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Digital Scholarship Librarian University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls 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 Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/14579/ To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/