Data Curation Librarian

"The Data Curation Librarian will provide coordinated, full-lifecycle research data curation support to researchers across all main-campus disciplines at UNM. These support services include assisting researchers in locating existing data for use in their research; identifying appropriate software, data storage and computation tools for their research activities; assisting in data management planning and plan development; and delivering data acquisition, processing, analysis, visualization, documentation, sharing, and preservation support services. The faculty member will provide primary support for locally hosted and supplemental support for externally hosted research data collaboration, analysis, and preservation infrastructure. They will also support the integration of research data products and associated metadata into local or domain repositories, both through repository provided web interfaces and automation workflows that leverage available application programming interfaces (APIs). The individual will also develop and provide training and instruction related to all of these support activities.

Position Description

• Provides research data reference support.
• Provides researcher support in identifying appropriate data management, analysis, visualization, storage and computation tools and technologies for specific research projects.
• Provides support to researchers in data management planning and data management plan development. Provides primary support for locally hosted and more limited support for externally hosted data storage, analysis, computation and preservation infrastructure.
• Applies knowledge of data archival practice, data licensing, intellectual property issues, open access and data citation practices in work with researchers to transition research data products and their associated metadata into appropriate repositories."