Scholarly Communications Librarian (3 Positions)
Texas A&M University
College Station

The Texas A&M University Libraries seeks to expand our team in the Office of
Scholarly Communications (OSC) by recruiting three librarians. The OSC leads
the Libraries' efforts to explore alternative means of assessing scholarly
output and impact; increase recognition of TAMU research; expand awareness and
acceptance of open access and open educational resources on campus; support
digital scholarship initiatives; strengthen author/faculty rights; and support
digital data services. We often work through partnership
with other library units as well as national organizations such as Duraspace
and the Texas Digital Library to achieve our goals. These
are tenure-track academic appointments carrying full faculty status and
responsibilities including research, publication, and service to meet both the
Libraries' and University's requirements for tenure and promotion.

  
We seek to recruit three innovative librarians who can design and implement
systemic programs that couple outreach, education, tools and policies that
effectively advance library initiatives in one of three specialties:

  
Copyright/Fair Use: Coordinates the activities of the Copyright Team, a group
of librarians from all campus libraries providing copyright and fair use
services to the campus; leads efforts to inform TAMU authors of their rights
and responsibilities. This position will partner with the
Libraries' Learning & Outreach unit and the TAMU Office of Graduate and
Professional Studies for training and support on copyright and fair use

  
Researcher Information Systems (RIS): Manages the outreach, operation, and
improvement of the Libraries' RIS platforms and services that support
scholarly identity, including VIVO (vivo.tamu.edu), ORCIDs (orcid.org) and the
TAMU PlumX (plumanalytics.com); manages metadata associated with research
profiles; contributes to national community efforts to improve and shape
researcher information systems. This position works closely
with application developers based in Digital Initiatives, a cross-unit
metadata team, and other library units to expand the functionality and use of
the libraries' researcher profile systems.

  
Digital Repositories: Manages, plans, and administers the University's Dspace
digital repository, OAKTrust (oaktrust.library.tamu.edu); partners with key
stakeholder groups within the Libraries and across campus in developing the
University's digital repository strategy to meet the needs of the campus
community; leads the development and implementation of new repository
services, workflows, and associated technical infrastructure to enhance the
access, discovery, and preservation of Texas A&M scholarship; engages with the
Libraries' metadata efforts to improve discoverability and metadata quality
for repository objects; contributes to open source communities seeking to
develop and expand repository functionality; serves as an active team member
in efforts to rethink and grow TAMU's digital asset management
ecosystem. This position works closely with application
developers based in Digital Initiatives, a cross-unit metadata team, and other
library units to expand the functionality and use of OAKTrust.

  
General Position Responsibilities

All OSC librarians are expected to participate in the following activities:

  * Outreach efforts that promote open access and the use of open educational resources
  * Explore alternative means of assessing scholarly output and impact, and increasing recognition of TAMU research
  * Partner with the campus community to advance digital scholarship and new models of scholarly communication
  * Assess and recommend standards, policies, and workflows for the collection and management of scholarly digital objects
  * Promote the collection development of digital objects in the Libraries' repository and digital asset management system
  * Advise TAMU researchers on digital data management
Required Qualifications for All Positions:

  * American Library Association (ALA)-accredited Master's degree (or international equivalent)
  * Knowledge of open access, the research process, current issues in scholarly; communication, and the role of libraries and librarians in supporting scholarly practices;
  * Experience designing, implementing, or managing an innovative project, program, or tool;
  * Understanding or experience in documenting workflows and policies;
  * Excellent written and oral communication skills;
  * Strong customer service orientation, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to work in teams;
  * Experience working successfully with individuals from culturally diverse backgrounds.
  * Desired Qualifications for Copyright/Fair Use Librarian:
  * Coursework or work experience related to copyright, intellectual property rights, and fair use;
  * Experience in teaching, instruction, and workshop design on copyright/fair use;
  * Juris Doctorate or other law degree.
  * Desired Qualifications for Researcher Information Systems (RIS) Librarian:
  * Experience in the analysis of scholarly impact metrics and altmetrics;
  * Knowledge of standards and practices related to digital object management, authority control and data;
  * Experience or training in metadata crosswalks and Resource Description Framework (RDF) metadata standards.
Desired Qualifications for Digital Repositories Librarian:

  * Experience or training in managing and/or developing repositories and digital collections;
  * Knowledge of scripting languages and/or XML.



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