Library Assistant (Open Access Support) - SB1364
peter.suber's bookmarks 2014-03-08
Summary:
"The University [of St. Andrews] Library is looking for a well-motivated individual with a strong interest in research publications and open access to join the Open access and research publications support team. This team is made up of 3 staff who in turn are part of the larger Academic Liaison team. The primary role of the post is to provide support in a period of increased Government and Research Council driven activity with regard to the open access of research publications. RCUK are actively promoting open access compliance policies and requiring open access to research publications by providing block grants to institutions. This particular post is funded from the current Research Councils UK (RCUK) grant which is allocated to St Andrews to provide funding for open access transactions. In particular the post will support the processes and workflows for the payment of “gold” open access payments (Article Processing Charges) and also to support increased activity in “green” open access within the institution. Both processes will require systematic and detailed work on the bibliographic metadata which describes and records individual publications. The post holder will be involved in processing open access transactions on a daily basis. They may also be required to assist in the monitoring of institutional open access funds, statistical monitoring of green open access and the preparation of regular financial and progress reports on compliance and spend. The primary systems used by this post will be PURE, the University’s Research Information System and Research@StAndrews:FullText, the University’s digital research repository. In addition the post holder may be required to use the Library Management System and other University financial systems to process and record financial transactions...."