Scholarly Communication Applications Manager

Description

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The Hunt Library at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) invites applicants to join a dynamic team serving a diverse population of residential and online students and faculty. This collaborative and forward-thinking position will work closely with ERAU faculty and researchers to showcase, archive, and enrich the open access scholarship of our community.

The successful candidate will join the Hunt Library https://huntlibrary.erau.edu/, serving Daytona Beach and our Worldwide Campus of online students, working regular business hours. Hunt Library is a forward-thinking, technologically advanced library organization serving a dynamic university with a growing research focus. Hunt Library utilizes Digital Commons, Digital Commons Data, Pressbooks, and Elsevier’s Pure to showcase the open research and open educational materials of the university to a global audience. This professional staff position will join the Scholarly Communication department, and report to the Assistant Director for Scholarly Communication.

No aviation or aerospace background is required: we welcome professionals from a wide variety of academic backgrounds who will enjoy working with our passionate research community. Growing the research presence and agenda is at the heart of the ERAU strategic plan, and Hunt Library provides an excellent opportunity to develop skills related to this area of growth. Consider joining our team. Recent graduates and mid-career librarians or IT professionals are encouraged to apply.

Job Description:

The Scholarly Communication Applications Manager will join a highly motivated team of librarians to support open access and open publication, and enhance discovery and delivery of ERAU’s scholarship, creative works, data, and more. This position will provide technical support and trainings for our suite of scholarly communication applications, which includes bepress Digital Commons, PressbooksEDU, Digital Commons Data, and Elsevier Pure. In addition, the Applications Manager will lead the way in actively identifying, evaluating, and, as necessary, deploying new technologies and tools to improve scholarly communication services, further workflow automations, and respond to user needs. The successful candidate will be comfortable collaborating with faculty, staff, and students, and be able to work independently and in teams. The position requires rigorous attention to detail, initiative, the ability to manage competing projects, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and good communication and interpersonal skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintains applications and workflows that support scholarly communication services.
• Provides one-on-one or small group training for faculty, staff, students, and/or external university partners on how to use applications and tools as needed and appropriate
• Develops and maintains learning and how to materials related to applications
• Primary liaison between Scholarly Communications, the Library Systems & Technology department, and university IT
• Supervise 1-2 student workers who assist with data entry, technical projects, and general departmental support.
• Contributes to policy and process development related to open scholarship and publishing in conjunction with department librarians
• Identify, review, and report on new technologies and systems in support of Research and Scholarly Communication

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in LIS/IS or related field, OR Bachelor’s Degree in an Information Technology or Information Science field plus an additional 2-3 years of relevant experience
• Experience in Libraries, Higher Education Systems, or Digital Archives
• Experience with vendor-supported software and enterprise-wide systems, preferably repository or database systems
• Experience with web development or basic code to support automation of workflows • Knowledge of HTML and CSS
• Demonstrated experience with collaborative teams and cross-unit support
• Experience with digital preservation, digital repositories, and/or digital archiving
• Experience training non-technical users

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated understanding of open access
• Experience with bepress Digital Commons or other applications used in the role
• Understanding of open data and open research and its role in academic research
• Experience with enhancing or supporting digital accessibility
• Knowledge of LaTeX, bibtext, or XML