JOB: Scholarly Communications & Social Sciences Librarian (University of North Dakota)

From the announcement:

Scholarly Communications & Social Sciences Librarian

University of North Dakota, Chester Fritz Library, Reference & Research Services

The Reference Department is a team-oriented unit responsible for providing direct assistance and guidance to library users by identifying appropriate resources to solve their information needs. Departmental responsibilities include selecting and maintaining an interdisciplinary collection of reference materials; conducting collection development and liaising with faculty representatives; reviewing and recommending access to online reference sources and other resources; verifying difficult citations and library holdings for interlibrary loan; maintaining statistics of department activity; providing reference services in person, by phone, and via chat providing instruction and producing guides on how to access and utilize the services and collections of the Chester Fritz Library, including its web pages, the library catalog, databases, reference materials, and subject research guides. Librarians in this department act as Bibliographers for specific academic disciplines and assist in the development of a strong and balanced library collection that supports the teaching and research mission of the University. In addition, they provide specialized reference, instruction and assistance with scholarly publishing to their assigned departments.

This person will serve as an authority on emerging and evolving trends in scholarly communications and on social sciences methodologies and research, and to recommend initiatives that could be undertaken to support evolving needs. To serve as a member of a dynamic team providing direct assistance and guidance to library users through reference and instructional services. To serve as a bibliographer for specific academic departments, assisting in collection development.

Tasks involved in fulfilling the above duties/responsibilities (include description for physical and mental/cognitive demands)

1. Work with departments and research centers on campus to provide education and outreach about new trends in scholarly communications and data transparency and availability.
2. Conduct outreach to faculty and students on tools to enhance their digital identity, such as unique scholarly identifiers, institutional repositories, blogs and academic social networks.
3. Act as the authority on research metrics associated with scholarly communication.
4. Serve on UND’s Open Educational Resources (OERs) Working Group, and assist faculty in finding, evaluating, selecting, and utilizing OERs. Promote OERs and Open Access as appropriate.
5. Work with UND Legal team to educate campus on author rights, copyright, and related topics.
6. Work cooperatively with the Digital Initiatives and Library Systems and Services Department to establish policy and develop services for the digital preservation of scholarly output on campus.
7. Recommend new projects, initiatives, services, and resources to support emerging needs in scholarly publishing and communications.