SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING AND REPOSITORY SERVICES LIBRARIAN, Boston University Libraries
Boston University Libraries seeks a Scholarly Publishing and Repository Services Librarian, who will provide leadership, relationship development, and service ownership for user-centered responsive, and scalable digital scholarly publishing services at Boston University Libraries that empower faculty and students at Boston University with tools, information, and resources for sharing and preserving research and scholarship.
Reporting to the Head of Digital Ventures, this position will oversee the library’s digital repository program (OpenBU) and will manage a team that defines approaches to new service categories, such as support for access to works of digital scholarship, publication series, and research data. The position stays abreast of and engaged with developments in the broader scholarly communication environment, including those that intersect with and inform community participation in the University’s Open Access policy. Further, the Scholarly Publishing and Repository Services Librarian pursues outreach and engagement with faculty and administrative stakeholders across the Charles River Campus community to explore emerging forms of scholarly publications and research outputs, publishing technologies, platforms, and practices to develop, implement, and assess digital engagement and scholarly publishing initiatives that promote and extend the reach of BU’s research communities.
The Boston University Libraries value and support the work of BU librarians, archivists, and information and subject specialists to seek and share knowledge, practices, and perspectives that advance library services to the university community. Library staff regularly participate in regional and national professional organizations and leadership forums through innovative projects, collaborations, presentations, publications, and service assignments in relevant associations. Embedded in numerous vibrant library and information specialist networks, the Boston University Libraries are active members within the Boston Library Consortium, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Coalition for Networked Information, and library staff at BU serve as engaged thought-leaders on a wide breadth of library management and service areas across diverse communities.
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Boston University, a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), is one of the leading private research and teaching institutions in the world, with two primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the globe. Chartered in 1869, the University is home to more than 33,000 students from more than 130 countries, 375,000 living alumni, 10,000 faculty and staff, and 17 schools and colleges.
Through the Libraries, BU also is a member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the Northeast Research Libraries Consortium (NERL), HathiTrust, the Boston Library Consortium (BLC), the Eastern Academic Scholars’ Trust (EAST), the OCLC Research Library Partnership, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), and the Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (HELIOS).
RESPONSIBILITIES
Required Skills
A RESUME AND COVER LETTER ARE REQUIRED TO BE CONSIDERED.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Please note all newly hired staff and faculty, will need to be in compliance with Boston University’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Requirement within 30 days of date of hire. You must upload your vaccine documentation or request a medical or religious exemption (instructions). For further information on the University’s response to COVID-19, please visit the Back2BU site.
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We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
Required Experience
A RESUME AND COVER LETTER ARE REQUIRED TO BE CONSIDERED.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Please note all newly hired staff and faculty, will need to be in compliance with Boston University’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Requirement within 30 days of date of hire. You must upload your vaccine documentation or request a medical or religious exemption (instructions). For further information on the University’s response to COVID-19, please visit the Back2BU site.
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We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.