Careers at Lehigh - Details - Open Knowledge Librarian

"Lehigh University Libraries seeks a collaborative and knowledge-equity centered library professional to join our team of liaison librarians within Lehigh’s merged Library and Technology Services (LTS) organization in the role of Open Knowledge Librarian (Position Number: S97090). Reporting to the Assistant University Librarian for Instruction & Outreach, this position serves as a campus expert in existing and emerging scholarly publishing models, advocates for open and public access to scholarship and knowledge, and assists in developing outreach, policy, and infrastructure to support knowledge equity and sharing. This position will partner with library and other LTS staff, faculty, and administrative stakeholders to foster awareness of trends, regulations, and opportunities in academic publishing; to investigate open scholarship licensing agreements and funding models; and to operationalize related processes including obtaining content for Lehigh’s newly updated institutional repository, Preserve. 

This position will also lead library copyright instruction and provide consultative copyright guidance to campus. Additionally, this position will also support student learning and knowledge sharing through the facilitation of open educational resources use and open pedagogy initiatives."