Scholarly Communications Librarian

Description

ABOUT THE POSITION:

The Claremont Colleges Library seeks a service-oriented, collaborative, knowledgeable, and creative individual to further develop and advance our scholarly communication initiatives. The Scholarly Communication Librarian (SCL) will be responsible for planning and delivering initiatives promoting openness, effective sharing, and equitable access to scholarly knowledge and resources. Working closely with key stakeholders, inside and outside of the library, they will provide collaborative support regarding the management and assessment of The Claremont Colleges Library’s (TCCL) suite of scholarly communications services. They will plan and implement new initiatives, strengthen established protocols, and assess existing practices with an eye towards sustainability.

The Scholarly Communications Librarian (SCL) will report to the head of Digital Initiatives within the Distinctive Collections and Digital Scholarship Division. The SCL will work with the Digital Initiatives unit to provide vision and guidance for Scholarship at Claremont, the institutional repository, while setting priorities that respond to current and emerging needs of the seven Claremont Colleges.  The Scholarly Communications Librarian will actively engage with the rapidly-changing scholarly communications landscape while providing clear communication, advocacy, and outreach involving many different internal and external audiences. The SCL will create and circulate education and outreach materials, including web content, brochures/handouts, and resource materials for a range of constituencies, including research and teaching librarians, library staff, faculty, and graduate students.  These topics may include, but are not limited to: intellectual property rights, copyright, fair use, open access (OA), and open scholarship initiatives such as open pedagogy and open educational resources (OER).

The Scholarly Communications Librarian will manage, promote, and advance the library’s institutional repository, as a place to host scholarship produced by scholars from across the seven colleges of the Consortium. In addition, the SCL will also collaborate with colleagues within the unit to steward the unique assets and materials related to Scholarship at Claremont and the Claremont Colleges Digital Library.

Priority Deadline: The deadline for first consideration is May 31, 2024.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The following are the fundamental duties and responsibilities of this position which the incumbent must be able to perform to fulfill the purpose and requirements of this position.

Scholarly Communications

• Collaborate with research and teaching librarians to develop and coordinate scholarly communications outreach initiatives for faculty and students, across the disciplines and colleges.
• Provide consultations to students and faculty on topics such as copyright, open access, research impact, and author rights.
• Maintain web content related to scholarly communications topics in collaboration with Web Developer.
• Keep abreast of trends and developments related to scholarly communications and provide timely updates about them to the library and 7C community, including disseminating information on innovative licensing agreements for TCCS authors.
• Promote the use of and encourage contributions to the library’s open access institutional repository, Scholarship@Claremont, by 7C faculty, staff, and students.
• Work collaboratively to establish or update policies, procedures, best practices, and platforms related to the management, preservation, and discovery of the digital and intellectual assets of the Claremont Colleges Digital Library and Scholarship at Claremont.
• Continue to support the electronic theses and dissertations program by assessing ongoing processes and improving workflows with advisors, registrars, and authors.
• Implement a strategy to assess existing workflows and processes and to support sustainable and targeted OER creation, adoption, and use.
• Participate in library-wide planning and assessment projects through service on committees, task forces, and special projects.

Professional Engagement

• Actively participates in networking and professional development through national/regional/local professional organizations via office holding, presentations, and publications.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Unless otherwise stated, the following qualifications are required to perform the essential functions of this position, or the individual must demonstrate how the essential functions will be performed (with or without reasonable accommodation) using other qualifications not listed below.

Education/Training:

• An ALA-accredited graduate degree in librarianship or other relevant graduate degree (such as J.D.) in another scholarly field as deemed appropriate by TCCL

Experience:

• 3-5 years of professional experience working in an academic library, with a focus on scholarly publishing, open access, copyright, or institutional repositories.

Competencies:

• Demonstrated knowledge of copyright law and policy, licensing and other intellectual property issues in the context of higher education, particularly as they relate to institutional repositories, fair use, authors’ rights, open access publishing and OERs.
• Ability to collaborate and establish partnerships with faculty and other stakeholders through creative and engaging outreach initiatives.
• Experience planning and delivering workshops on topics related to scholarly communications and/or experience with reference support within an academic library
• Demonstrated verbal and written skill in communicating complex issues to a variety of audiences
• Knowledge of trends, issues, and library services related to open access and scholarly publishing.
• Effective planning, organizational, and time management skills as well as the ability to manage multiple and sometimes competing priorities.
• Knowledge of technical issues related to digital asset management platforms for scholarly communication
• Familiarity with metadata standards and metadata creation
• Awareness of research data management  
• Experience in analyzing data and creating reports

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in promoting and advocating for scholarly communications services and open access.
• Familiarity working with funding agency requirements related to open science.
• Familiarity with vendor supported and open source digital asset management platform(s), such as CONTENTdm, bepress, or DSpace
• Awareness of digitization standards and practices and/or digital preservation and curation in relation to copyright

Work Schedule: The regular hours for this full-time position are 40 hours scheduled from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday for 12 months annually. May be required to work holiday, weekend, and/or evening hours. Regular hours may vary due to the needs of the organization or business unit. This position will be eligible for a hybrid work schedule to work partial hours remotely as approved by the supervisor.

Union: This position is represented by The Claremont Colleges Services Library Staff Federation AFT Local 6735. The employee in this position will be bound by the collective bargaining agreement.

COMPENSATION

Pay: The monthly salary for this position is competitive and commensurate with the duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required for the position, between $5,916.67 - $6,416.67 per month.

Benefits: This position is eligible for our employment benefits package including:

• medical, dental, vision,
• 10% retirement contributions after one year (no matching required),
• group life insurance,
• generous time off,
• professional development funds,
• discounts for mobile plans, software, and entertainment,
• access to fitness facilities,
• and more!