Institutional Repository Librarian at California State University San Marcos

The California State University San Marcos Library is recruiting an Institutional Repository Librarian. Minimum salary of $57,084 for Assistant or $65,628 for Associate Librarian.

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The Library seeks an innovative leader with strong people skills to plan, develop, implement, grow, and maintain an institutional repository at California State University San Marcos. The library is committed to organizing, preserving, and presenting digital content on a campus with a dynamic research and creative activity environment. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with university faculty, colleagues in the library, and Instructional & Information Technology (IITS) to provide expertise and leadership in developing a successful institutional repository strategy.

Project management responsibilities include leading the planning, development and supervision of the repository, providing services including drafting policies and procedures, user support and training, conducting user-centered evaluations, and ongoing program and policy analysis. Liaison/outreach responsibilities include advocating and promoting use of the library's institutional repository, seeking out contributors, and serving as spokesperson to publicize the institutional repository's benefits and uses. Content management responsibilities include defining and managing the digital collections, working collaboratively with IITS on system and academic technology issues, and collaborating with library staff on metadata schemes appropriate for digital information. The successful candidate will also provide vision and direction for a growing suite of services supporting scholarship and will maintain a strong level of competence in scholarly communication issues such as open-access initiatives, intellectual property, data curation, and new forms of publication and research/creative activities.

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