Digital Library Federation
Head of Open and Digital Scholarship Services, UT Libraries
Digital Library Federation, Austin, Texas, us, 78716
The Head of Open and Digital Scholarship Services (ODSS) leads the ODSS Team in support of evolving campus research needs in the areas of open access, copyright, repositories, open educational resources, and digital scholarship. The team lead’s UT Libraries’ digital scholarship center, the Scholars Lab, which provides researchers with infrastructure, access to subject librarian and domain-situated expertise, and opportunities for learning, collaboration, and presentation. Within the Scholars Lab, the ODSS Team supports campus research and digital scholarship needs and collaborates with other teams to provide related services around open scholarship, research data, the digital humanities, and other evolving aspects of research support. The Head of ODSS provides strategic direction for the Scholars Lab, develops service profiles, and contributes their own domain expertise to supporting researchers.UT Libraries welcomes applicants for this position who have experience with scholarly communication services and/or digital scholarship services. Specific duties for consultation and teaching support will be assigned based on the skills and experience of the successful candidate. Candidates with expertise in scholarly communication may have experience with open access, copyright, digital publishing, and/or repositories. UT Libraries defines digital scholarship broadly to encompass research needs across the disciplines including the digital humanities, emerging technology, and collections as data. Responsibilities
Provide strategic direction for the ODSS Team’s outreach efforts, services, and assessment in support of researcher needs around scholarly communication and digital scholarship. Develop strategic relationships with people and units on campus to advance library initiatives. Supervise 4 full time staff and occasional student workers.
Provide Scholars Lab oversight, support, and assessment-informed enhancement. Provide strategic direction for the Scholars Lab initiative, build and maintain campus partnerships, and develop a sustainable service model. Collaborate with UTL colleagues to offer services in the Scholars Lab around open scholarship, research data services, digital humanities, and other evolving research needs. Leads the Scholars Lab Fellowship program.
Provide training and consultation services to researchers and students who are incorporating digital tools and methods in their research and classroom instruction. Specific areas of support may include Texas ScholarWorks (TSW), OA, copyright, author rights, trends in publishing or digital scholarship tools as methods.
Oversight for UTL repositories and digital scholarship tools. Including monitoring and evaluating existing and emerging digital tools and related technologies. Develops policies for and advises on issues related to Texas ScholarsWorks and other UTL hosted platforms and tools.
Participates in or leads library and university, regional, and national committees, task forces, and special projects. Engages in ongoing professional development and scholarship through attending and presenting at conferences and workshops.
Other related functions as assigned.
Required Qualifications
Master’s degree in library science or equivalent, with four or more years of relevant experience. A degree in a relevant field or a combination of education plus experience in a field with transferable skills may be substituted as appropriate. Domain expertise in digital scholarship and/or in scholarly communication which may include: digital collections/archives, project management, natural language processing/text analysis, visualization, network analysis, and/or collections as data (digitization, OCR, metadata, transcription, etc.), open publishing, copyright, and/or repositories. Supervisory experience. Excellent interpersonal skills, a professional, team-oriented attitude, and the ability to establish positive and productive collaborations, Ability to communicate effectively, in person and in writing, including a demonstrated facility in conveying technical concepts to non-technical audiences. Enthusiasm for continual learning and professional development. Experience leading/managing projects or groups in a fast-paced, evolving work environment. Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience providing effective leadership in an academic library or similar setting. Experience managing a library space. Experience with library instruction, consultation, or reference services. Experience with Open Journal Systems and/or DSpace Familiarity with one or more programming languages like Python, R, or JavaScript. We want to emphasize that the preferred qualifications are not required and that we are committed to helping our future colleagues develop these preferred skills.
Salary Range $75,000 + depending on qualifications Working Conditions
May work around standard office conditions. Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation. Typical library conditions. Work Shift Between the hours of 7am and 6pm, Monday – Friday, as arranged with manager. Required Materials ( PDF preferred )
Resume/CV 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor Letter of interest During your application, you will be asked the following questions:
Please describe your expertise in the fields of digital scholarship and/or scholarly communication including projects you have participated in or supported and whether you have any areas of specialization. Describe a project or group that you led. What was your role in the project, how did you navigate challenges that arose, and what was the ultimate result? Please give an example of when you collaborated with a team member to create or modify a workflow so the workflow could be more flexibly staffed and/or effectively managed. Important
for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure thatALLRequired Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes. Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questionspresented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Master’s degree in library science or equivalent, with four or more years of relevant experience. A degree in a relevant field or a combination of education plus experience in a field with transferable skills may be substituted as appropriate. Domain expertise in digital scholarship and/or in scholarly communication which may include: digital collections/archives, project management, natural language processing/text analysis, visualization, network analysis, and/or collections as data (digitization, OCR, metadata, transcription, etc.), open publishing, copyright, and/or repositories. Supervisory experience. Excellent interpersonal skills, a professional, team-oriented attitude, and the ability to establish positive and productive collaborations, Ability to communicate effectively, in person and in writing, including a demonstrated facility in conveying technical concepts to non-technical audiences. Enthusiasm for continual learning and professional development. Experience leading/managing projects or groups in a fast-paced, evolving work environment. Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience providing effective leadership in an academic library or similar setting. Experience managing a library space. Experience with library instruction, consultation, or reference services. Experience with Open Journal Systems and/or DSpace Familiarity with one or more programming languages like Python, R, or JavaScript. We want to emphasize that the preferred qualifications are not required and that we are committed to helping our future colleagues develop these preferred skills.
Salary Range $75,000 + depending on qualifications Working Conditions
May work around standard office conditions. Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation. Typical library conditions. Work Shift Between the hours of 7am and 6pm, Monday – Friday, as arranged with manager. Required Materials ( PDF preferred )
Resume/CV 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor Letter of interest During your application, you will be asked the following questions:
Please describe your expertise in the fields of digital scholarship and/or scholarly communication including projects you have participated in or supported and whether you have any areas of specialization. Describe a project or group that you led. What was your role in the project, how did you navigate challenges that arose, and what was the ultimate result? Please give an example of when you collaborated with a team member to create or modify a workflow so the workflow could be more flexibly staffed and/or effectively managed. Important
for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure thatALLRequired Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes. Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questionspresented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above. #J-18808-Ljbffr