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students a rich variety of expertise, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.

About the University Library

The University Library supports the instructional and research needs of the campus community through its breadth and depth of collections, exceptional library faculty and staff-led services, and innovative use of library spaces. Currently, there are 15 full-time equivalent faculty members. Library faculty serve as subject-specialists and liaisons to CSULB’s many academic departments and programs. We work independently and collaboratively to strengthen student information literacy skills through one-on-one consultations, one-shot instruction, embedded course instruction, and modular and scalable eLearning experiences. We ensure that library collections align with curricular needs and reflect emerging discipline-specific knowledge.

Information on excellent benefits package available to CSULB faculty is located here:

https://www2.calstate.edu/csu-system/careers/benefits/Documents/employee-benefits-summary.pdf

How to Apply – Required Documentation:

• An Equity and Diversity Statement about your teaching or other experiences, successes, and challenges in working with a diverse student population (maximum two pages, single-spaced). For further information and guidelines, please visit: http://www.csulb.edu/EquityDiversityStatement

• Letter of application addressing the required and preferred qualifications
• CV
• Names and contact information for three references (to be contacted for verbal reference should you reach the finalist stage [no letters accepted])  
• Finalists should be prepared to submit an official transcript (e-transcript preferred, if available)

Click here for more information and to apply.