Research Data Management Librarian

Description

Reporting to Associate Dean for Library Technologies: consult with faculty, graduate students, other researchers on data management planning and data curation activities; develop instructional programming and documentation to support scholars in this area; work with colleagues in Library Technologies and University Information Technology Services to adapt, design, develop tools and repository services for storing and sharing research data; contribute to university- and campus-wide initiatives to develop and design policies, services, infrastructure to enable faculty and students to preserve and make available, and thus maximize the utility of, their research data; develop, enhance, deliver, assess research data workflows for IUB faculty, students, staff; serve as library consultant to IUB faculty, researchers, project teams on development of data management plans for grant applications and general data stewardship.

Qualifications: Required: ALA-accredited Master’s degree or advanced degree in relevant field; relevant experience in providing data management services to researchers; demonstrated knowledge of data management practices, data curation practices, and preservation principles and practices; ability to meet requirements of tenure-track librarian position.

Preferred: experience that includes cross-disciplinary subject knowledge and a research background in data management in one or more areas of science, social sciences, or humanities; background in managing data as a lead for a lab or disciplinary project that generates large amounts of data for preservation, publication or re-use.