Assistant Professor, Digital Strategies Librarian

Oakland University•Rochester, MI

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About The Position

Oakland University’s Kresge Library seeks an innovative, collaborative, and service-oriented individual to join us as the Digital Strategies librarian and provide leadership for the Library’s digital initiatives in its teaching-focused environment. In collaboration with both faculty and staff, the Digital Strategies librarian explores, discovers, acquires, plans, implements, and manages digital projects and assets. The Digital Strategies librarian brings together individuals from within and outside the library to successfully implement these types of projects. As such, this librarian acts as a liaison to external units who are interested in preserving and making accessible their content, while also serving as an advocate for the Library in asserting its leadership role in such efforts. Successful applicants to this position will possess technical skills and strong project management experience, as well as high-level knowledge of digital collections, metadata creation/maintenance, digital archiving, and preservation. Candidates must demonstrate experience with or a commitment to diversity and inclusion. This is a tenure-track faculty position with an eight-month schedule. Salary will be determined by credentials and experience. Oakland University offers excellent fringe benefits including TIAA / CREF and Fidelity retirement plans.

Requirements

Master of Library Science degree or equivalent from an ALA -accredited program.
Experience working on digital projects employing best practices in collection processing, description, access, management, and preservation.

Responsibilities

Providing leadership in prioritizing and managing digital initiatives throughout the project lifecycle for both digitized and born-digital items, including recommendations for related hardware/software and funding opportunities
Designing, documenting, and overseeing efficient digital production workflows that may involve stakeholders from library and university departments
Engaging with a variety of preservation tools and employing metadata standards, controlled vocabularies, and archival schema as appropriate, while keeping abreast of emerging trends in these areas
Ensuring best practices for digital collections as they relate to preservation, copyright, usability, and accessibility
Collaborating with subject librarians and disciplinary faculty to enhance discovery of digital collections for teaching and research purposes
Contributing to broader scholarly conversations through publications and presentations
Participating in library, university, and professional service activities