Data Curation and Scholarly Communications Coordinator
McGill University
Montreal

The McGill Library seeks a Coordinator, Data Curation and Scholarly
Communications to grow the

Library's campus-facing research data support services and advance emerging
scholarly communicationpractices across academic
disciplines.

  
This search is being conducted in tandem with searches for a Scholarly
Communications Librarian, andfor a Head, Copyright Office
in the McGill Library. The incumbents in these positions will work\
closelytogether, each in their own area of specialization.

  
The Library is committed to the delivery of innovative information products,
services and programs of thehighest quality focused on
client needs in support of the University's strategic mission and directions.
TheLibrary proactively supports the teaching, learning and
research needs of faculty and students to ensurethat the
university's strategic mission of excellence as a research intensive, student-
centred university issatisfied. Collection building is
based upon the premise of preference for electronic versions.

  
McGill Library has the largest collection in Quebec and is one of Canada's
largest academic libraries withover 6 million monographs
and 80,000 online serials and databases. The library is a member of
theCanadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), the
Association of Research Libraries (ARL), theBureau de
cooperation interuniversitaire (BCI, formerly CRÉPUQ), the Center for Research
Libraries(CRL), and is the first Canadian member of the
HathiTrust Digital Library.

  
Primary Purpose of Position

  
Leads the formalization, expansion, and implementation of Library-based
research data curation servicesto the campus, and provides
these services to researchers. Supervises members of the Data Curation
andScholarly Communications team within Library Digital
Initiatives.

  
Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  * Design and guide the implementation of research data curation services in the Library. Grow these services so that they meet funder, publisher, and disciplinary requirements, expectations, and norms, and are in accordance with emerging best practices for data curation in research libraries.
  * Provide outreach and individual consulting to campus researchers on data curation and scholarly communications issues, including data management planning, open access, funding agency requirements, and project design.
  * Lead needs assessment for technology supporting the preservation of and access to research data, publications, and other forms of scholarly output produced by the McGill community. Serve as a key member of the team implementing a research data repository within the Library.
  * Set policies, practices, and workflows for Library hosting of campus research products, including research data, ETDs, deposited research papers, and other forms of scholarly output.
  * Work closely with the Data Reference Services Librarian to increase knowledge of research data curation practices and issues among Library staff, especially liaison librarians. Provide support to public services staff in their interactions with researchers that involve research data.
  * Supervise two staff members, including the Scholarly Communications Librarian.
  * Maintain an active and up-to-date awareness of initiatives and offerings in area of expertise, andapply this knowledge to local work.
Reporting relationship

  
The Coordinator, Data Curation and Scholarly Communications reports to the
Associate Dean, DigitalInitiatives.

  
SELECTION CRITERIA

  
1. ALA-accredited Master of Library or Information Science degree

At least four years of experience in academic libraries with a job portfolio
including one or more

relevant aspects of scholarly communications, such as research data
management, institutional

repositories, open access, scholarly publishing, or in-depth subject expertise
in a heavily data-focused discipline.

3. Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of research data curation trends and issues
in the academic

environment, including disciplinary and institutional repositories, funder and
publisher mandates,

data citation principles and practices, and data management planning.

4. Experience building awareness, advocacy, and education programs, and
assessing their effectiveness.

5. Experience working with programmers and/or other technical staff in a team
environment.

6. Highly developed oral and written skills, particularly the ability to
explain complex concepts to a

wide variety of users in individual and group settings, and the ability to
interact effectively and work

collaboratively with diverse stakeholders, including academics and technology
staff.

7. Demonstrated project management skills.

8. Creative and analytical thinking skills and good problem solving ability.

9. Preferred: Working knowledge of French.

  
  
  
  



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