From: Ellen Finnie <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:22:18 +0000
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Ellen Finnie
Head, Scholarly Communications & Collections Strategy
MIT Libraries
P 617 253 8483
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http://libraries.mit.edu/scholarly
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Scholarly Communications and Licensing Librarian
Scholarly Communications and Collections Strategy
(Librarian I or II)
The MIT Libraries seek an entrepreneurial and enthusiastic
professional with a commitment to making scholarly research as openly
accessible as possible. The Scholarly Communications and Licensing
Librarian will join a newly created, innovative department which
incorporates collections resource management under the umbrella of a
strong and long-standing scholarly communications program. As part of
that team, the Librarian will have the exciting opportunity to
participate in influencing the evolution of the scholarly
communication landscape in ways that benefit MIT and the broader
environment for research, teaching and scholarship.
Reporting to the Department Head for Scholarly Communications and
Collections Strategy, the Scholarly Communications and Licensing
Librarian will manage the production demands of a licensing
negotiation workflow, negotiate library content licenses, participate
in the development and deployment of the license program strategy, and
support open access and scholarly communications initiatives in the
MIT Libraries. Specific responsibilities include:
· reviewing library content license agreements, and carrying
out projects related to license interpretation and license metadata
· serving as the point person for text-mining of licensed and
other scholarly resources
· participating on project teams related to open access
workflows and assisting with implementing changes to open access
workflow systems, including for the MIT Faculty Open Access Policy
· providing copyright and open access outreach to the MIT
community, including teaching workshops, building guides, and writing
blog stories, particularly for student populations
· participating as a member of the Research Data Management
Services group and the Negotiations team
· working on projects that support scholarly publishing, open
access, and copyright initiatives
As part of the negotiations team, the Scholarly Communications and
Licensing Librarian will have the opportunity to experiment with using
a licensing program to effect positive change in the scholarly
communications landscape. Additionally, s/he will join actively in
evolving discussions and experimentation regarding how best to infuse
the values of transforming scholarly communications, social justice,
diversity, and inclusion into our collections and licensing processes.
The Librarian will collaborate extensively with subject, acquisitions,
metadata, and other librarians in the MIT Libraries and will be
expected to engage professionally with library and scholarly
organizations to further his/her foundational knowledge of trends and
issues related to scholarly communication and licensing in order to
contribute to strategic change.
The successful candidate will be a flexible and situational thinker
who appreciates change and ambiguity and thrives on working in a
fast-paced environment. Professionals who enthusiastically embrace
the empathy, courage, self-reflection and respect essential in a
multicultural, diverse and inclusive workplace, and who strive to
incorporate those values in public service work, research, and program
development are encouraged to apply.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS for the position include:
MLS/MLIS
* Minimum of 2 years’ professional experience in a research library
setting with some experience working with vendors of scholarly
information resources, with license agreements, and/or negotiations
* Demonstrated enthusiasm for experimentation and implementing new
services and work methods
* A collaborative approach to problem solving and working across
organizational boundaries
* Excellent oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills
* Ability to work effectively in a team-based, shared decision-making
environment: appropriately taking initiative or seeking guidance,
working independently or collaboratively, and coordinating projects.
* Knowledge or familiarity with matters pertaining to scholarly
communication, such as open access, scholarly publishing practices,
copyright and fair use, licensing, data management, repository
services, and user privacy issues.
* A commitment to increasing openness in the scholarly communication ecosystem
Preferred
* Demonstrated vendor negotiation skills
* Experience in open access outreach and workflows
* Experience managing and manipulating metadata
* Teaching/instruction skills
* Expertise with tools or practices common in digital scholarship
SALARY AND BENEFITS: $55,000 is minimum entry-level salary. Actual
salary and appointment classification (Librarian I or II) will depend
on qualifications and experience. MIT offers excellent benefits
including a choice of health and retirement plans, a dental plan,
tuition assistance and a relocation allowance. The MIT Libraries
afford a flexible and collegial working environment and foster
professional growth of staff with management training and travel
funding for professional meetings.
Apply online at: http://careers.mit.edu/. Applications must include
cover letter and resume. Priority will be given to applications
received by July 11, 2016; position open until filled. MIT is strongly
and actively committed to diversity within its community and
particularly encourages applications from qualified women and minority
candidates.
The MIT Libraries support the Institute's programs of research and
study with holdings of more than 2.9 million print volumes and 3.1
million special format items, and terabytes of MIT-owned digital
content. In addition, rare special collections, Institute records,
historical documents, and papers of noted faculty are held in the
Institute Archives and Special Collections. Library resources and
services are accessible to students and researchers through the
Libraries’ website (http://libraries.mit.edu/), and library spaces are
widely available for both collaborative work and quiet study. Library
resources are supplemented by innovative services for bioinformatics,
GIS, metadata, social science and other research data. Through a
culture that encourages innovation and collaboration, the MIT
Libraries are redefining the role of the 21st century library – making
collections more accessible than ever before, and shaping the future
of scholarly research. Library staff, at all levels, contribute to
this spirit of innovation and to the mission of promoting learning,
discovery and the advancement of knowledge at MIT and beyond.
The Libraries maintain memberships and affiliations in ArchivesSpace,
arXiv, Association of Research Libraries, the BorrowDirect, DDI
Alliance, DuraSpace, HathiTrust, CLIR/Digital Library Federation,
Coalition of Networked Information, Coalition of Open Access Policy
Institutions, EDUCAUSE, National Digital Stewardship Alliance, NISO,
North East Research Libraries, OCLC Research Library Partnership,
ORCID, and TRAIL. The Libraries utilize Ex Libris’ Aleph for its
integrated library system and have recently deployed EBSCO’s Discovery
Service. DSpace@MIT, a digital repository developed over the past ten
years by the MIT Libraries, serves to capture, preserve and
communicate the intellectual output of MIT's faculty and research
community. Other MIT repositories include: Dome, a second DSpace
instance, providing access to a sizable image collection and other
digital collections owned by the MIT Libraries; the MIT Geodata
Repository for a diverse collection of GIS Data; and MIT’s DataVerse
for licensed social science datasets.
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Robin M. Deadrick
Human Resources Administrator
MIT Libraries
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Room 14S-324
Cambridge MA 02139-4307
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