Job posting: Digital Scholarship Librarian at Utah State University

[Britt Fagerheim]

Digital Scholarship Librarian

Utah State University Libraries seek an innovative, collaborative, and
proactive librarian to assume management of the Libraries’ digital
scholarship efforts, including the university’s thriving institutional
repository (IR), DigitalCommons at USU, and other scholarly communication
activities. The successful candidate will have a keen interest in the
extensive scholarly communication landscape including: digital publishing
and preservation, open access, open education, open data, and related
intellectual property issues.

Reporting to the Head of Digital Initiatives, the position is a 12-month,
tenure track faculty appointment with rank as Assistant Librarian. This
position works both independently and in a collaborative environment to
educate the USU community about the use and creation of digital resources
and opportunities with particular emphasis on the IR and USU’s Digital
Library. This will include promoting DigitalCommons at USU as a repository and
both the IR and Digital Library as integrated tools in the research and
teaching activities across the USU campuses. This position also contributes
to efforts to raise awareness of related issues such as open access, open
educational resources, data management, and copyright.

Responsibilities:
•    Develop and implement scholarly communication programs and initiatives.
•    Build and maintain collaborative partnerships with research and
administrative units on campus.
•    Promote and support USU’s Open Access Policy and data management
efforts across campus.
•    Manage the development of and coordinate outreach in support of
DigitalCommons at USU.
•    Promote the use of library resources as digital scholarship and
support library efforts to integrate these resources into the curriculum.
•    Work collaboratively across the Library to identify and promote
digital tools to enhance research and teaching.
•    Serve as a subject librarian to one or more academic disciplines.

Required Qualifications:
•    ALA-accredited Masters degree (awarded or near complete)
•    Highly effective communication and interpersonal skills, including
listening, writing and speaking
•    Ability to work effectively with various university stakeholders
•    Knowledge of current trends and issues in scholarly communication,
digital publishing and preservation, and data management
•    Demonstrated problem solving skills
•    Ability to set and follow through on both individual and team
priorities
•    Interest in learning new technologies and working in a dynamic
environment
•    Excellent analytical, organizational, and time management skills
•    Ability to meet the university's requirements for promotion and tenure

Preferred Qualifications:
•    Project management experience
•    Experience in an academic library setting
•    Familiarity with copyright law, specifically fair use and library
exemptions
•    Familiarity with repository platforms

Salary is $40,000, plus excellent benefits. Utah State University offers a
competitive benefits package, to include medical and dental with a 14.2%
retirement contribution by the University, and 22 days/year vacation.  The
Library provides generous support for professional development and travel.

Review of applications will begin on October 4, 2015 and the position will
remain open until filled.

Apply online at: https://usu.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobid=728

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Britt Fagerheim
Head of Reference and Instruction
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
435-797-2643

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