Data Services Librarian

Boston College • Newton, MA

2d • $82,100 - $102,650 • Onsite

About The Position

Boston College Libraries are seeking a Data Services Librarian to join our Digital Scholarship Group (DSG). As a member of the DSG, the Data Services Librarian collaborates on designing and driving initiatives, providing current services, and is a valued voice in DSG strategic planning. This position is highly collaborative within the DSG, throughout the Libraries, particularly in the cohort (which consists of the DSG, instruction team, and subject liaisons), and across campus.
The Data Services Librarian is primarily responsible for DSG collaborations and services related to data gathering, manipulation, management, curation, documentation, and skills training. Such activities include consulting on faculty and student data-driven projects; providing data skills instruction and training on data manipulation and management methods, best practices, and tools in person and through curriculum resource development, e.g., module and online resource creation. These responsibilities are heavily front-facing and involve a significant amount of one-on-one and classroom engagement with undergraduate and graduate students.
A large component of this position will involve working closely with a fellow Data Services Librarian and the DSG head on endeavors to grow existing data services and find new ways for the BC community to critically engage with data. It is important that the person in this role is comfortable working across disciplines with a range of data types, including economic and business-related data, which is in high demand from our Economics and Carroll School of Management students. It is also important that the person in this position is comfortable with relationship building and public communication, as everyone in the department contributes to outreach.

Requirements

• A master’s degree in Library and Information Science or a closely related, data-intensive research field
• 2-3 years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated experience in providing data skills training and classroom instruction (oral, written, and video tutorials, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience in providing research support for students and faculty through data consultations and curation, management, cleaning, and mining services
• Demonstrated experience in working with numeric data in academic, scientific, or corporate environments
• The ability to engage with research across a variety of disciplines, including economics and business, and a range of audiences, from undergraduate and graduate students to faculty and staff
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in academic libraries
• Experience working with big data, survey microdata, text data, or similarly complex data
• Experience working with library data resources, data subscription platforms (like WRDS), and publicly available data (like FRED)
• Demonstrated experience in data visualization and communication
• Demonstrated experience in data cleaning, creation, and analysis using coding languages such as Python or R
• Demonstrated experience in geospatial data and GIS technologies

Responsibilities

• Consulting on faculty and student data-driven projects
• Providing data skills instruction and training on data manipulation and management methods, best practices, and tools in person and through curriculum resource development, e.g., module and online resource creation
• Collaborating on designing and driving initiatives
• Providing current services
• Contributing to DSG strategic planning
• Working with a fellow Data Services Librarian and the DSG head on endeavors to grow existing data services and find new ways for the BC community to critically engage with data
• Relationship building and public communication
• Outreach

Benefits

• Tuition remission for Employees
• Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
• Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Low-Cost Life Insurance
• Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans
• Paid Holidays Annually
• Generous Sick and Vacation Pay

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level