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May 13, 2015

Scholarly Communications Librarian

  • Memorial University
  • St. John's, Newfoundland, CAN
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Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland now has an posting for a Scholarly Communications Librarian. The position is permanent tenure-track. 
As a full‐time member of the Collection Development Division, the successful candidate will focus on the following primary responsibilities:

  Creating awareness and promoting scholarly communication issues as they relate to Memorial University Libraries;

  Developing and supporting Open Access publication initiatives at Memorial University;

  Continuing to build and advance the Memorial University Libraries research repository , including
establishing or updating policies and procedures;

  Providing support for E‐journal hosting initiatives at Memorial University;

  Providing copyright oversight responsibilities as the Libraries’ campus representative and contact for all units dealing with copyright issues;

  Representing Memorial Libraries in regards to scholarly communication and copyright initiatives and activities in external forums.