Job Summary

The Research Impact Librarian is accountable for developing, advancing, implementing and supporting a range of services around scholarly output, research impact and bibliometrics for Purdue University. The incumbent works in close collaboration with the Office of Research, colleagues within the Libraries, and other campus collaborators to develop and support services around the measurement of research impact for the campus, with a focus on bibliometrics. The librarian works with multiple stakeholders, including senior leadership, to establish and negotiate work priorities and deadlines based on institutional priorities.

What We're Looking For:

Education and Experience:

  *   A Master’s of Library and/or Information Science or closely related field
  *   Academic library experience preferred
  *   Experience:
     *   Demonstrated experience with different bibliometric data sources having citation tracking capabilities (e.g. InCites, SciVal, Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar etc.)
     *   Demonstrated experience with data analysis methods associated with bibliometrics, including data management, manipulation, interpretation and analysis skills
     *   Experience working with time-sensitive deadlines
     *   Experience with data analysis on large data sets



Skills Needed:

  *    Excellent communication and diplomacy skills
  *   Strong written and verbal skills for teaching, troubleshooting, procedural documentation and report writing
  *   Knowledge:
     *   of and/or experience with bibliometric software (e.g. InCites, SciVal etc.)
     *   of basic and derivative bibliometrics (publication counts, citation counts, h-index, journal or discipline normalized metrics, other index metrics)
     *   of issues related to researcher identification and experience using researcher profiling systems (e.g. ORCID, Researcher ID, etc.)
  *   Strong data literacy
  *   Understanding of the issues related to responsible research evaluation via bibliometric data; conversant with issues related to the quantification of research impact

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Dean Lingley
Head of Library Applications, Acquisitions, eResources, and Metadata

Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies
Phone: 765-494-1868
504 W State Street, West Lafayette IN 47907
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