Digital Scholarship Librarian

Description

Rod Library at the University of Northern Iowa seeks an innovative, self-motivated individual to serve in a newly created tenure-track position as the manager of an institutional repository being implemented at the University in 2014/2015. In addition, the individual will coordinate education and outreach for scholarly communication across campus.

This is a tenure-track position. Participation in library committees and professional associations is expected, as is ongoing research, scholarship, and/or creative work.

Duties:

• Builds and promotes the Institutional Repository (IR), recruiting content providers from among University faculty, staff, and students
• Manages the daily operation of the IR, including configuring IR software, adding and editing content, creating metadata, analyzing usage data, training other library staff in IR functions, developing workflows
• Maintains awareness of international and national standards for institutional repositories and metadata; recommends enhancements in software
• Coordinates and provides training in support of the IR on campus
• Creates and updates IR policies, procedures, and other necessary documentation
• Works with appropriate parties and staff to maintain and develop new functionality for the IR
• Participates in the overall management of Rod Library digital collections
• Provides leadership in the adoption of best practices for repositories in copyright and scholarly communication
• Develops, implements, and maintains the Library’s scholarly communication programs and initiatives, including serving on the Library’s Scholarly Communications Committee
• Works with Library colleagues to develop education and outreach activities related to scholarly communication
• Advocates new and emerging practices in scholarly communication
• Advises and educates the campus community about authors’ rights, faculty use of copyrighted materials, open access, and publishing trends
• Participates in appropriate professional associations and builds cooperative working relationships with other regional libraries
• Serves on library, university, and professional committees
• Engages in research, scholarship, and/or creative work
• Performs other duties as assigned